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 CONTENT_COMMON_PLUGIN_LIST_H_
6 #define CONTENT_COMMON_PLUGIN_LIST_H_
13 #include "base/basictypes.h"
14 #include "base/callback.h"
15 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
16 #include "base/lazy_instance.h"
17 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
18 #include "content/common/content_export.h"
19 #include "content/public/common/webplugininfo.h"
21 #if !defined(ENABLE_PLUGINS)
22 #error "Plugins should be enabled"
29 // The PluginList is responsible for loading our NPAPI based plugins. It does
30 // so in whatever manner is appropriate for the platform. On Windows, it loads
31 // plugins from a known directory by looking for DLLs which start with "NP",
32 // and checking to see if they are valid NPAPI libraries. On the Mac, it walks
33 // the machine-wide and user plugin directories and loads anything that has
34 // the correct types. On Linux, it walks the plugin directories as well
35 // (e.g. /usr/lib/browser-plugins/).
36 // This object is thread safe.
37 class CONTENT_EXPORT PluginList
{
39 // Gets the one instance of the PluginList.
40 static PluginList
* Singleton();
42 // Returns true if we're in debug-plugin-loading mode. This is controlled
43 // by a command line switch.
44 static bool DebugPluginLoading();
46 // Returns true if the plugin supports |mime_type|. |mime_type| should be all
48 static bool SupportsType(const WebPluginInfo
& plugin
,
49 const std::string
& mime_type
,
52 // Disables discovery of third_party plugins in standard places next time
53 // plugins are loaded.
54 void DisablePluginsDiscovery();
56 // Cause the plugin list to refresh next time they are accessed, regardless
57 // of whether they are already loaded.
58 void RefreshPlugins();
60 // Add/Remove an extra plugin to load when we actually do the loading. Must
61 // be called before the plugins have been loaded.
62 void AddExtraPluginPath(const base::FilePath
& plugin_path
);
63 void RemoveExtraPluginPath(const base::FilePath
& plugin_path
);
65 // Same as above, but specifies a directory in which to search for plugins.
66 void AddExtraPluginDir(const base::FilePath
& plugin_dir
);
68 // Get the ordered list of directories from which to load plugins
69 void GetPluginDirectories(std::vector
<base::FilePath
>* plugin_dirs
);
71 // Register an internal plugin with the specified plugin information.
72 // An internal plugin must be registered before it can
73 // be loaded using PluginList::LoadPlugin().
74 // If |add_at_beginning| is true the plugin will be added earlier in
75 // the list so that it can override the MIME types of older registrations.
76 void RegisterInternalPlugin(const WebPluginInfo
& info
,
77 bool add_at_beginning
);
79 // Removes a specified internal plugin from the list. The search will match
80 // on the path from the version info previously registered.
81 void UnregisterInternalPlugin(const base::FilePath
& path
);
83 // Gets a list of all the registered internal plugins.
84 void GetInternalPlugins(std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* plugins
);
86 // Creates a WebPluginInfo structure given a plugin's path. On success
87 // returns true, with the information being put into "info".
88 // Returns false if the library couldn't be found, or if it's not a plugin.
89 bool ReadPluginInfo(const base::FilePath
& filename
,
92 // In Windows plugins, the mime types are passed as a specially formatted list
93 // of strings. This function parses those strings into a WebPluginMimeType
95 // TODO(evan): move this code into plugin_list_win.
96 static bool ParseMimeTypes(
97 const std::string
& mime_types
,
98 const std::string
& file_extensions
,
99 const base::string16
& mime_type_descriptions
,
100 std::vector
<WebPluginMimeType
>* parsed_mime_types
);
102 // Get all the plugins synchronously, loading them if necessary.
103 void GetPlugins(std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* plugins
,
106 // Copies the list of plugins into |plugins| without loading them.
107 // Returns true if the list of plugins is up-to-date.
108 bool GetPluginsNoRefresh(std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* plugins
);
110 // Returns a list in |info| containing plugins that are found for
111 // the given url and mime type (including disabled plugins, for
112 // which |info->enabled| is false). The mime type which corresponds
113 // to the URL is optionally returned back in |actual_mime_types| (if
114 // it is non-NULL), one for each of the plugin info objects found.
115 // The |allow_wildcard| parameter controls whether this function
116 // returns plugins which support wildcard mime types (* as the mime
117 // type). The |info| parameter is required to be non-NULL. The
118 // list is in order of "most desirable" to "least desirable".
