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16 
17 package android.os;
18 
19 import android.annotation.NonNull;
20 import android.annotation.Nullable;
21 import android.compat.annotation.UnsupportedAppUsage;
22 
23 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
24 
25 /**
26  * Base interface for a remotable object, the core part of a lightweight
27  * remote procedure call mechanism designed for high performance when
28  * performing in-process and cross-process calls.  This
29  * interface describes the abstract protocol for interacting with a
30  * remotable object.  Do not implement this interface directly, instead
31  * extend from {@link Binder}.
32  *
33  * <p>The key IBinder API is {@link #transact transact()} matched by
34  * {@link Binder#onTransact Binder.onTransact()}.  These
35  * methods allow you to send a call to an IBinder object and receive a
36  * call coming in to a Binder object, respectively.  This transaction API
37  * is synchronous, such that a call to {@link #transact transact()} does not
38  * return until the target has returned from
39  * {@link Binder#onTransact Binder.onTransact()}; this is the
40  * expected behavior when calling an object that exists in the local
41  * process, and the underlying inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism
42  * ensures that these same semantics apply when going across processes.
43  *
44  * <p>The data sent through transact() is a {@link Parcel}, a generic buffer
45  * of data that also maintains some meta-data about its contents.  The meta
46  * data is used to manage IBinder object references in the buffer, so that those
47  * references can be maintained as the buffer moves across processes.  This
48  * mechanism ensures that when an IBinder is written into a Parcel and sent to
49  * another process, if that other process sends a reference to that same IBinder
50  * back to the original process, then the original process will receive the
51  * same IBinder object back.  These semantics allow IBinder/Binder objects to
52  * be used as a unique identity (to serve as a token or for other purposes)
53  * that can be managed across processes.
54  *
55  * <p>The system maintains a pool of transaction threads in each process that
56  * it runs in.  These threads are used to dispatch all
57  * IPCs coming in from other processes.  For example, when an IPC is made from
58  * process A to process B, the calling thread in A blocks in transact() as
59  * it sends the transaction to process B.  The next available pool thread in
60  * B receives the incoming transaction, calls Binder.onTransact() on the target
61  * object, and replies with the result Parcel.  Upon receiving its result, the
62  * thread in process A returns to allow its execution to continue.  In effect,
63  * other processes appear to use as additional threads that you did not create
64  * executing in your own process.
65  *
66  * <p>The Binder system also supports recursion across processes.  For example
67  * if process A performs a transaction to process B, and process B while
68  * handling that transaction calls transact() on an IBinder that is implemented
69  * in A, then the thread in A that is currently waiting for the original
70  * transaction to finish will take care of calling Binder.onTransact() on the
71  * object being called by B.  This ensures that the recursion semantics when
72  * calling remote binder object are the same as when calling local objects.
73  *
74  * <p>When working with remote objects, you often want to find out when they
75  * are no longer valid.  There are three ways this can be determined:
76  * <ul>
77  * <li> The {@link #transact transact()} method will throw a
78  * {@link RemoteException} exception if you try to call it on an IBinder
79  * whose process no longer exists.
80  * <li> The {@link #pingBinder()} method can be called, and will return false
81  * if the remote process no longer exists.
82  * <li> The {@link #linkToDeath linkToDeath()} method can be used to register
83  * a {@link DeathRecipient} with the IBinder, which will be called when its
84  * containing process goes away.
85  * </ul>
86  *
87  * @see Binder
88  */
89 public interface IBinder {
90     /**
91      * The first transaction code available for user commands.
92      */
93     int FIRST_CALL_TRANSACTION  = 0x00000001;
94     /**
95      * The last transaction code available for user commands.
96      */
97     int LAST_CALL_TRANSACTION   = 0x00ffffff;
98 
99     /**
100      * IBinder protocol transaction code: pingBinder().
101      */
102     int PING_TRANSACTION        = ('_'<<24)|('P'<<16)|('N'<<8)|'G';
103 
104     /**
105      * IBinder protocol transaction code: dump internal state.
106      */
107     int DUMP_TRANSACTION        = ('_'<<24)|('D'<<16)|('M'<<8)|'P';
108 
109     /**
110      * IBinder protocol transaction code: execute a shell command.
111      * @hide
112      */
113     int SHELL_COMMAND_TRANSACTION = ('_'<<24)|('C'<<16)|('M'<<8)|'D';
114 
115     /**
116      * IBinder protocol transaction code: interrogate the recipient side
117      * of the transaction for its canonical interface descriptor.
