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1 // Copyright 2015 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 BASE_FEATURE_LIST_H_
6 #define BASE_FEATURE_LIST_H_
8 #include <map>
9 #include <string>
11 #include "base/base_export.h"
12 #include "base/basictypes.h"
13 #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
14 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
15 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
17 namespace base {
19 // Specifies whether a given feature is enabled or disabled by default.
20 enum FeatureState {
21 FEATURE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
22 FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
25 // The Feature struct is used to define the default state for a feature. See
26 // comment below for more details. There must only ever be one struct instance
27 // for a given feature name - generally defined as a constant global variable or
28 // file static.
29 struct BASE_EXPORT Feature {
30 // The name of the feature. This should be unique to each feature and is used
31 // for enabling/disabling features via command line flags and experiments.
32 const char* const name;
34 // The default state (i.e. enabled or disabled) for this feature.
35 const FeatureState default_state;
38 // The FeatureList class is used to determine whether a given feature is on or
39 // off. It provides an authoritative answer, taking into account command-line
40 // overrides and experimental control.
42 // The basic use case is for any feature that can be toggled (e.g. through
43 // command-line or an experiment) to have a defined Feature struct, e.g.:
45 // struct base::Feature kMyGreatFeature {
46 // "MyGreatFeature", base::FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
47 // };
49 // Then, client code that wishes to query the state of the feature would check:
51 // if (base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(kMyGreatFeature)) {
52 // // Feature code goes here.
53 // }
55 // Behind the scenes, the above call would take into account any command-line
56 // flags to enable or disable the feature, any experiments that may control it
57 // and finally its default state (in that order of priority), to determine
58 // whether the feature is on.
60 // Features can be explicitly forced on or off by specifying a list of comma-
61 // separated feature names via the following command-line flags:
63 // --enable-features=Feature5,Feature7
64 // --disable-features=Feature1,Feature2,Feature3
66 // After initialization (which should be done single-threaded), the FeatureList
67 // API is thread safe.
69 // Note: This class is a singleton, but does not use base/memory/singleton.h in
70 // order to have control over its initialization sequence. Specifically, the
71 // intended use is to create an instance of this class and fully initialize it,
72 // before setting it as the singleton for a process, via SetInstance().
73 class BASE_EXPORT FeatureList {
74 public:
75 FeatureList();
76 ~FeatureList();
78 // Initializes feature overrides via command-line flags |enable_features| and
79 // |disable_features|, each of which is a comma-separated list of features to
80 // enable or disable, respectively. If a feature appears on both lists, then
81 // it will be disabled. Must only be invoked during the initialization phase
82 // (before FinalizeInitialization() has been called).
83 void InitializeFromCommandLine(const std::string& enable_features,
84 const std::string& disable_features);
86 // Returns whether the given |feature| is enabled. Must only be called after
87 // the singleton instance has been registered via SetInstance(). Additionally,
88 // a feature with a given name must only have a single corresponding Feature
89 // struct, which is checked in builds with DCHECKs enabled.
90 static bool IsEnabled(const Feature& feature);
92 // Returns the singleton instance of FeatureList. Will return null until an
93 // instance is registered via SetInstance().
94 static FeatureList* GetInstance();
96 // Registers the given |instance| to be the singleton feature list for this
97 // process. This should only be called once and |instance| must not be null.
98 static void SetInstance(scoped_ptr<FeatureList> instance);
100 // Clears the previously-registered singleton instance for tests.
101 static void ClearInstanceForTesting();
103 private:
104 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(FeatureListTest, CheckFeatureIdentity);
106 // Specifies whether a feature override enables or disables the feature.
107 enum OverrideState {
108 OVERRIDE_DISABLE_FEATURE,
109 OVERRIDE_ENABLE_FEATURE,
112 // Finalizes the initialization state of the FeatureList, so that no further
113 // overrides can be registered. This is called by SetInstance() on the
114 // singleton feature list that is being registered.
115 void FinalizeInitialization();
117 // Returns whether the given |feature| is enabled. This is invoked by the
118 // public FeatureList::IsEnabled() static function on the global singleton.
119 // Requires the FeatureList to have already been fully initialized.
120 bool IsFeatureEnabled(const Feature& feature);
122 // Registers an override for feature |feature_name|. The override specifies
123 // whether the feature should be on or off (via |overridden_state|), which
124 // will take precedence over the feature's default state.
125 void RegisterOverride(const std::string& feature_name,
126 OverrideState overridden_state);
128 // Verifies that there's only a single definition of a Feature struct for a
129 // given feature name. Keeps track of the first seen Feature struct for each
130 // feature. Returns false when called on a Feature struct with a different
131 // address than the first one it saw for that feature name. Used only from
132 // DCHECKs and tests.
133 bool CheckFeatureIdentity(const Feature& feature);
135 struct OverrideEntry {
136 // The overridden enable (on/off) state of the feature.
137 const OverrideState overridden_state;
139 // TODO(asvitkine): Expand this as more support is added.
141 explicit OverrideEntry(OverrideState overridden_state);
143 // Map from feature name to an OverrideEntry struct for the feature, if it
144 // exists.
145 std::map<std::string, OverrideEntry> overrides_;
147 // Locked map that keeps track of seen features, to ensure a single feature is
148 // only defined once. This verification is only done in builds with DCHECKs
149 // enabled.
150 Lock feature_identity_tracker_lock_;
151 std::map<std::string, const Feature*> feature_identity_tracker_;
153 // Whether this object has been fully initialized. This gets set to true as a
154 // result of FinalizeInitialization().
155 bool initialized_;
157 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FeatureList);
160 } // namespace base
162 #endif // BASE_FEATURE_LIST_H_