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package androidx.camera.core.impl;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.camera.core.ImageInfo;

/**
 * A processing step that updates the necessary {@link CaptureStage} based on the current
 * {@link ImageInfo}.
 */
public interface ImageInfoProcessor {
    /**
     * Returns the {@link CaptureStage} which should be issued for the processing.
     *
     * <p> This will be updated whenever {@link #process(ImageInfo)} is called and returns true.
     */
    @Nullable
    CaptureStage getCaptureStage();

    /**
     * Processes the metadata from a capture and updates the {@link CaptureStage} used for
     * subsequent captures if necessary.
     *
     * @return if true then the output of {@link #getCaptureStage()} will be updated. This means
     * the stream which produced the processed {@link ImageInfo} should be updated to use the new
     * CaptureStage.
     */
    boolean process(@NonNull ImageInfo imageInfo);
}