118      */
119     int INTERFACE_TRANSACTION   = ('_'<<24)|('N'<<16)|('T'<<8)|'F';
120 
121     /**
122      * IBinder protocol transaction code: send a tweet to the target
123      * object.  The data in the parcel is intended to be delivered to
124      * a shared messaging service associated with the object; it can be
125      * anything, as long as it is not more than 130 UTF-8 characters to
126      * conservatively fit within common messaging services.  As part of
127      * {@link Build.VERSION_CODES#HONEYCOMB_MR2}, all Binder objects are
128      * expected to support this protocol for fully integrated tweeting
129      * across the platform.  To support older code, the default implementation
130      * logs the tweet to the main log as a simple emulation of broadcasting
131      * it publicly over the Internet.
132      *
133      * <p>Also, upon completing the dispatch, the object must make a cup
134      * of tea, return it to the caller, and exclaim "jolly good message
135      * old boy!".
136      */
137     int TWEET_TRANSACTION   = ('_'<<24)|('T'<<16)|('W'<<8)|'T';
138 
139     /**
140      * IBinder protocol transaction code: tell an app asynchronously that the
141      * caller likes it.  The app is responsible for incrementing and maintaining
142      * its own like counter, and may display this value to the user to indicate the
143      * quality of the app.  This is an optional command that applications do not
144      * need to handle, so the default implementation is to do nothing.
145      *
146      * <p>There is no response returned and nothing about the
147      * system will be functionally affected by it, but it will improve the
148      * app's self-esteem.
149      */
150     int LIKE_TRANSACTION   = ('_'<<24)|('L'<<16)|('I'<<8)|'K';
151 
152     /** @hide */
153     @UnsupportedAppUsage
154     int SYSPROPS_TRANSACTION = ('_'<<24)|('S'<<16)|('P'<<8)|'R';
155 
156     /**
157      * Flag to {@link #transact}: this is a one-way call, meaning that the
158      * caller returns immediately, without waiting for a result from the
159      * callee. Applies only if the caller and callee are in different
160      * processes.
161      *
162      * <p>The system provides special ordering semantics for multiple oneway calls
163      * being made to the same IBinder object: these calls will be dispatched in the
164      * other process one at a time, with the same order as the original calls.  These
165      * are still dispatched by the IPC thread pool, so may execute on different threads,
166      * but the next one will not be dispatched until the previous one completes.  This
167      * ordering is not guaranteed for calls on different IBinder objects or when mixing
168      * oneway and non-oneway calls on the same IBinder object.</p>
169      */
170     int FLAG_ONEWAY             = 0x00000001;
171 
172     /**
173      * Limit that should be placed on IPC sizes to keep them safely under the
174      * transaction buffer limit.
175      * @hide
176      */
177     public static final int MAX_IPC_SIZE = 64 * 1024;
178 
179     /**
180      * Get the canonical name of the interface supported by this binder.
181      */
getInterfaceDescriptor()182     public @Nullable String getInterfaceDescriptor() throws RemoteException;
183 
184     /**
185      * Check to see if the object still exists.
186      *
187      * @return Returns false if the
188      * hosting process is gone, otherwise the result (always by default
189      * true) returned by the pingBinder() implementation on the other
190      * side.
191      */
pingBinder()192     public boolean pingBinder();
193 
194     /**
195      * Check to see if the process that the binder is in is still alive.
196      *
197      * @return false if the process is not alive.  Note that if it returns
198      * true, the process may have died while the call is returning.
199      */
isBinderAlive()200     public boolean isBinderAlive();
201 
202     /**
203      * Attempt to retrieve a local implementation of an interface
204      * for this Binder object.  If null is returned, you will need
205      * to instantiate a proxy class to marshall calls through
206      * the transact() method.
207      */
queryLocalInterface(@onNull String descriptor)208     public @Nullable IInterface queryLocalInterface(@NonNull String descriptor);
209 
210     /**
211      * Print the object's state into the given stream.
212      *
213      * @param fd The raw file descriptor that the dump is being sent to.
214      * @param args additional arguments to the dump request.
215      */
dump(@onNull FileDescriptor fd, @Nullable String[] args)216     public void dump(@NonNull FileDescriptor fd, @Nullable String[] args) throws RemoteException;
217 
218     /**
219      * Like {@link #dump(FileDescriptor, String[])} but always executes
220      * asynchronously.  If the object is local, a new thread is created
221      * to perform the dump.
222      *
223      * @param fd The raw file descriptor that the dump is being sent to.
224      * @param args additional arguments to the dump request.
