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    "date": "2021-08-11T23:26:11",
    "name": "[libcamera-devel,v3,00/14] libcamera: Replace CameraData with Camera::Private",
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        "From": "Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Date": "Thu, 12 Aug 2021 02:26:11 +0300",
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        "Subject": "[libcamera-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] libcamera: Replace CameraData\n\twith Camera::Private",
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    "content": "Hello,\n\nThis patch series reworks the libcamera core and pipeline handlers to\ndrop the CameraData class, replacing it with Camera::Private.\n\nThe Camera::Private class implements the d-pointer design pattern for\nthe Camera class, and stores internal camera data that shouldn't be\nvisible through the public API. The CameraData class is a container used\nby pipeline handlers to store per-camera private data. The two classes\nthus overlap in their purpose.\n\nThis series cleans up this situation by merging CameraData into\nCamera::Private. Pipeline handlers then subclass Camera::Private instead\nof CameraData, and pass the private data directly to the Camera\nconstructor.\n\nThe first 7 patches from the first RFC version, preparing for this\nchange, have been merged. Compared to v2, this version starts in 01/14\nwith a new patch that replaces with the Extensible::Private pointer\npassed to the Extensible constructor with a std::unique_ptr<>, better\nreflecting the lifetime management of the private data. Patch 04/14 is\nalso new and addresses minor documentation issues.\n\nIn 02/14, the pointer to the private data is now passed explicitly to\nthe Camera constructor, to allow subclassing Camera::Private in pipeline\nhandlers. After that, changes are fairly straightforward. Patch 03/14\nmoves the members of the existing CameraData class to Camera::Private.\nPatches 05/14 to 10/14 update pipeline handlers individually to migrate\nto Camera::Private. Patch 11/14 then cleans up by dropping the\nCameraData class, and patch 12/14 updates the pipeline handler guide\naccordingly.\n\nFinally, patches 13/14 and 14/14 are follow-up improvements, both\nsuggested by Jacopo. 13/14 drops the indirection in the implementation\nof Camera::controls() and Camera::properties(). It looks quite neat in\nmy opinion, and worth the effort. 14/14 introduces helper functions in\ntwo pipeline handlers that need cast the PipelineHandler base class to\nthe derived class. It seems to bring a slight simplification, but I\ndon't have a strong preference there.\n\nI've tested the ipu3, raspberrypi, simple, uvcvideo and vimc pipeline\nhandlers. If someone could test rkisp1, that would be appreciated.\n\nLaurent Pinchart (14):\n  libcamera: base: extensible: Pass private pointer as unique_ptr<>\n  libcamera: camera: Pass Private pointer to Camera constructor\n  libcamera: pipeline_handler: Move CameraData members to\n    Camera::Private\n  libcamera: camera: Fix minor issues in Camera::Private documentation\n  libcamera: pipeline: simple: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline: uvcvideo: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline: vimc: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline: rkisp1: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline: raspberrypi: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline: ipu3: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline_handler: Drop CameraData class\n  Documentation: guides: pipeline-handler: Migrate to Camera::Private\n  libcamera: pipeline_handler: Drop controls() and properties()\n    functions\n  libcamera: pipeline: Cast to derived pipeline handler with helpers\n\n Documentation/Doxyfile.in                     |   1 -\n Documentation/guides/pipeline-handler.rst     |  67 ++++-----\n include/libcamera/base/class.h                |   2 +-\n include/libcamera/camera.h                    |   4 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/camera.h           |  12 +-\n include/libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h |  33 +----\n src/android/camera_buffer.h                   |   2 +-\n src/android/camera_hal_config.cpp             |   2 +-\n src/libcamera/base/class.cpp                  |  11 +-\n src/libcamera/camera.cpp                      |  89 +++++++++--\n src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp              |   2 +-\n src/libcamera/framebuffer.cpp                 |   3 +-\n src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp          |  38 ++---\n .../pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp      |  24 +--\n src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp      |  34 +++--\n src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp      |  31 ++--\n src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp  |  19 +--\n src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp          |  19 +--\n src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp            | 138 +-----------------\n 19 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 296 deletions(-)"
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