// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_ #define CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_ #include "base/environment.h" #include "base/process/launch.h" #include "base/threading/thread.h" #include "content/common/content_export.h" #include "ipc/ipc_sender.h" namespace base { class FilePath; class SequencedTaskRunner; } namespace content { class UtilityProcessHostClient; struct ChildProcessData; typedef base::Thread* (*UtilityMainThreadFactoryFunction)( const std::string& id); // This class acts as the browser-side host to a utility child process. A // utility process is a short-lived process that is created to run a specific // task. This class lives solely on the IO thread. // If you need a single method call in the process, use StartFooBar(p). // If you need multiple batches of work to be done in the process, use // StartBatchMode(), then multiple calls to StartFooBar(p), then finish with // EndBatchMode(). // // Note: If your class keeps a ptr to an object of this type, grab a weak ptr to // avoid a use after free since this object is deleted synchronously but the // client notification is asynchronous. See http://crbug.com/108871. class UtilityProcessHost : public IPC::Sender, public base::SupportsWeakPtr<UtilityProcessHost> { public: // Used to create a utility process. CONTENT_EXPORT static UtilityProcessHost* Create( UtilityProcessHostClient* client, base::SequencedTaskRunner* client_task_runner); virtual ~UtilityProcessHost() {} // Starts utility process in batch mode. Caller must call EndBatchMode() // to finish the utility process. virtual bool StartBatchMode() = 0; // Ends the utility process. Must be called after StartBatchMode(). virtual void EndBatchMode() = 0; // Allows a directory to be opened through the sandbox, in case it's needed by // the operation. virtual void SetExposedDir(const base::FilePath& dir) = 0; // Perform presandbox initialization for mDNS. virtual void EnableMDns() = 0; // Make the process run without a sandbox. virtual void DisableSandbox() = 0; // Returns information about the utility child process. virtual const ChildProcessData& GetData() = 0; #if defined(OS_POSIX) virtual void SetEnv(const base::EnvironmentMap& env) = 0; #endif CONTENT_EXPORT static void RegisterUtilityMainThreadFactory( UtilityMainThreadFactoryFunction create); }; }; // namespace content #endif // CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_