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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef PPAPI_CPP_INSTANCE_H_
6 #define PPAPI_CPP_INSTANCE_H_
8 /// @file
9 /// This file defines the C++ wrapper for an instance.
11 #include <map>
12 #include <string>
14 #include "ppapi/c/pp_instance.h"
15 #include "ppapi/c/pp_resource.h"
16 #include "ppapi/c/pp_stdint.h"
17 #include "ppapi/c/ppb_console.h"
18 #include "ppapi/cpp/instance_handle.h"
19 #include "ppapi/cpp/view.h"
21 // Windows defines 'PostMessage', so we have to undef it.
22 #ifdef PostMessage
23 #undef PostMessage
24 #endif
26 struct PP_InputEvent;
28 /// The C++ interface to the Pepper API.
29 namespace pp {
31 class Graphics2D;
32 class Graphics3D;
33 class InputEvent;
34 class InstanceHandle;
35 class Rect;
36 class URLLoader;
37 class Var;
39 class Instance {
40 public:
41 /// Default constructor. Construction of an instance should only be done in
42 /// response to a browser request in <code>Module::CreateInstance</code>.
43 /// Otherwise, the instance will lack the proper bookkeeping in the browser
44 /// and in the C++ wrapper.
45 ///
46 /// Init() will be called immediately after the constructor. This allows you
47 /// to perform initialization tasks that can fail and to report that failure
48 /// to the browser.
49 explicit Instance(PP_Instance instance);
51 /// Destructor. When the instance is removed from the web page,
52 /// the <code>pp::Instance</code> object will be deleted. You should never
53 /// delete the <code>Instance</code> object yourself since the lifetime is
54 /// handled by the C++ wrapper and is controlled by the browser's calls to
55 /// the <code>PPP_Instance</code> interface.
56 ///
57 /// The <code>PP_Instance</code> identifier will still be valid during this
58 /// call so the instance can perform cleanup-related tasks. Once this function
59 /// returns, the <code>PP_Instance</code> handle will be invalid. This means
60 /// that you can't do any asynchronous operations such as network requests or
61 /// file writes from this destructor since they will be immediately canceled.
62 ///
63 /// <strong>Note:</strong> This function may be skipped in certain
64 /// call so the instance can perform cleanup-related tasks. Once this function
65 /// returns, the <code>PP_Instance</code> handle will be invalid. This means
66 /// that you can't do any asynchronous operations such as network requests or
67 /// file writes from this destructor since they will be immediately canceled.
68 virtual ~Instance();
70 /// This function returns the <code>PP_Instance</code> identifying this
71 /// object.
72 ///
73 /// @return A <code>PP_Instance</code> identifying this object.
74 PP_Instance pp_instance() const { return pp_instance_; }
76 /// Init() initializes this instance with the provided arguments. This
77 /// function will be called immediately after the instance object is
78 /// constructed.
79 ///
80 /// @param[in] argc The number of arguments contained in <code>argn</code>
81 /// and <code>argv</code>.
82 ///
83 /// @param[in] argn An array of argument names. These argument names are
84 /// supplied in the \<embed\> tag, for example:
85 /// <code>\<embed id="nacl_module" dimensions="2"\></code> will produce two
86 /// argument names: "id" and "dimensions".
87 ///
88 /// @param[in] argv An array of argument values. These are the values of the
89 /// arguments listed in the \<embed\> tag, for example
90 /// <code>\<embed id="nacl_module" dimensions="2"\></code> will produce two
91 /// argument values: "nacl_module" and "2". The indices of these values
92 /// match the indices of the corresponding names in <code>argn</code>.
93 ///
94 /// @return true on success. Returning false causes the instance to be
95 /// deleted and no other functions to be called.
96 virtual bool Init(uint32_t argc, const char* argn[], const char* argv[]);
98 /// @{
99 /// @name PPP_Instance methods for the module to override:
101 /// DidChangeView() is called when the view information for the Instance
102 /// has changed. See the <code>View</code> object for information.
