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 CHROME_BROWSER_ABOUT_FLAGS_H_
6 #define CHROME_BROWSER_ABOUT_FLAGS_H_
14 #include "base/command_line.h"
15 #include "base/metrics/histogram_base.h"
16 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
24 namespace about_flags
{
28 // Experiment is used internally by about_flags to describe an experiment (and
30 // This is exposed only for testing.
33 // An experiment with a single value. This is typically what you want.
36 // A default enabled experiment with a single value to disable it. This is
37 // for default enabled SINGLE_VALUE experiments. Please consider whether
38 // you really need a flag to disable the experiment, and even if so remove
39 // the disable flag as soon as it is no longer needed.
42 // The experiment has multiple values only one of which is ever enabled.
43 // The first of the values should correspond to a deactivated state for this
44 // lab (i.e. no command line option). For MULTI_VALUE experiments the
45 // command_line of the Experiment is not used. If the experiment is enabled
46 // the command line of the selected Choice is enabled.
49 // The experiment has three possible values: Default, Enabled and Disabled.
50 // This should be used for experiments that may have their own logic to
51 // decide if the feature should be on when not explicitly specified via
52 // about flags - for example via FieldTrials.
56 // Used for MULTI_VALUE types to describe one of the possible values the user
59 // ID of the message containing the choice name.
62 // Command line switch and value to enabled for this choice.
63 const char* command_line_switch
;
64 // Simple switches that have no value should use "" for command_line_value.
65 const char* command_line_value
;
68 // The internal name of the experiment. This is never shown to the user.
69 // It _is_ however stored in the prefs file, so you shouldn't change the
70 // name of existing flags.
71 const char* internal_name
;
73 // String id of the message containing the experiment's name.
76 // String id of the message containing the experiment's description.
77 int visible_description_id
;
79 // The platforms the experiment is available on
80 // Needs to be more than a compile-time #ifdef because of profile sync.
81 unsigned supported_platforms
; // bitmask
83 // Type of experiment.
86 // The commandline switch and value that are added when this flag is active.
87 // This is different from |internal_name| so that the commandline flag can be
88 // renamed without breaking the prefs file.
89 // This is used if type is SINGLE_VALUE or ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUE.
90 const char* command_line_switch
;
91 // Simple switches that have no value should use "" for command_line_value.
92 const char* command_line_value
;
94 // For ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUE, the command line switch and value to explicitly
95 // disable the feature.
96 const char* disable_command_line_switch
;
97 const char* disable_command_line_value
;
99 // This is used if type is MULTI_VALUE.
100 const Choice
* choices
;
102 // Number of |choices|.
103 // This is used if type is MULTI_VALUE.
106 // Returns the name used in prefs for the choice at the specified |index|.
107 std::string
NameForChoice(int index
) const;
109 // Returns the human readable description for the choice at |index|.
110 base::string16
DescriptionForChoice(int index
) const;
113 // A flag controlling the behavior of the |ConvertFlagsToSwitches| function -
114 // whether it should add the sentinel switches around flags.
115 enum SentinelsMode
{ kNoSentinels
, kAddSentinels
};
117 // Reads the Labs |prefs| (called "Labs" for historical reasons) and adds the
118 // commandline flags belonging to the active experiments to |command_line|.
119 void ConvertFlagsToSwitches(FlagsStorage
* flags_storage
,
120 base::CommandLine
* command_line
,
121 SentinelsMode sentinels
);
123 // Compares a set of switches of the two provided command line objects and
124 // returns true if they are the same and false otherwise.
125 // If |out_difference| is not NULL, it's filled with set_symmetric_difference
127 bool AreSwitchesIdenticalToCurrentCommandLine(
128 const base::CommandLine
& new_cmdline
,
129 const base::CommandLine
& active_cmdline
,
130 std::set
<base::CommandLine::StringType
>* out_difference
);
132 // Differentiate between generic flags available on a per session base and flags
133 // that influence the whole machine and can be said by the admin only. This flag
134 // is relevant for ChromeOS for now only and dictates whether entries marked
135 // with the |kOsCrOSOwnerOnly| label should be enabled in the UI or not.
136 enum FlagAccess
{ kGeneralAccessFlagsOnly
, kOwnerAccessToFlags
};
138 // Get the list of experiments. Experiments that are available on the current
139 // platform are appended to |supported_experiments|; all other experiments are
140 // appended to |unsupported_experiments|.
141 void GetFlagsExperimentsData(FlagsStorage
* flags_storage
,
143 base::ListValue
* supported_experiments
,
144 base::ListValue
* unsupported_experiments
);
146 // Returns true if one of the experiment flags has been flipped since startup.
147 bool IsRestartNeededToCommitChanges();
149 // Enables or disables the experiment with id |internal_name|.
150 void SetExperimentEnabled(FlagsStorage
* flags_storage
,
151 const std::string
& internal_name
,
154 // Removes all switches that were added to a command line by a previous call to
155 // |ConvertFlagsToSwitches()|.
156 void RemoveFlagsSwitches(
157 std::map
<std::string
, base::CommandLine::StringType
>* switch_list
);
159 // Reset all flags to the default state by clearing all flags.
160 void ResetAllFlags(FlagsStorage
* flags_storage
);
162 // Returns the value for the current platform. This is one of the values defined
163 // by the OS enum above.
164 // This is exposed only for testing.
165 int GetCurrentPlatform();
167 // Sends UMA stats about experimental flag usage. This should be called once per
169 void RecordUMAStatistics(FlagsStorage
* flags_storage
);
171 // Returns the UMA id for the specified switch name.
172 base::HistogramBase::Sample
GetSwitchUMAId(const std::string
& switch_name
);
174 // Sends stats (as UMA histogram) about command_line_difference.
175 // This is used on ChromeOS to report flags that lead to browser restart.
176 // |command_line_difference| is the result of
177 // AreSwitchesIdenticalToCurrentCommandLine().
178 void ReportCustomFlags(const std::string
& uma_histogram_hame
,
179 const std::set
<std::string
>& command_line_difference
);
183 // Clears internal global state, for unit tests.
186 // Sets the list of experiments. Pass in NULL to use the default set. This does
187 // NOT take ownership of the supplied Experiments.
188 void SetExperiments(const Experiment
* e
, size_t count
);
190 // Returns the current set of experiments.
191 const Experiment
* GetExperiments(size_t* count
);
193 // Separator used for multi values. Multi values are represented in prefs as
194 // name-of-experiment + kMultiSeparator + selected_index.
195 extern const char kMultiSeparator
[];
197 // This value is reported as switch histogram ID if switch name has unknown
199 extern const base::HistogramBase::Sample kBadSwitchFormatHistogramId
;
201 } // namespace testing
203 } // namespace about_flags
205 #endif // CHROME_BROWSER_ABOUT_FLAGS_H_