225      */
dumpAsync(@onNull FileDescriptor fd, @Nullable String[] args)226     public void dumpAsync(@NonNull FileDescriptor fd, @Nullable String[] args)
227             throws RemoteException;
228 
229     /**
230      * Execute a shell command on this object.  This may be performed asynchrously from the caller;
231      * the implementation must always call resultReceiver when finished.
232      *
233      * @param in The raw file descriptor that an input data stream can be read from.
234      * @param out The raw file descriptor that normal command messages should be written to.
235      * @param err The raw file descriptor that command error messages should be written to.
236      * @param args Command-line arguments.
237      * @param shellCallback Optional callback to the caller's shell to perform operations in it.
238      * @param resultReceiver Called when the command has finished executing, with the result code.
239      * @hide
240      */
shellCommand(@ullable FileDescriptor in, @Nullable FileDescriptor out, @Nullable FileDescriptor err, @NonNull String[] args, @Nullable ShellCallback shellCallback, @NonNull ResultReceiver resultReceiver)241     public void shellCommand(@Nullable FileDescriptor in, @Nullable FileDescriptor out,
242             @Nullable FileDescriptor err,
243             @NonNull String[] args, @Nullable ShellCallback shellCallback,
244             @NonNull ResultReceiver resultReceiver) throws RemoteException;
245 
246     /**
247      * Get the binder extension of this binder interface.
248      * This allows one to customize an interface without having to modify the original interface.
249      *
250      * @return null if don't have binder extension
251      * @throws RemoteException
252      * @hide
253      */
getExtension()254     public default @Nullable IBinder getExtension() throws RemoteException {
255         throw new IllegalStateException("Method is not implemented");
256     }
257 
258     /**
259      * Perform a generic operation with the object.
260      *
261      * @param code The action to perform.  This should
262      * be a number between {@link #FIRST_CALL_TRANSACTION} and
263      * {@link #LAST_CALL_TRANSACTION}.
264      * @param data Marshalled data to send to the target.  Must not be null.
265      * If you are not sending any data, you must create an empty Parcel
266      * that is given here.
267      * @param reply Marshalled data to be received from the target.  May be
268      * null if you are not interested in the return value.
269      * @param flags Additional operation flags.  Either 0 for a normal
270      * RPC, or {@link #FLAG_ONEWAY} for a one-way RPC.
271      *
272      * @return Returns the result from {@link Binder#onTransact}.  A successful call
273      * generally returns true; false generally means the transaction code was not
274      * understood.
275      */
transact(int code, @NonNull Parcel data, @Nullable Parcel reply, int flags)276     public boolean transact(int code, @NonNull Parcel data, @Nullable Parcel reply, int flags)
277         throws RemoteException;
278 
279     /**
280      * Interface for receiving a callback when the process hosting an IBinder
281      * has gone away.
282      *
283      * @see #linkToDeath
284      */
285     public interface DeathRecipient {
binderDied()286         public void binderDied();
287     }
288 
289     /**
290      * Register the recipient for a notification if this binder
291      * goes away.  If this binder object unexpectedly goes away
292      * (typically because its hosting process has been killed),
293      * then the given {@link DeathRecipient}'s
294      * {@link DeathRecipient#binderDied DeathRecipient.binderDied()} method
295      * will be called.
296      *
297      * <p>This will automatically be unlinked when all references to the linked
298      * binder proxy are dropped.</p>
299      *
300      * <p>You will only receive death notifications for remote binders,
301      * as local binders by definition can't die without you dying as well.</p>
302      *
303      * @throws RemoteException if the target IBinder's
304      * process has already died.
305      *
306      * @see #unlinkToDeath
307      */
linkToDeath(@onNull DeathRecipient recipient, int flags)308     public void linkToDeath(@NonNull DeathRecipient recipient, int flags)
309             throws RemoteException;
310 
311     /**
312      * Remove a previously registered death notification.
313      * The recipient will no longer be called if this object
314      * dies.
315      *
316      * @return {@code true} if the <var>recipient</var> is successfully
317      * unlinked, assuring you that its
318      * {@link DeathRecipient#binderDied DeathRecipient.binderDied()} method
319      * will not be called;  {@code false} if the target IBinder has already
320      * died, meaning the method has been (or soon will be) called.
321      *
322      * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if the given
323      * <var>recipient</var> has not been registered with the IBinder, and
324      * the IBinder is still alive.  Note that if the <var>recipient</var>
325      * was never registered, but the IBinder has already died, then this
326      * exception will <em>not</em> be thrown, and you will receive a false
327      * return value instead.
328      */
unlinkToDeath(@onNull DeathRecipient recipient, int flags)329     public boolean unlinkToDeath(@NonNull DeathRecipient recipient, int flags);
330 }
331