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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 00:47:55 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 00:47:55 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 124.0.1.upstream/124.0.1
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diff --git a/dom/docs/navigation/embedding.rst b/dom/docs/navigation/embedding.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a42aabc6f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/dom/docs/navigation/embedding.rst @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +Browsing Context Embedding +========================== + +Embedder Element to nsDocShell +------------------------------ + +In order to render the contents of a ``BrowsingContext``, the embedding +element needs to be able to communicate with the ``nsDocShell`` which is +currently being used to host it's content. This is done in 3 different ways +depending on which combination of processes is in-use. + +- *in-process*: The ``nsFrameLoader`` directly embeds the ``nsDocShell``. +- *remote tab*: The parent process is the embedder, and uses a ``PBrowser``, + via a ``BrowserHost``. The ``BrowserChild`` actor holds the actual + ``nsDocShell`` alive. +- *remote subframe*: A content process is the embedder, and uses a + ``PBrowserBridge``, via a ``BrowserBridgeHost`` to communicate with the + parent process. The parent process then uses a ``BrowserParent``, as in the + *remote tab* case, to communicate with the ``nsDocShell``. + +Diagram +^^^^^^^ + +.. digraph:: embedding + + node [shape=rectangle] + + subgraph cluster_choice { + color=transparent; + node [shape=none]; + + "In-Process"; + "Remote Tab"; + "Remote Subframe"; + } + + "nsFrameLoaderOwner" [label="nsFrameLoaderOwner\ne.g. <iframe>, <xul:browser>, <embed>"] + + "nsFrameLoaderOwner" -> "nsFrameLoader"; + + "nsFrameLoader" -> "In-Process" [dir=none]; + "nsFrameLoader" -> "Remote Tab" [dir=none]; + "nsFrameLoader" -> "Remote Subframe" [dir=none]; + + "In-Process" -> "nsDocShell"; + "Remote Tab" -> "BrowserHost"; + "Remote Subframe" -> "BrowserBridgeHost"; + + "BrowserHost" -> "BrowserParent"; + "BrowserParent" -> "BrowserChild" [label="PBrowser" style=dotted]; + "BrowserChild" -> "nsDocShell"; + + "BrowserBridgeHost" -> "BrowserBridgeChild"; + "BrowserBridgeChild" -> "BrowserBridgeParent" [label="PBrowserBridge", style=dotted]; + "BrowserBridgeParent" -> "BrowserParent"; + +nsDocShell to Document +---------------------- + +Embedding an individual document within a ``nsDocShell`` is done within the +content process, which has that docshell. + + +Diagram +^^^^^^^ + +This diagram shows the objects involved in a content process which is being +used to host a given ``BrowsingContext``, along with rough relationships +between them. Dotted lines represent a "current" relationship, whereas solid +lines are a stronger lifetime relationship. + +.. graph:: document + + node [shape=rectangle] + + "BrowsingContext" -- "nsDocShell" [style=dotted]; + "nsDocShell" -- "nsGlobalWindowOuter"; + "nsGlobalWindowOuter" -- "nsGlobalWindowInner" [style=dotted]; + "nsGlobalWindowInner" -- "Document" [style=dotted]; + + "nsDocShell" -- "nsDocumentViewer" [style=dotted]; + "nsDocumentViewer" -- "Document"; + "nsDocumentViewer" -- "PresShell"; + + "nsGlobalWindowInner" -- "WindowGlobalChild"; + "BrowsingContext" -- "WindowContext" [style=dotted]; + "WindowContext" -- "nsGlobalWindowInner"; + + subgraph cluster_synced { + label = "Synced Contexts"; + "BrowsingContext" "WindowContext"; + } |