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3  *
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5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15  */
16 package android.hardware.camera2.marshal;
17 
18 import android.hardware.camera2.utils.TypeReference;
19 
20 /**
21  * Query if a marshaler can marshal to/from a particular native and managed type; if it supports
22  * the combination, allow creating a marshaler instance to do the serialization.
23  *
24  * <p>Not all queryable instances will support exactly one combination. Some, such as the
25  * primitive queryable will support all primitive to/from managed mappings (as long as they are
26  * 1:1). Others, such as the rectangle queryable will only support integer to rectangle mappings.
27  * </p>
28  *
29  * <p>Yet some others are codependent on other queryables; e.g. array queryables might only support
30  * a type map for {@code T[]} if another queryable exists with support for the component type
31  * {@code T}.</p>
32  */
33 public interface MarshalQueryable<T> {
34     /**
35      * Create a marshaler between the selected managed and native type.
36      *
37      * <p>This marshaler instance is only good for that specific type mapping; and will refuse
38      * to map other managed types, other native types, or an other combination that isn't
39      * this exact one.</p>
40      *
41      * @param managedType a managed type reference
42      * @param nativeType the native type, e.g.
43      *          {@link android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraMetadataNative#TYPE_BYTE TYPE_BYTE}
44      * @return
45      *
46      * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
47      *          if {@link #isTypeMappingSupported} returns {@code false}
48      */
createMarshaler( TypeReference<T> managedType, int nativeType)49     public Marshaler<T> createMarshaler(
50             TypeReference<T> managedType, int nativeType);
51 
52     /**
53      * Determine whether or not this query marshal is able to create a marshaler that will
54      * support the managed type and native type mapping.
55      *
56      * <p>If this returns {@code true}, then a marshaler can be instantiated by
57      * {@link #createMarshaler} that will marshal data to/from the native type
58      * from/to the managed type.</p>
59      *
60      * <p>Most marshalers are likely to only support one type map.</p>
61      */
isTypeMappingSupported(TypeReference<T> managedType, int nativeType)62     public boolean isTypeMappingSupported(TypeReference<T> managedType, int nativeType);
63 }
64