1 This directory is for features that are intended for reuse across multiple
2 embedders (e.g., Android WebView and Chrome).
4 By default, subdirectories have the Content Module as the uppermost layer they
5 depend on, i.e., they may depend only on the Content API (content/public) and
6 on lower layers (e.g. base/, net/, ipc/ etc.). Individual subdirectories may
7 further restrict their dependencies, e.g., a component that is used by Chrome
8 for iOS (which does not use the content API) will either disallow usage of
9 content/public or be in the form of a layered component
10 (http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/layered-components-design).
12 Components that have bits of code that need to live in different
13 processes (e.g. some code in the browser process, some in the renderer
14 process, etc.) should separate the code into different subdirectories.
15 Hence for a component named 'foo' you might end up with a structure
18 components/foo - DEPS, OWNERS, foo.gypi
19 components/foo/browser - code that needs the browser process
20 components/foo/common - for e.g. IPC constants and such
21 components/foo/renderer - code that needs renderer process
23 These subdirectories should have DEPS files with the relevant
24 restrictions in place, i.e. only components/*/browser should
25 be allowed to #include from content/public/browser.
27 Note that there may also be an 'android' subdir, with a Java source
28 code structure underneath it where the package name is
29 org.chromium.components.foo, and with subdirs after 'foo'
30 to illustrate process, e.g. 'browser' or 'renderer':
32 components/foo/android/OWNERS, DEPS
33 components/foo/android/java/src/org/chromium/components/foo/browser/
34 components/foo/android/javatests/src/org/chromium/components/foo/browser/
36 Code in a component should be placed in a namespace corresponding to
37 the name of the component; e.g. for a component living in
38 //components/foo, code in that component should be in the foo::
39 namespace. Note that it used to be the rule that all code under
40 //components should be in the components:: namespace; this is being