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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.telecomm;
+
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+/**
+ * Receiver for public intents relating to Telecomm.
+ */
+public class TelecommReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
+    private static final String TAG = TelecommReceiver.class.getSimpleName();
+
+    /**
+     * Action used as a request for CallsManager to connect with the CallService described in the
+     * extras of this intent.
+     * Extras used: {@link #EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME}, {@link #EXTRA_CALL_SERVICE_ID}
+     * TODO(santoscordon): As this gets finalized, it should eventually move to a public location.
+     * This would normally go into TelephonyManager.java but we are avoiding more additions to that
+     * file so this may require a new container or it could go into framework's Intent.java.
+     */
+    public static final String ACTION_CONNECT_CALL_SERVICE =
+            "com.android.telecomm.CONNECT_CALL_SERVICE";
+
+    /**
+     * The package name of the {@link ICallServiceProvider} used to get the {@link CallService}.
+     */
+    /* package */ static final String EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME = "com.android.telecomm.PACKAGE_NAME";
+
+    /**
+     * The CallService ID used to identify the {@link CallService} via {@link ICallServiceProvider}.
+     * IDs are only required to be unique within the scope of an {@link ICallServiceProvider}.
+     */
+    /* package */ static final String EXTRA_CALL_SERVICE_ID =
+            "com.android.telecomm.CALL_SERVICE_ID";
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
+        String action = intent.getAction();
+        if (ACTION_CONNECT_CALL_SERVICE.equals(action)) {
+            connectToCallService(intent);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tells CallsManager to connect to the {@link #CallService} identified by the package name
+     * and call service ID in the extras of the intent parameter.
+     *
+     * @param intent The intent containing the package name and call service ID as extras.
+     */
+    private void connectToCallService(Intent intent) {
+        String packageName = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME);
+        String callServiceId = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_CALL_SERVICE_ID);
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(packageName) || TextUtils.isEmpty(callServiceId)) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Rejecting request to connect to call service due to lack of data."
+                    + " packageName: [" + packageName + "]" +
+                    + ", callServiceId: [" + callServiceId + "]");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // TODO(santoscordon): Use packageName and callServiceId to connect with the CallService.
+    }
+}