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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
commit | 9e3c08db40b8916968b9f30096c7be3f00ce9647 (patch) | |
tree | a68f146d7fa01f0134297619fbe7e33db084e0aa /toolkit/components/viaduct/Viaduct.h | |
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Adding upstream version 1:115.7.0.upstream/1%115.7.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/toolkit/components/viaduct/Viaduct.h b/toolkit/components/viaduct/Viaduct.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3fcf679219 --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/components/viaduct/Viaduct.h @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +/* 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 https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#ifndef mozilla_Viaduct_h +#define mozilla_Viaduct_h + +/** + * Viaduct is a way for Application Services Rust components + * (https://github.com/mozilla/application-services) to make network requests + * using a trusted stack (gecko). + * + * The way it works is roughly as follows: + * - First we register a callback using `viaduct_initialize` + * (InitializeViaduct). This callback is stored on the Rust side + * in a static variable, therefore InitializeViaduct() must be called only once. + * + * - When the Rust code needs to make a network request, our callback + * (ViaductCallback) will be called with a protocol buffer describing + * the request to make on their behalf. Note 1: The callback MUST be called from + * a background thread as it is blocking. Note 2: It is our side responsibility + * to call `viaduct_destroy_bytebuffer` on the buffer. + * + * - We set a semaphore to make the background thread wait while we make the + * request on the main thread using nsIChannel. (ViaductRequest::MakeRequest) + * + * - Once a response is received, we allocate a bytebuffer to store the + * response using `viaduct_alloc_bytebuffer` and unlock the semaphore. + * (ViaductRequest::OnStopRequest) + * + * - The background thread is unlocked, and the callback returns the response to + * the Rust caller. (ViaductCallback) + * + * - The Rust caller will free the response buffer we allocated earlier. + * + * Reference: + * https://github.com/mozilla/application-services/blob/master/components/viaduct/README.md + */ + +namespace mozilla { + +// Should only be called once during startup to initialize the Viaduct callback. +void InitializeViaduct(); + +} // namespace mozilla + +#endif // mozilla_Viaduct_h |