Camera.java

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package androidx.camera.core;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;

/**
 * The camera interface is used to control the flow of data to use cases, control the
 * camera via the {@link CameraControl}, and publish the state of the camera via {@link CameraInfo}.
 *
 * <p>{@linkplain androidx.camera.lifecycle.ProcessCameraProvider#bindToLifecycle(
 * androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner, CameraSelector, UseCase...) An example} of how to obtain an
 * instance of this class can be found in the {@link androidx.camera.lifecycle} package.
 */
public interface Camera {

    /**
     * Returns the {@link CameraControl} for the {@link Camera}.
     *
     * <p>The {@link CameraControl} provides various asynchronous operations like zoom, focus and
     * metering. {@link CameraControl} is ready to start operations immediately after use cases
     * are bound to the {@link Camera}. When all {@link UseCase}s are unbound, or when camera is
     * closing or closed because lifecycle onStop happens, the {@link CameraControl} will reject
     * all operations.
     *
     * <p>Each method of {@link CameraControl} returns a {@link ListenableFuture} which apps can
     * use to check the asynchronous result. If the operation is not allowed in current state,
     * the returned {@link ListenableFuture} will fail immediately with
     * {@link CameraControl.OperationCanceledException}.
     */
    @NonNull
    CameraControl getCameraControl();

    /**
     * Returns information about this camera.
     *
     * <p>The returned information can be used to query static camera
     * characteristics or observe the runtime state of the camera.
     *
     * @return the {@link CameraInfo}.
     */
    @NonNull
    CameraInfo getCameraInfo();
}