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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_
+#define CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <queue>
+#include "chrome/common/ipc_message.h"
+
+namespace IPC {
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Channel {
+ // Security tests need access to the pipe handle.
+ friend class ChannelTest;
+
+ public:
+ // Implemented by consumers of a Channel to receive messages.
+ class Listener {
+ public:
+ virtual ~Listener() {}
+
+ // Called when a message is received.
+ virtual void OnMessageReceived(Message&& message) = 0;
+
+ // Called when the channel is connected and we have received the internal
+ // Hello message from the peer.
+ virtual void OnChannelConnected(int32_t peer_pid) {}
+
+ // Called when an error is detected that causes the channel to close.
+ // This method is not called when a channel is closed normally.
+ virtual void OnChannelError() {}
+
+ // If the listener has queued messages, swap them for |queue| like so
+ // swap(impl->my_queued_messages, queue);
+ virtual void GetQueuedMessages(std::queue<Message>& queue) {}
+ };
+
+ enum Mode {
+ MODE_SERVER,
+ MODE_CLIENT
+ };
+
+ enum {
+ // The maximum message size in bytes. Attempting to receive a
+ // message of this size or bigger results in a channel error.
+ kMaximumMessageSize = 256 * 1024 * 1024,
+
+ // Ammount of data to read at once from the pipe.
+ kReadBufferSize = 4 * 1024,
+
+ // Maximum size of a message that we allow to be copied (rather than moved).
+ kMaxCopySize = 32 * 1024,
+ };
+
+ // Initialize a Channel.
+ //
+ // |channel_id| identifies the communication Channel.
+ // |mode| specifies whether this Channel is to operate in server mode or
+ // client mode. In server mode, the Channel is responsible for setting up the
+ // IPC object, whereas in client mode, the Channel merely connects to the
+ // already established IPC object.
+ // |listener| receives a callback on the current thread for each newly
+ // received message.
+ //
+ Channel(const std::wstring& channel_id, Mode mode, Listener* listener);
+
+ // XXX it would nice not to have yet more platform-specific code in
+ // here but it's just not worth the trouble.
+# if defined(OS_POSIX)
+ // Connect to a pre-created channel |fd| as |mode|.
+ Channel(int fd, Mode mode, Listener* listener);
+# elif defined(OS_WIN)
+ // Connect to a pre-created channel as |mode|. Clients connect to
+ // the pre-existing server pipe, and servers take over |server_pipe|.
+ Channel(const std::wstring& channel_id, void* server_pipe,
+ Mode mode, Listener* listener);
+# endif
+
+ ~Channel();
+
+ // Connect the pipe. On the server side, this will initiate
+ // waiting for connections. On the client, it attempts to
+ // connect to a pre-existing pipe. Note, calling Connect()
+ // will not block the calling thread and may complete
+ // asynchronously.
+ bool Connect();
+
+ // Close this Channel explicitly. May be called multiple times.
+ void Close();
+
+ // Modify the Channel's listener.
+ Listener* set_listener(Listener* listener);
+
+ // Send a message over the Channel to the listener on the other end.
+ //
+ // |message| must be allocated using operator new. This object will be
+ // deleted once the contents of the Message have been sent.
+ //
+ // If you Send() a message on a Close()'d channel, we delete the message
+ // immediately.
+ bool Send(Message* message);
+
+ // Unsound_IsClosed() and Unsound_NumQueuedMessages() are safe to call from
+ // any thread, but the value returned may be out of date, because we don't
+ // use any synchronization when reading or writing it.
+ bool Unsound_IsClosed() const;
+ uint32_t Unsound_NumQueuedMessages() const;
+
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+ // On POSIX an IPC::Channel wraps a socketpair(), this method returns the
+ // FD # for the client end of the socket and the equivalent FD# to use for
+ // mapping it into the Child process.
+ // This method may only be called on the server side of a channel.
+ //
+ // If the kTestingChannelID flag is specified on the command line then
+ // a named FIFO is used as the channel transport mechanism rather than a
+ // socketpair() in which case this method returns -1 for both parameters.
+ void GetClientFileDescriptorMapping(int *src_fd, int *dest_fd) const;
+
+ // Return the file descriptor for communication with the peer.
+ int GetFileDescriptor() const;
+
+ // Reset the file descriptor for communication with the peer.
+ void ResetFileDescriptor(int fd);
+
+ // Close the client side of the socketpair.
+ void CloseClientFileDescriptor();
+
+#elif defined(OS_WIN)
+ // Return the server pipe handle.
+ void* GetServerPipeHandle() const;
+#endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
+
+ // Generates a channel ID that's non-predictable and unique.
+ static std::wstring GenerateUniqueRandomChannelID();
+
+ // Generates a channel ID that, if passed to the client as a shared secret,
+ // will validate that the client's authenticity. On platforms that do not
+ // require additional validation this is simply calls GenerateUniqueRandomChannelID().
+ // For portability the prefix should not include the \ character.
+ static std::wstring GenerateVerifiedChannelID(const std::wstring& prefix);
+
+ private:
+ // PIMPL to which all channel calls are delegated.
+ class ChannelImpl;
+ ChannelImpl *channel_impl_;
+
+ enum {
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+ // If the channel receives a message that contains file descriptors, then
+ // it will reply back with this message, indicating that the message has
+ // been received. The sending channel can then close any descriptors that
+ // had been marked as auto_close. This works around a sendmsg() bug on BSD
+ // where the kernel can eagerly close file descriptors that are in message
+ // queues but not yet delivered.
+ RECEIVED_FDS_MESSAGE_TYPE = kuint16max - 1,
+#endif
+
+ // The Hello message is internal to the Channel class. It is sent
+ // by the peer when the channel is connected. The message contains
+ // just the process id (pid). The message has a special routing_id
+ // (MSG_ROUTING_NONE) and type (HELLO_MESSAGE_TYPE).
+ HELLO_MESSAGE_TYPE = kuint16max // Maximum value of message type (uint16_t),
+ // to avoid conflicting with normal
+ // message types, which are enumeration
+ // constants starting from 0.
+ };
+};
+
+} // namespace IPC
+
+#endif // CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_