104 /// Most implementations will want to check if the size and user visibility
105 /// changed, and either resize themselves or start/stop generating updates.
107 /// You should not call the default implementation. For
108 /// backwards-compatibility, it will call the deprecated version of
109 /// DidChangeView below.
110 virtual void DidChangeView(const View& view);
112 /// Deprecated backwards-compatible version of <code>DidChangeView()</code>.
113 /// New code should derive from the version that takes a
114 /// <code>ViewChanged</code> object rather than this version. This function
115 /// is called by the default implementation of the newer
116 /// <code>DidChangeView</code> function for source compatibility with older
117 /// code.
119 /// A typical implementation will check the size of the <code>position</code>
120 /// argument and reallocate the graphics context when a different size is
121 /// received. Note that this function will be called for scroll events where
122 /// the size doesn't change, so you should always check that the size is
123 /// actually different before doing any reallocations.
125 /// @param[in] position The location on the page of the instance. The
126 /// position is relative to the top left corner of the viewport, which changes
127 /// as the page is scrolled. Generally the size of this value will be used to
128 /// create a graphics device, and the position is ignored (most things are
129 /// relative to the instance so the absolute position isn't useful in most
130 /// cases).
132 /// @param[in] clip The visible region of the instance. This is relative to
133 /// the top left of the instance's coordinate system (not the page). If the
134 /// instance is invisible, <code>clip</code> will be (0, 0, 0, 0).
136 /// It's recommended to check for invisible instances and to stop
137 /// generating graphics updates in this case to save system resources. It's
138 /// not usually worthwhile, however, to generate partial updates according to
139 /// the clip when the instance is partially visible. Instead, update the
140 /// entire region. The time saved doing partial paints is usually not
141 /// significant and it can create artifacts when scrolling (this notification
142 /// is sent asynchronously from scrolling so there can be flashes of old
143 /// content in the exposed regions).
144 virtual void DidChangeView(const Rect& position, const Rect& clip);
146 /// DidChangeFocus() is called when an instance has gained or lost focus.
147 /// Having focus means that keyboard events will be sent to the instance.
148 /// An instance's default condition is that it will not have focus.
150 /// The focus flag takes into account both browser tab and window focus as
151 /// well as focus of the plugin element on the page. In order to be deemed
152 /// to have focus, the browser window must be topmost, the tab must be
153 /// selected in the window, and the instance must be the focused element on
154 /// the page.
156 /// <strong>Note:</strong>Clicks on instances will give focus only if you
157 /// handle the click event. Return <code>true</code> from
158 /// <code>HandleInputEvent</code> in <code>PPP_InputEvent</code> (or use
159 /// unfiltered events) to signal that the click event was handled. Otherwise,
160 /// the browser will bubble the event and give focus to the element on the
161 /// page that actually did end up consuming it. If you're not getting focus,
162 /// check to make sure you're either requesting them via
163 /// <code>RequestInputEvents()<code> (which implicitly marks all input events
164 /// as consumed) or via <code>RequestFilteringInputEvents()</code> and
165 /// returning true from your event handler.
167 /// @param[in] has_focus Indicates the new focused state of the instance.
168 virtual void DidChangeFocus(bool has_focus);
170 /// HandleInputEvent() handles input events from the browser. The default
171 /// implementation does nothing and returns false.
173 /// In order to receive input events, you must register for them by calling
174 /// RequestInputEvents() or RequestFilteringInputEvents(). By
175 /// default, no events are delivered.
177 /// If the event was handled, it will not be forwarded to the web page or
178 /// browser. If it was not handled, it will bubble according to the normal
179 /// rules. So it is important that an instance respond accurately with whether
180 /// event propagation should continue.
182 /// Event propagation also controls focus. If you handle an event like a mouse
183 /// event, typically the instance will be given focus. Returning false from
184 /// a filtered event handler or not registering for an event type means that
185 /// the click will be given to a lower part of the page and your instance will
186 /// not receive focus. This allows an instance to be partially transparent,
187 /// where clicks on the transparent areas will behave like clicks to the
188 /// underlying page.
