1 // Copyright 2013 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 EXTENSIONS_BROWSER_MANAGEMENT_POLICY_H_
6 #define EXTENSIONS_BROWSER_MANAGEMENT_POLICY_H_
11 #include "base/basictypes.h"
12 #include "extensions/common/extension.h"
14 namespace extensions
{
16 // This class registers providers that want to prohibit certain actions from
17 // being applied to extensions. It must be called, via the ExtensionService,
18 // before allowing a user or a user-level mechanism to perform the respective
19 // action. (That is, installing or otherwise modifying an extension in order
20 // to conform to enterprise administrator policy must be exempted from these
23 // This "policy" and its providers should not be confused with administrator
24 // policy, although admin policy is one of the sources ("Providers") of
25 // restrictions registered with and exposed by the ManagementPolicy.
26 class ManagementPolicy
{
28 // Each mechanism that wishes to limit users' ability to control extensions,
29 // whether one individual extension or the whole system, should implement
30 // the methods of this Provider interface that it needs. In each case, if the
31 // provider does not need to control a certain action, that method does not
32 // need to be implemented.
34 // It is not guaranteed that a particular Provider's methods will be called
35 // each time a user tries to perform one of the controlled actions (the list
36 // of providers is short-circuited as soon as a decision is possible), so
37 // implementations of these methods must have no side effects.
39 // For all of the Provider methods below, if |error| is not NULL and the
40 // method imposes a restriction on the desired action, |error| may be set
41 // to an applicable error message, but this is not required.
45 virtual ~Provider() {}
47 // A human-readable name for this provider, for use in debug messages.
48 // Implementers should return an empty string in non-debug builds, to save
50 virtual std::string
GetDebugPolicyProviderName() const = 0;
52 // Providers should return false if a user may not install the |extension|,
53 // or load or run it if it has already been installed.
54 virtual bool UserMayLoad(const Extension
* extension
,
55 base::string16
* error
) const;
57 // Providers should return false if a user may not enable, disable, or
58 // uninstall the |extension|, or change its usage options (incognito
59 // permission, file access, etc.).
60 virtual bool UserMayModifySettings(const Extension
* extension
,
61 base::string16
* error
) const;
63 // Providers should return true if the |extension| must always remain
64 // enabled. This is distinct from UserMayModifySettings() in that the latter
65 // also prohibits enabling the extension if it is currently disabled.
66 // Providers implementing this method should also implement the others
67 // above, if they wish to completely lock in an extension.
68 virtual bool MustRemainEnabled(const Extension
* extension
,
69 base::string16
* error
) const;
71 // Similar to MustRemainEnabled, but for whether an extension must remain
72 // disabled, and returns an error and/or reason if the caller needs it.
73 virtual bool MustRemainDisabled(const Extension
* extension
,
74 Extension::DisableReason
* reason
,
75 base::string16
* error
) const;
78 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Provider
);
84 // Registers or unregisters a provider, causing it to be added to or removed
85 // from the list of providers queried. Ownership of the provider remains with
86 // the caller. Providers do not need to be unregistered on shutdown.
87 void RegisterProvider(Provider
* provider
);
88 void UnregisterProvider(Provider
* provider
);
90 // Returns true if the user is permitted to install, load, and run the given
91 // extension. If not, |error| may be set to an appropriate message.
92 bool UserMayLoad(const Extension
* extension
, base::string16
* error
) const;
94 // Returns true if the user is permitted to enable, disable, or uninstall the
95 // given extension, or change the extension's usage options (incognito mode,
96 // file access, etc.). If not, |error| may be set to an appropriate message.
97 bool UserMayModifySettings(const Extension
* extension
,
98 base::string16
* error
) const;
100 // Returns true if the extension must remain enabled at all times (e.g. a
101 // compoment extension). In that case, |error| may be set to an appropriate
103 bool MustRemainEnabled(const Extension
* extension
,
104 base::string16
* error
) const;
106 // Returns true immediately if any registered provider's MustRemainDisabled
107 // function returns true.
108 bool MustRemainDisabled(const Extension
* extension
,
109 Extension::DisableReason
* reason
,
110 base::string16
* error
) const;
112 // For use in testing.
113 void UnregisterAllProviders();
114 int GetNumProviders() const;
117 // This is a pointer to a function in the Provider interface, used in
118 // ApplyToProviderList.
119 typedef bool (Provider::*ProviderFunction
)(const Extension
*,
120 base::string16
*) const;
122 typedef std::set
<Provider
*> ProviderList
;
124 // This is a helper to apply a method in the Provider interface to each of
125 // the Provider objects in |providers_|. The return value of this function
126 // will be |normal_result|, unless any of the Provider calls to |function|
127 // return !normal_result, in which case this function will then early-return
129 bool ApplyToProviderList(ProviderFunction function
,
130 const char* debug_operation_name
,
132 const Extension
* extension
,
133 base::string16
* error
) const;
135 ProviderList providers_
;
137 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ManagementPolicy
);
140 } // namespace extensions
142 #endif // EXTENSIONS_BROWSER_MANAGEMENT_POLICY_H_