/* 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/. */ /* eslint-env commonjs */ /** * A wrapper around `self` with extended capabilities designed * to simplify main thread-to-worker thread asynchronous function calls. * * This wrapper: * - groups requests and responses as a method `post` that returns a `Promise`; * - ensures that exceptions thrown on the worker thread are correctly serialized; * - provides some utilities for benchmarking various operations. * * Generally, you should use PromiseWorker.js or PromiseWorker.mjs along with * its main thread-side counterpart PromiseWorker.sys.mjs. */ // #BEGIN_SCRIPT_ONLY "use strict"; // #END_SCRIPT_ONLY if (typeof Components != "undefined") { throw new Error("This module is meant to be used from the worker thread"); } // #BEGIN_SCRIPT_ONLY if (typeof require == "undefined" || typeof module == "undefined") { throw new Error( "this module is meant to be imported using the implementation of require() at resource://gre/modules/workers/require.js" ); } /* import-globals-from /toolkit/components/workerloader/require.js */ importScripts("resource://gre/modules/workers/require.js"); // #END_SCRIPT_ONLY /** * Built-in JavaScript exceptions that may be serialized without * loss of information. */ const EXCEPTION_NAMES = { EvalError: "EvalError", InternalError: "InternalError", RangeError: "RangeError", ReferenceError: "ReferenceError", SyntaxError: "SyntaxError", TypeError: "TypeError", URIError: "URIError", }; /** * A constructor used to return data to the caller thread while * also executing some specific treatment (e.g. shutting down * the current thread, transmitting data instead of copying it). * * @param {object=} data The data to return to the caller thread. * @param {object=} meta Additional instructions, as an object * that may contain the following fields: * - {bool} shutdown If |true|, shut down the current thread after * having sent the result. * - {Array} transfers An array of objects that should be transferred * instead of being copied. * * @constructor */ function Meta(data, meta) { this.data = data; this.meta = meta; } // #EXPORT Meta /** * Base class for a worker. * * Derived classes are expected to provide the following methods: * { * dispatch: function(method, args) { * // Dispatch a call to method `method` with args `args` * }, * log: function(...msg) { * // Log (or discard) messages (optional) * }, * postMessage: function(message, ...transfers) { * // Post a message to the main thread * }, * close: function() { * // Close the worker * } * } * * By default, the AbstractWorker is not connected to a message port, * hence will not receive anything. * * To connect it, use `onmessage`, as follows: * self.addEventListener("message", msg => myWorkerInstance.handleMessage(msg)); * To handle rejected promises we receive from handleMessage, we must connect it to * the onError handler as follows: * self.addEventListener("unhandledrejection", function(error) { * throw error.reason; * }); */ function AbstractWorker(agent) { this._agent = agent; } AbstractWorker.prototype = { // Default logger: discard all messages log() {}, /** * Handle a message. */ async handleMessage(msg) { let data = msg.data; this.log("Received message", data); let id = data.id; let start; let options; if (data.args) { options = data.args[data.args.length - 1]; } // If |outExecutionDuration| option was supplied, start measuring the // duration of the operation. if ( options && typeof options === "object" && "outExecutionDuration" in options ) { start = Date.now(); } let result; let exn; let durationMs; let method = data.fun; try { this.log("Calling method", method); result = await this.dispatch(method, data.args); this.log("Method", method, "succeeded"); } catch (ex) { exn = ex; this.log( "Error while calling agent method", method, exn, exn.moduleStack || exn.stack || "" ); } if (start) { // Record duration durationMs = Date.now() - start; this.log("Method took", durationMs, "ms"); } // Now, post a reply, possibly as an uncaught error. // We post this message from outside the |try ... catch| block // to avoid capturing errors that take place during |postMessage| and // built-in serialization. if (!exn) { this.log("Sending positive reply", result, "id is", id); if (result instanceof Meta) { if ("transfers" in result.meta) { // Take advantage of zero-copy transfers this.postMessage( { ok: result.data, id, durationMs }, result.meta.transfers ); } else { this.postMessage({ ok: result.data, id, durationMs }); } if (result.meta.shutdown || false) { // Time to close the worker this.close(); } } else { this.postMessage({ ok: result, id, durationMs }); } } else if (exn.constructor.name == "DOMException") { // We can receive instances of DOMExceptions with file I/O. // DOMExceptions are not yet serializable (Bug 1561357) and must be // handled differently, as they only have a name and message this.log("Sending back DOM exception", exn.constructor.name); let error = { exn: exn.constructor.name, message: exn.message, }; this.postMessage({ fail: error, id, durationMs }); } else if (exn.constructor.name in EXCEPTION_NAMES) { // Rather than letting the DOM mechanism [de]serialize built-in // JS errors, which loses lots of information (in particular, // the constructor name, the moduleName and the moduleStack), // we [de]serialize them manually with a little more care. this.log("Sending back exception", exn.constructor.name, "id is", id); let error = { exn: exn.constructor.name, message: exn.message, fileName: exn.moduleName || exn.fileName, lineNumber: exn.lineNumber, stack: exn.moduleStack, }; this.postMessage({ fail: error, id, durationMs }); } else if ("toMsg" in exn) { // Extension mechanism for exception [de]serialization. We // assume that any exception with a method `toMsg()` knows how // to serialize itself. The other side is expected to have // registered a deserializer using the `ExceptionHandlers` // object. this.log( "Sending back an error that knows how to serialize itself", exn, "id is", id ); let msg = exn.toMsg(); this.postMessage({ fail: msg, id, durationMs }); } else { // If we encounter an exception for which we have no // serialization mechanism in place, we have no choice but to // let the DOM handle said [de]serialization. We can just // attempt to mitigate the data loss by injecting `moduleName` and // `moduleStack`. this.log( "Sending back regular error", exn, exn.moduleStack || exn.stack, "id is", id ); try { // Attempt to introduce human-readable filename and stack exn.filename = exn.moduleName; exn.stack = exn.moduleStack; } catch (_) { // Nothing we can do } throw exn; } }, }; // #EXPORT AbstractWorker