190 /// In general, you should try to keep input event handling short. Especially
191 /// for filtered input events, the browser or page may be blocked waiting for
192 /// you to respond.
194 /// The caller of this function will maintain a reference to the input event
195 /// resource during this call. Unless you take a reference to the resource
196 /// to hold it for later, you don't need to release it.
198 /// <strong>Note: </strong>If you're not receiving input events, make sure
199 /// you register for the event classes you want by calling
200 /// <code>RequestInputEvents</code> or
201 /// <code>RequestFilteringInputEvents</code>. If you're still not receiving
202 /// keyboard input events, make sure you're returning true (or using a
203 /// non-filtered event handler) for mouse events. Otherwise, the instance will
204 /// not receive focus and keyboard events will not be sent.
206 /// Refer to <code>RequestInputEvents</code> and
207 /// <code>RequestFilteringInputEvents</code> for further information.
209 /// @param[in] event The event to handle.
211 /// @return true if the event was handled, false if not. If you have
212 /// registered to filter this class of events by calling
213 /// <code>RequestFilteringInputEvents</code>, and you return false,
214 /// the event will be forwarded to the page (and eventually the browser)
215 /// for the default handling. For non-filtered events, the return value
216 /// will be ignored.
217 virtual bool HandleInputEvent(const pp::InputEvent& event);
219 /// HandleDocumentLoad() is called after Init() for a full-frame
220 /// instance that was instantiated based on the MIME type of a DOMWindow
221 /// navigation. This situation only applies to modules that are
222 /// pre-registered to handle certain MIME types. If you haven't specifically
223 /// registered to handle a MIME type or aren't positive this applies to you,
224 /// your implementation of this function can just return false.
226 /// The given url_loader corresponds to a <code>URLLoader</code> object that
227 /// is already opened. Its response headers may be queried using
228 /// GetResponseInfo(). If you want to use the <code>URLLoader</code> to read
229 /// data, you will need to save a copy of it or the underlying resource will
230 /// be freed when this function returns and the load will be canceled.
232 /// This method returns false if the module cannot handle the data. In
233 /// response to this method, the module should call ReadResponseBody() to read
234 /// the incoming data.
236 /// @param[in] url_loader An open <code>URLLoader</code> instance.
238 /// @return true if the data was handled, false otherwise.
239 virtual bool HandleDocumentLoad(const URLLoader& url_loader);
241 /// HandleMessage() is a function that the browser calls when PostMessage()
242 /// is invoked on the DOM element for the instance in JavaScript. Note
243 /// that PostMessage() in the JavaScript interface is asynchronous, meaning
244 /// JavaScript execution will not be blocked while HandleMessage() is
245 /// processing the message.
247 /// When converting JavaScript arrays, any object properties whose name
248 /// is not an array index are ignored. When passing arrays and objects, the
249 /// entire reference graph will be converted and transferred. If the reference
250 /// graph has cycles, the message will not be sent and an error will be logged
251 /// to the console.
253 /// <strong>Example:</strong>
255 /// The following JavaScript code invokes <code>HandleMessage</code>, passing
256 /// the instance on which it was invoked, with <code>message</code> being a
257 /// string <code>Var</code> containing "Hello world!"
259 /// @code{.html}
261 /// <body>
262 /// <object id="plugin"
263 /// type="application/x-ppapi-postMessage-example"/>
264 /// <script type="text/javascript">
265 /// document.getElementById('plugin').postMessage("Hello world!");
266 /// </script>
267 /// </body>
269 /// @endcode
271 /// Refer to PostMessage() for sending messages to JavaScript.
273 /// @param[in] message A <code>Var</code> which has been converted from a
274 /// JavaScript value. JavaScript array/object types are supported from Chrome
275 /// M29 onward. All JavaScript values are copied when passing them to the
276 /// plugin.
