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1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 /*
6   This file contains the declaration for CppVariant, a type used by C++ classes
7   that are to be bound to JavaScript objects.
8 
9   CppVariant exists primarily as an interface between C++ callers and the
10   corresponding NPVariant type.  CppVariant also provides a number of
11   convenience constructors and accessors, so that the NPVariantType values
12   don't need to be exposed, and a destructor to free any memory allocated for
13   string values.
14 
15   For a usage example, see cpp_binding_example.{h|cc}.
16 */
17 
18 #ifndef WEBKIT_GLUE_CPP_VARIANT_H__
19 #define WEBKIT_GLUE_CPP_VARIANT_H__
20 
21 #include <string>
22 #include <vector>
23 
24 #include "base/basictypes.h"
25 #include "third_party/npapi/bindings/npruntime.h"
26 
27 class CppVariant : public NPVariant {
28  public:
29   CppVariant();
30   ~CppVariant();
31   void SetNull();
32   void Set(bool value);
33   void Set(int32_t value);
34   void Set(double value);
35 
36   // Note that setting a CppVariant to a string value involves copying the
37   // string data, which must be freed with a call to FreeData() when the
38   // CppVariant is set to a different value or is no longer needed.  Normally
39   // this is handled by the other Set() methods and by the destructor.
40   void Set(const char* value);  // Must be a null-terminated string.
41   void Set(const std::string& value);
42   void Set(const NPString& new_value);
43   void Set(const NPVariant& new_value);
44 
45   // Note that setting a CppVariant to an NPObject involves ref-counting
46   // the actual object. FreeData() should only be called if the CppVariant
47   // is no longer needed. The other Set() methods handle this internally.
48   // Also, the object's NPClass is expected to be a static object: neither
49   // the NP runtime nor CPPVariant will ever free it.
50   void Set(NPObject* new_value);
51 
52   // These three methods all perform deep copies of any string data.  This
53   // allows local CppVariants to be released by the destructor without
54   // corrupting their sources. In performance-critical code, or when strings
55   // are very long, avoid creating new CppVariants.
56   // In case of NPObject as the data, the copying involves ref-counting
57   // as opposed to deep-copying. The ref-counting ensures that sources don't
58   // get corrupted when the copies get destroyed.
59   void CopyToNPVariant(NPVariant* result) const;
60   CppVariant& operator=(const CppVariant& original);
61   CppVariant(const CppVariant& original);
62 
63   // Calls NPN_ReleaseVariantValue, which frees any string data
64   // held by the object and sets its type to null.
65   // In case of NPObject, the NPN_ReleaseVariantValue decrements
66   // the ref-count (releases when ref-count becomes 0)
67   void FreeData();
68 
69   // Compares this CppVariant's type and value to another's.  They must be
70   // identical in both type and value to be considered equal.  For string and
71   // object types, a deep comparison is performed; that is, the contents of the
72   // strings, or the classes and refcounts of the objects, must be the same,
73   // but they need not be the same pointers.
74   bool isEqual(const CppVariant& other) const;
75 
76   // The value of a CppVariant may be read directly from its NPVariant (but
77   // should only be set using one of the Set() methods above). Although the
78   // type of a CppVariant is likewise public, it can be accessed through these
79   // functions rather than directly if a caller wishes to avoid dependence on
80   // the NPVariantType values.
isBool()81   bool isBool() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Bool); }
isInt32()82   bool isInt32() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Int32); }
isDouble()83   bool isDouble() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Double); }
isNumber()84   bool isNumber() const { return (isInt32() || isDouble()); }
isString()85   bool isString() const { return (type == NPVariantType_String); }
isVoid()86   bool isVoid() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Void); }
isNull()87   bool isNull() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Null); }
isEmpty()88   bool isEmpty() const { return (isVoid() || isNull()); }
isObject()89   bool isObject() const { return (type == NPVariantType_Object); }
90 
91   // Converters.  The CppVariant must be of a type convertible to these values.
92   // For example, ToInt32() works only if isNumber() is true.
93   std::string ToString() const;
94   int32_t ToInt32() const;
95   double ToDouble() const;
96   bool ToBoolean() const;
97   // Returns a vector of CppVariant for the specified variant. This should only
98   // be called on an Object. If the object has no "length" property an empty
99   // vector is returned.
100   std::vector<CppVariant> ToVector() const;
101 
102   // Invoke method of the given name on an object with the supplied arguments.
103   // The first argument should be the object on which the method is to be
104   // invoked.  Returns whether the method was successfully invoked.  If the
105   // method was invoked successfully, any return value is stored in the
106   // CppVariant specified by result.
107   bool Invoke(const std::string& method, const CppVariant* args,
108               uint32 arg_count, CppVariant& result) const;
109 };
110 
111 #endif  // WEBKIT_GLUE_CPP_VARIANT_H__
112