// 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_