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diff --git a/js/public/experimental/SourceHook.h b/js/public/experimental/SourceHook.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dc32fabbaf --- /dev/null +++ b/js/public/experimental/SourceHook.h @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- + * vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: + * 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/. */ + +/* + * The context-wide source hook allows the source of scripts/functions to be + * discarded, if that source is constant and readily-reloadable if it's needed + * in the future. + * + * Ordinarily, functions and scripts store a copy of their underlying source, to + * support |Function.prototype.toString| and debuggers. Some scripts, however, + * might be constant and retrievable on demand -- perhaps burned into the binary + * or in a readonly file provided by the embedding. Why not just ask the + * embedding for a copy of the source? + * + * The context-wide |SourceHook| gives embedders a way to respond to these + * requests. The source of scripts/functions compiled with the compile option + * |JS::CompileOptions::setSourceIsLazy(true)| is eligible to be discarded. + * (The exact conditions under which source is discarded are unspecified.) *If* + * source is discarded, performing an operation that requires source uses the + * source hook to load the source. + * + * The source hook must return the *exact* same source for every call. (This is + * why the source hook is unsuitable for use with scripts loaded from the web: + * in general, their contents can change over time.) If the source hook doesn't + * return the exact same source, Very Bad Things may happen. (For example, + * previously-valid indexes into the source will no longer be coherent: they + * might index out of bounds, into the middle of multi-unit code points, &c.) + * + * These APIs are experimental because they shouldn't provide a per-*context* + * mechanism, rather something that's per-compilation. + */ + +#ifndef js_experimental_SourceHook_h +#define js_experimental_SourceHook_h + +#include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h" // mozilla::UniquePtr + +#include <stddef.h> // size_t + +#include "jstypes.h" // JS_PUBLIC_API + +struct JS_PUBLIC_API JSContext; + +namespace js { + +/** + * A class of objects that return source code on demand. + * + * When code is compiled with setSourceIsLazy(true), SpiderMonkey doesn't + * retain the source code (and doesn't do lazy bytecode generation). If we ever + * need the source code, say, in response to a call to Function.prototype. + * toSource or Debugger.Source.prototype.text, then we call the 'load' member + * function of the instance of this class that has hopefully been registered + * with the runtime, passing the code's URL, and hope that it will be able to + * find the source. + */ +class SourceHook { + public: + virtual ~SourceHook() = default; + + /** + * Attempt to load the source for |filename|. + * + * On success, return true and store an owning pointer to the UTF-8 or UTF-16 + * contents of the file in whichever of |twoByteSource| or |utf8Source| is + * non-null. (Exactly one of these will be non-null.) If the stored pointer + * is non-null, source was loaded and must be |js_free|'d when it's no longer + * needed. If the stored pointer is null, the JS engine will simply act as if + * source was unavailable, and users like |Function.prototype.toString| will + * produce fallback results, e.g. "[native code]". + * + * On failure, return false. The contents of whichever of |twoByteSource| or + * |utf8Source| was initially non-null are unspecified and must not be + * |js_free|'d. + */ + virtual bool load(JSContext* cx, const char* filename, + char16_t** twoByteSource, char** utf8Source, + size_t* length) = 0; +}; + +/** + * Have |cx| use |hook| to retrieve lazily-retrieved source code. See the + * comments for SourceHook. The context takes ownership of the hook, and + * will delete it when the context itself is deleted, or when a new hook is + * set. + */ +extern JS_PUBLIC_API void SetSourceHook(JSContext* cx, + mozilla::UniquePtr<SourceHook> hook); + +/** Remove |cx|'s source hook, and return it. The caller now owns the hook. */ +extern JS_PUBLIC_API mozilla::UniquePtr<SourceHook> ForgetSourceHook( + JSContext* cx); + +} // namespace js + +#endif // js_experimental_SourceHook_h |