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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const xpcInspector = require("xpcInspector");
+
+/**
+ * An object that represents a nested event loop. It is used as the nest
+ * requestor with nsIJSInspector instances.
+ *
+ * @param ThreadActor thread
+ * The thread actor that is creating this nested event loop.
+ */
+class EventLoop {
+ constructor({ thread }) {
+ this._thread = thread;
+
+ // A flag which is true in between the two calls to enter() and exit().
+ this._entered = false;
+ // Another flag which is true only after having called exit().
+ // Note that this EventLoop may still be paused and its enter() method
+ // still be on hold, if another EventLoop paused about this one.
+ this._resolved = false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is meant for other thread actors, and is used by other thread actor's
+ * EventLoop's isTheLastPausedThreadActor()
+ */
+ get thread() {
+ return this._thread;
+ }
+ /**
+ * Similarly, it will be used by another thread actor's EventLoop's enter() method
+ */
+ get resolved() {
+ return this._resolved;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Tells if the last thread actor to have paused (i.e. last EventLoop on the stack)
+ * is the current one.
+ *
+ * We avoid trying to exit this event loop,
+ * if another thread actor pile up a more recent one.
+ * All the event loops will be effectively exited when
+ * the thread actor which piled up the most recent nested event loop resumes.
+ *
+ * For convenience for the callsite, this will return true if nothing paused.
+ */
+ isTheLastPausedThreadActor() {
+ if (xpcInspector.eventLoopNestLevel > 0) {
+ return xpcInspector.lastNestRequestor.thread === this._thread;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Enter a new nested event loop.
+ */
+ enter() {
+ if (this._entered) {
+ throw new Error(
+ "Can't enter an event loop that has already been entered!"
+ );
+ }
+
+ const preEnterData = this.preEnter();
+
+ this._entered = true;
+ // Note: next line will synchronously block the execution until exit() is being called.
+ //
+ // This enterNestedEventLoop is a bit magical and will break run-to-completion rule of JS.
+ // JS will become multi-threaded. Some other task may start running on change state
+ // while we are blocked on this enterNestedEventLoop function call.
+ // You may find valuable information about Tasks and Event Loops on:
+ // https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jTMd-H_BwH9_QNUDxPse80vq884_hMvd234lvE5gqY8/edit?usp=sharing
+ //
+ // Note #2: this will update xpcInspector.lastNestRequestor to this
+ xpcInspector.enterNestedEventLoop(this);
+
+ // If this code runs, it means that we just exited this event loop and lastNestRequestor is no longer equal to this.
+ //
+ // We will now "recursively" exit all the resolved EventLoops which are blocked on `enterNestedEventLoop`:
+ // - if the new lastNestRequestor is resolved, request to exit it as well
+ // - this lastNestRequestor is another EventLoop instance
+ // - exiting this EventLoop unblocks its "enter" method and moves lastNestRequestor to the next requestor (if any)
+ // - we go back to the first step, and attempt to exit the new lastNestRequestor if it is resolved, etc...
+ if (xpcInspector.eventLoopNestLevel > 0) {
+ const { resolved } = xpcInspector.lastNestRequestor;
+ if (resolved) {
+ xpcInspector.exitNestedEventLoop();
+ }
+ }
+
+ this.postExit(preEnterData);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Exit this nested event loop.
+ *
+ * @returns boolean
+ * True if we exited this nested event loop because it was on top of
+ * the stack, false if there is another nested event loop above this
+ * one that hasn't exited yet.
+ */
+ exit() {
+ if (!this._entered) {
+ throw new Error("Can't exit an event loop before it has been entered!");
+ }
+ this._entered = false;
+ this._resolved = true;
+
+ // If another ThreadActor paused and spawn a new nested event loop after this one,
+ // let it resume the thread and ignore this call.
+ // The code calling exitNestedEventLoop from EventLoop.enter will resume execution,
+ // by seeing that resolved attribute that we just toggled is true.
+ //
+ // Note that ThreadActor.resume method avoids calling exit thanks to `isTheLastPausedThreadActor`
+ // So for all use requests to resume, the ThreadActor won't call exit until it is the last
+ // thread actor to have entered a nested EventLoop.
+ if (this === xpcInspector.lastNestRequestor) {
+ xpcInspector.exitNestedEventLoop();
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieve the list of all DOM Windows debugged by the current thread actor.
+ */
+ getAllWindowDebuggees() {
+ return this._thread.dbg
+ .getDebuggees()
+ .filter(debuggee => {
+ // Select only debuggee that relates to windows
+ // e.g. ignore sandboxes, jsm and such
+ return debuggee.class == "Window";
+ })
+ .map(debuggee => {
+ // Retrieve the JS reference for these windows
+ return debuggee.unsafeDereference();
+ })
+
+ .filter(window => {
+ // Ignore document which have already been nuked,
+ // so navigated to another location and removed from memory completely.
+ if (Cu.isDeadWrapper(window)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ // Also ignore document which are closed, as trying to access window.parent or top would throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED
+ if (window.closed) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ // Ignore remote iframes, which will be debugged by another thread actor,
+ // running in the remote process
+ if (Cu.isRemoteProxy(window)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ // Accept "top remote iframe document":
+ // document of iframe whose immediate parent is in another process.
+ if (Cu.isRemoteProxy(window.parent) && !Cu.isRemoteProxy(window)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ // If EFT is enabled, accept any same process document (top-level or iframe).
+ if (this.thread.getParent().ignoreSubFrames) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ try {
+ // Ignore iframes running in the same process as their parent document,
+ // as they will be paused automatically when pausing their owner top level document
+ return window.top === window;
+ } catch (e) {
+ // Warn if this is throwing for an unknown reason, but suppress the
+ // exception regardless so that we can enter the nested event loop.
+ if (!/not initialized/.test(e)) {
+ console.warn(`Exception in getAllWindowDebuggees: ${e}`);
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+ });
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Prepare to enter a nested event loop by disabling debuggee events.
+ */
+ preEnter() {
+ const docShells = [];
+ // Disable events in all open windows.
+ for (const window of this.getAllWindowDebuggees()) {
+ const { windowUtils } = window;
+ windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(true);
+ windowUtils.suspendTimeouts();
+ docShells.push(window.docShell);
+ }
+ return docShells;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Prepare to exit a nested event loop by enabling debuggee events.
+ */
+ postExit(pausedDocShells) {
+ // Enable events in all window paused in preEnter
+ for (const docShell of pausedDocShells) {
+ // Do not try to resume documents which are in destruction
+ // as resume methods would throw
+ if (docShell.isBeingDestroyed()) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ const { windowUtils } = docShell.domWindow;
+ windowUtils.resumeTimeouts();
+ windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(false);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+exports.EventLoop = EventLoop;