diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 netwerk/base/public/nsIDivertableChannel.idl --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/netwerk/base/public/nsIDivertableChannel.idl Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ +/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#include "nsISupports.idl" + +%{C++ +namespace mozilla { +namespace net { +class ChannelDiverterChild; +} +} +%} + +[ptr] native ChannelDiverterChild(mozilla::net::ChannelDiverterChild); + +interface nsIStreamListener; + +/** + * A channel implementing this interface allows diverting from an + * nsIStreamListener in the child process to one in the parent. + */ +[uuid(4430e0d0-ff70-45f5-99dc-b5fd06943fc1)] +interface nsIDivertableChannel : nsISupports +{ + /** + * CHILD ONLY. + * Called by Necko client in child process during OnStartRequest to divert + * nsIStreamListener and nsIRequest callbacks to the parent process. + * + * The process should look like the following: + * + * 1) divertToParent is called in the child process. It can only be called + * during OnStartRequest(). + * + * 2) The ChannelDiverterChild that is returned is an IPDL object. It should + * be passed via some other IPDL method of the client's choosing to the + * parent. On the parent the ChannelDiverterParent's divertTo() function + * should be called with an nsIStreamListener that will then receive the + * OnStartRequest/OnDataAvailable/OnStopRequest for the channel. The + * ChannelDiverterParent can then be deleted (which will also destroy the + * ChannelDiverterChild in the child). + * + * After divertToParent() has been called, NO further function calls + * should be made on the channel. It is a dead object for all purposes. + * The reference that the channel holds to the listener in the child is + * released is once OnStartRequest completes, and no other + * nsIStreamListener calls (OnDataAvailable, OnStopRequest) will be made + * to it. + * + * @return ChannelDiverterChild IPDL actor to be passed to parent process by + * client IPDL message, e.g. PClient.DivertUsing(PDiverterChild). + * + * @throws exception if the channel was canceled early. Throws status code of + * canceled channel. + */ + ChannelDiverterChild divertToParent(); +};