119 // If |use_stale| is NULL, this will load the plugin list if necessary.
120 // If it is not NULL, the plugin list will not be loaded, and |*use_stale|
121 // will be true iff the plugin list was stale.
122 void GetPluginInfoArray(const GURL
& url
,
123 const std::string
& mime_type
,
127 std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* info
,
128 std::vector
<std::string
>* actual_mime_types
);
130 // Load a specific plugin with full path. Return true iff loading the plugin
132 bool LoadPluginIntoPluginList(const base::FilePath
& filename
,
133 std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* plugins
,
134 WebPluginInfo
* plugin_info
);
136 // The following functions are used to support probing for WebPluginInfo
137 // using a different instance of this class.
139 // Computes a list of all plugins to potentially load from all sources.
140 void GetPluginPathsToLoad(std::vector
<base::FilePath
>* plugin_paths
,
143 // Signals that plugin loading will start. This method should be called before
144 // loading plugins with a different instance of this class. Returns false if
145 // the plugin list is up to date.
146 // When loading has finished, SetPlugins() should be called with the list of
148 bool PrepareForPluginLoading();
150 // Clears the internal list of Plugins and copies them from the vector.
151 void SetPlugins(const std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>& plugins
);
153 void set_will_load_plugins_callback(const base::Closure
& callback
);
155 virtual ~PluginList();
157 // Creates a WebPluginInfo structure given a plugin's path. On success
158 // returns true, with the information being put into "info".
159 // Returns false if the library couldn't be found, or if it's not a plugin.
160 static bool ReadWebPluginInfo(const base::FilePath
& filename
,
161 WebPluginInfo
* info
);
165 LOADING_STATE_NEEDS_REFRESH
,
166 LOADING_STATE_REFRESHING
,
167 LOADING_STATE_UP_TO_DATE
,
170 friend class PluginListTest
;
171 friend struct base::DefaultLazyInstanceTraits
<PluginList
>;
175 // Load all plugins from the default plugins directory.
176 void LoadPlugins(bool include_npapi
);
178 // Walks a directory and produces a list of all the plugins to potentially
179 // load in that directory.
180 void GetPluginsInDir(const base::FilePath
& path
,
181 std::vector
<base::FilePath
>* plugins
);
183 // Returns true if we should load the given plugin, or false otherwise.
184 // |plugins| is the list of plugins we have crawled in the current plugin
186 bool ShouldLoadPluginUsingPluginList(const WebPluginInfo
& info
,
187 std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
>* plugins
);
189 // Returns true if the given plugin supports a given file extension.
190 // |extension| should be all lower case. If |mime_type| is not NULL, it will
191 // be set to the MIME type if found. The MIME type which corresponds to the
192 // extension is optionally returned back.
193 bool SupportsExtension(const WebPluginInfo
& plugin
,
194 const std::string
& extension
,
195 std::string
* actual_mime_type
);
197 // Removes |plugin_path| from the list of extra plugin paths. Should only be
198 // called while holding |lock_|.
199 void RemoveExtraPluginPathLocked(const base::FilePath
& plugin_path
);
202 // Command-line switches
206 // Gets plugin paths registered under HKCU\Software\MozillaPlugins and
207 // HKLM\Software\MozillaPlugins.
208 void GetPluginPathsFromRegistry(std::vector
<base::FilePath
>* plugins
);
215 // States whether we will load the plugin list the next time we try to access
216 // it, whether we are currently in the process of loading it, or whether we
217 // consider it up-to-date.
218 LoadingState loading_state_
;
220 // Extra plugin paths that we want to search when loading.
221 std::vector
<base::FilePath
> extra_plugin_paths_
;
223 // Extra plugin directories that we want to search when loading.
224 std::vector
<base::FilePath
> extra_plugin_dirs_
;
226 // Holds information about internal plugins.
227 std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
> internal_plugins_
;
229 // A list holding all plugins.
230 std::vector
<WebPluginInfo
> plugins_list_
;
232 // Callback that is invoked whenever the PluginList will reload the plugins.
233 base::Closure will_load_plugins_callback_
;
235 // Need synchronization for the above members since this object can be
236 // accessed on multiple threads.
239 // Flag indicating whether third_party plugins will be searched for
241 bool plugins_discovery_disabled_
;
243 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PluginList
);
246 } // namespace content
248 #endif // CONTENT_COMMON_PLUGIN_LIST_H_