Android Binder机制中的 flatten_binder 和 unflatten_binder

[大哥您好]

大哥好！最近在了解Android的Binder机制，但可能本人菜鸟，对于一些函数名的意思不太了解，如题，在frameworks/native/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp中的flatten_binder 和 unflattem_binder是什么意思呢？“flatten”？

status_t unflatten_binder(const sp<ProcessState>& proc,
    const Parcel& in, sp<IBinder>* out)
{
    const flat_binder_object* flat = in.readObject(false);

    if (flat) {
        switch (flat->type) {
            case BINDER_TYPE_BINDER:
                *out = reinterpret_cast<IBinder*>(flat->cookie);
                return finish_unflatten_binder(NULL, *flat, in);
            case BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE:
                *out = proc->getStrongProxyForHandle(flat->handle);
                return finish_unflatten_binder(
                    static_cast<BpBinder*>(out->get()), *flat, in);
        }
    }
    return BAD_TYPE;
}

status_t flatten_binder(const sp<ProcessState>& /*proc*/,
    const sp<IBinder>& binder, Parcel* out)
{
    flat_binder_object obj;

    obj.flags = 0x7f | FLAT_BINDER_FLAG_ACCEPTS_FDS;
    if (binder != NULL) {
        IBinder *local = binder->localBinder();
        if (!local) {
            BpBinder *proxy = binder->remoteBinder();
            if (proxy == NULL) {
                ALOGE("null proxy");
            }
            const int32_t handle = proxy ? proxy->handle() : 0;
            obj.type = BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE;
            obj.binder = 0; /* Don't pass uninitialized stack data to a remote process */
            obj.handle = handle;
            obj.cookie = 0;
        } else {
            obj.type = BINDER_TYPE_BINDER;
            obj.binder = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(local->getWeakRefs());
            obj.cookie = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(local);
        }
    } else {
        obj.type = BINDER_TYPE_BINDER;
        obj.binder = 0;
        obj.cookie = 0;
    }

    return finish_flatten_binder(binder, obj, out);
}

[笑吕叱咤]

序列化 和 反序列化机制
flatten 序列化数据使之可以 Parcel 用于 client 端 向 server 端传递数据。

unflatten 反序列化 数据解包使用。