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1 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. |
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2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be |
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3 // found in the LICENSE file. |
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4 |
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5 #ifndef CHROME_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_H__ |
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6 #define CHROME_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_H__ |
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7 |
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8 #include <string> |
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9 #include <vector> |
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10 #include "base/basictypes.h" |
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11 #include "base/message_loop.h" |
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12 #include "base/scoped_ptr.h" |
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13 #include "base/waitable_event.h" |
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14 |
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15 class ChildThread; |
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16 |
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17 |
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18 // Base class for child processes of the browser process (i.e. renderer and |
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19 // plugin host). This is a singleton object for each child process. |
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20 class ChildProcess { |
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21 public: |
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22 // Child processes should have an object that derives from this class. The |
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23 // constructor will return once ChildThread has started. |
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24 ChildProcess(ChildThread* child_thread); |
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25 virtual ~ChildProcess(); |
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26 |
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27 // Getter for this process' main thread. |
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28 ChildThread* child_thread() { return child_thread_.get(); } |
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29 |
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30 // A global event object that is signalled when the main thread's message |
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31 // loop exits. This gives background threads a way to observe the main |
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32 // thread shutting down. This can be useful when a background thread is |
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33 // waiting for some information from the browser process. If the browser |
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34 // process goes away prematurely, the background thread can at least notice |
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35 // the child processes's main thread exiting to determine that it should give |
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36 // up waiting. |
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37 // For example, see the renderer code used to implement |
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38 // webkit_glue::GetCookies. |
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39 base::WaitableEvent* GetShutDownEvent(); |
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40 |
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41 // These are used for ref-counting the child process. The process shuts |
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42 // itself down when the ref count reaches 0. |
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43 // For example, in the renderer process, generally each tab managed by this |
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44 // process will hold a reference to the process, and release when closed. |
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45 void AddRefProcess(); |
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46 void ReleaseProcess(); |
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47 |
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48 // Getter for the one ChildProcess object for this process. |
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49 static ChildProcess* current() { return child_process_; } |
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50 |
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51 private: |
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52 // NOTE: make sure that child_thread_ is listed before shutdown_event_, since |
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53 // it depends on it (indirectly through IPC::SyncChannel). |
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54 scoped_ptr<ChildThread> child_thread_; |
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55 |
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56 int ref_count_; |
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57 |
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58 // An event that will be signalled when we shutdown. |
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59 base::WaitableEvent shutdown_event_; |
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60 |
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61 // The singleton instance for this process. |
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62 static ChildProcess* child_process_; |
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63 |
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64 DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(ChildProcess); |
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65 }; |
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66 |
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67 #endif // CHROME_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_H__ |