277 virtual void HandleMessage(const Var& message);
279 /// @}
281 /// @{
282 /// @name PPB_Instance methods for querying the browser:
284 /// BindGraphics() binds the given graphics as the current display surface.
285 /// The contents of this device is what will be displayed in the instance's
286 /// area on the web page. The device must be a 2D or a 3D device.
288 /// You can pass an <code>is_null()</code> (default constructed) Graphics2D
289 /// as the device parameter to unbind all devices from the given instance.
290 /// The instance will then appear transparent. Re-binding the same device
291 /// will return <code>true</code> and will do nothing.
293 /// Any previously-bound device will be released. It is an error to bind
294 /// a device when it is already bound to another instance. If you want
295 /// to move a device between instances, first unbind it from the old one, and
296 /// then rebind it to the new one.
298 /// Binding a device will invalidate that portion of the web page to flush the
299 /// contents of the new device to the screen.
301 /// @param[in] graphics A <code>Graphics2D</code> to bind.
303 /// @return true if bind was successful or false if the device was not the
304 /// correct type. On success, a reference to the device will be held by the
305 /// instance, so the caller can release its reference if it chooses.
306 bool BindGraphics(const Graphics2D& graphics);
308 /// Binds the given Graphics3D as the current display surface.
309 /// Refer to <code>BindGraphics(const Graphics2D& graphics)</code> for
310 /// further information.
312 /// @param[in] graphics A <code>Graphics3D</code> to bind.
314 /// @return true if bind was successful or false if the device was not the
315 /// correct type. On success, a reference to the device will be held by the
316 /// instance, so the caller can release its reference if it chooses.
317 bool BindGraphics(const Graphics3D& graphics);
319 /// IsFullFrame() determines if the instance is full-frame (repr).
320 /// Such an instance represents the entire document in a frame rather than an
321 /// embedded resource. This can happen if the user does a top-level
322 /// navigation or the page specifies an iframe to a resource with a MIME
323 /// type registered by the module.
325 /// @return true if the instance is full-frame, false if not.
326 bool IsFullFrame();
328 /// RequestInputEvents() requests that input events corresponding to the
329 /// given input events are delivered to the instance.
331 /// By default, no input events are delivered. Call this function with the
332 /// classes of events you are interested in to have them be delivered to
333 /// the instance. Calling this function will override any previous setting for
334 /// each specified class of input events (for example, if you previously
335 /// called RequestFilteringInputEvents(), this function will set those events
336 /// to non-filtering mode).
338 /// Input events may have high overhead, so you should only request input
339 /// events that your plugin will actually handle. For example, the browser may
340 /// do optimizations for scroll or touch events that can be processed
341 /// substantially faster if it knows there are no non-default receivers for
342 /// that message. Requesting that such messages be delivered, even if they are
343 /// processed very quickly, may have a noticeable effect on the performance of
344 /// the page.
346 /// When requesting input events through this function, the events will be
347 /// delivered and <em>not</em> bubbled to the page. This means that even if
348 /// you aren't interested in the message, no other parts of the page will get
349 /// the message.
351 /// <strong>Example:</strong>
353 /// @code
354 /// RequestInputEvents(PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_MOUSE);
355 /// RequestFilteringInputEvents(
356 /// PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_WHEEL | PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_KEYBOARD);
358 /// @endcode
360 /// @param event_classes A combination of flags from
361 /// <code>PP_InputEvent_Class</code> that identifies the classes of events
362 /// the instance is requesting. The flags are combined by logically ORing
363 /// their values.
365 /// @return <code>PP_OK</code> if the operation succeeded,
366 /// <code>PP_ERROR_BADARGUMENT</code> if instance is invalid, or
367 /// <code>PP_ERROR_NOTSUPPORTED</code> if one of the event class bits were
368 /// illegal. In the case of an invalid bit, all valid bits will be applied
369 /// and only the illegal bits will be ignored.
370 int32_t RequestInputEvents(uint32_t event_classes);
372 /// RequestFilteringInputEvents() requests that input events corresponding
373 /// to the given input events are delivered to the instance for filtering.
375 /// By default, no input events are delivered. In most cases you would
376 /// register to receive events by calling RequestInputEvents(). In some cases,
377 /// however, you may wish to filter events such that they can be bubbled up
378 /// to the DOM. In this case, register for those classes of events using
379 /// this function instead of RequestInputEvents(). Keyboard events must always
380 /// be registered in filtering mode.
382 /// Filtering input events requires significantly more overhead than just
383 /// delivering them to the instance. As such, you should only request
384 /// filtering in those cases where it's absolutely necessary. The reason is
385 /// that it requires the browser to stop and block for the instance to handle
386 /// the input event, rather than sending the input event asynchronously. This
387 /// can have significant overhead.
389 /// <strong>Example:</strong>
391 /// @code
393 /// RequestInputEvents(PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_MOUSE);
394 /// RequestFilteringInputEvents(
395 /// PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_WHEEL | PP_INPUTEVENT_CLASS_KEYBOARD);
397 /// @endcode
399 /// @param event_classes A combination of flags from
400 /// <code>PP_InputEvent_Class</code> that identifies the classes of events
401 /// the instance is requesting. The flags are combined by logically ORing
402 /// their values.
404 /// @return <code>PP_OK</code> if the operation succeeded,
405 /// <code>PP_ERROR_BADARGUMENT</code> if instance is invalid, or
406 /// <code>PP_ERROR_NOTSUPPORTED</code> if one of the event class bits were
407 /// illegal. In the case of an invalid bit, all valid bits will be applied
408 /// and only the illegal bits will be ignored.
409 int32_t RequestFilteringInputEvents(uint32_t event_classes);
411 /// ClearInputEventRequest() requests that input events corresponding to the
412 /// given input classes no longer be delivered to the instance.
414 /// By default, no input events are delivered. If you have previously
415 /// requested input events using RequestInputEvents() or
416 /// RequestFilteringInputEvents(), this function will unregister handling
417 /// for the given instance. This will allow greater browser performance for
418 /// those events.
420 /// <strong>Note: </strong> You may still get some input events after
421 /// clearing the flag if they were dispatched before the request was cleared.
422 /// For example, if there are 3 mouse move events waiting to be delivered,
423 /// and you clear the mouse event class during the processing of the first
424 /// one, you'll still receive the next two. You just won't get more events
425 /// generated.
427 /// @param[in] event_classes A combination of flags from
428 /// <code>PP_InputEvent_Class</code> that identifies the classes of events the
429 /// instance is no longer interested in.
430 void ClearInputEventRequest(uint32_t event_classes);
432 /// PostMessage() asynchronously invokes any listeners for message events on
433 /// the DOM element for the given instance. A call to PostMessage() will
434 /// not block while the message is processed.
436 /// <strong>Example:</strong>
438 /// @code{.html}
440 /// <body>
441 /// <object id="plugin"
442 /// type="application/x-ppapi-postMessage-example"/>
443 /// <script type="text/javascript">
444 /// var plugin = document.getElementById('plugin');
445 /// plugin.addEventListener("message",
446 /// function(message) { alert(message.data); },
447 /// false);
448 /// </script>
449 /// </body>
451 /// @endcode
453 /// The instance then invokes PostMessage() as follows:
455 /// @code
457 /// PostMessage(pp::Var("Hello world!"));
459 /// @endcode
461 /// The browser will pop-up an alert saying "Hello world!"
463 /// When passing array or dictionary <code>PP_Var</code>s, the entire
464 /// reference graph will be converted and transferred. If the reference graph
465 /// has cycles, the message will not be sent and an error will be logged to
466 /// the console.
468 /// Listeners for message events in JavaScript code will receive an object
469 /// conforming to the HTML 5 <code>MessageEvent</code> interface.
470 /// Specifically, the value of message will be contained as a property called
471 /// data in the received <code>MessageEvent</code>.
473 /// This messaging system is similar to the system used for listening for
474 /// messages from Web Workers. Refer to
475 /// <code>http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-workers/current-work/</code> for
476 /// further information.
478 /// Refer to HandleMessage() for receiving events from JavaScript.
480 /// @param[in] message A <code>Var</code> containing the data to be sent to
481 /// JavaScript. Message can have a numeric, boolean, or string value.
482 /// Array/Dictionary types are supported from Chrome M29 onward.
483 /// All var types are copied when passing them to JavaScript.
484 void PostMessage(const Var& message);
486 /// @}
488 /// @{
489 /// @name PPB_Console methods for logging to the console:
491 /// Logs the given message to the JavaScript console associated with the
492 /// given plugin instance with the given logging level. The name of the plugin
493 /// issuing the log message will be automatically prepended to the message.
494 /// The value may be any type of Var.
495 void LogToConsole(PP_LogLevel level, const Var& value);
497 /// Logs a message to the console with the given source information rather
498 /// than using the internal PPAPI plugin name. The name must be a string var.
500 /// The regular log function will automatically prepend the name of your
501 /// plugin to the message as the "source" of the message. Some plugins may
502 /// wish to override this. For example, if your plugin is a Python
503 /// interpreter, you would want log messages to contain the source .py file
504 /// doing the log statement rather than have "python" show up in the console.
505 void LogToConsoleWithSource(PP_LogLevel level,
506 const Var& source,
507 const Var& value);
509 /// @}
511 /// AddPerInstanceObject() associates an instance with an interface,
512 /// creating an object.
514 /// Many optional interfaces are associated with a plugin instance. For
515 /// example, the find in PPP_Find interface receives updates on a per-instance
516 /// basis. This "per-instance" tracking allows such objects to associate
517 /// themselves with an instance as "the" handler for that interface name.
519 /// In the case of the find example, the find object registers with its
520 /// associated instance in its constructor and unregisters in its destructor.
521 /// Then whenever it gets updates with a PP_Instance parameter, it can
522 /// map back to the find object corresponding to that given PP_Instance by
523 /// calling GetPerInstanceObject.
525 /// This lookup is done on a per-interface-name basis. This means you can
526 /// only have one object of a given interface name associated with an
527 /// instance.
529 /// If you are adding a handler for an additional interface, be sure to
530 /// register with the module (AddPluginInterface) for your interface name to
531 /// get the C calls in the first place.
533 /// Refer to RemovePerInstanceObject() and GetPerInstanceObject() for further
534 /// information.
536 /// @param[in] interface_name The name of the interface to associate with the
537 /// instance
538 /// @param[in] object
539 void AddPerInstanceObject(const std::string& interface_name, void* object);
541 // {PENDING: summarize Remove method here}
543 /// Refer to AddPerInstanceObject() for further information.
545 /// @param[in] interface_name The name of the interface to associate with the
546 /// instance
547 /// @param[in] object
548 void RemovePerInstanceObject(const std::string& interface_name, void* object);
550 /// Static version of AddPerInstanceObject that takes an InstanceHandle. As
551 /// with all other instance functions, this must only be called on the main
552 /// thread.
553 static void RemovePerInstanceObject(const InstanceHandle& instance,
554 const std::string& interface_name,
555 void* object);
557 /// Look up an object previously associated with an instance. Returns NULL
558 /// if the instance is invalid or there is no object for the given interface
559 /// name on the instance.
561 /// Refer to AddPerInstanceObject() for further information.
563 /// @param[in] instance
564 /// @param[in] interface_name The name of the interface to associate with the
565 /// instance.
566 static void* GetPerInstanceObject(PP_Instance instance,
567 const std::string& interface_name);
569 private:
570 PP_Instance pp_instance_;
572 typedef std::map<std::string, void*> InterfaceNameToObjectMap;
573 InterfaceNameToObjectMap interface_name_to_objects_;
576 } // namespace pp
578 #endif // PPAPI_CPP_INSTANCE_H_