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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 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 #ifndef CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_
6 #define CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_
7 
8 #include "base/environment.h"
9 #include "base/process/launch.h"
10 #include "base/threading/thread.h"
11 #include "content/common/content_export.h"
12 #include "ipc/ipc_sender.h"
13 
14 namespace base {
15 class FilePath;
16 class SequencedTaskRunner;
17 }
18 
19 namespace content {
20 class UtilityProcessHostClient;
21 struct ChildProcessData;
22 
23 // This class acts as the browser-side host to a utility child process.  A
24 // utility process is a short-lived process that is created to run a specific
25 // task.  This class lives solely on the IO thread.
26 // If you need a single method call in the process, use StartFooBar(p).
27 // If you need multiple batches of work to be done in the process, use
28 // StartBatchMode(), then multiple calls to StartFooBar(p), then finish with
29 // EndBatchMode().
30 //
31 // Note: If your class keeps a ptr to an object of this type, grab a weak ptr to
32 // avoid a use after free since this object is deleted synchronously but the
33 // client notification is asynchronous.  See http://crbug.com/108871.
34 class UtilityProcessHost : public IPC::Sender,
35                            public base::SupportsWeakPtr<UtilityProcessHost> {
36  public:
37   // Used to create a utility process. |client| is optional. If supplied it will
38   // be notified of incoming messages from the utility process.
39   // |client_task_runner| is required if |client| is supplied and is the task
40   // runner upon which |client| will be invoked.
41   CONTENT_EXPORT static UtilityProcessHost* Create(
42       const scoped_refptr<UtilityProcessHostClient>& client,
43       const scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner>& client_task_runner);
44 
~UtilityProcessHost()45   virtual ~UtilityProcessHost() {}
46 
47   // Starts utility process in batch mode. Caller must call EndBatchMode()
48   // to finish the utility process.
49   virtual bool StartBatchMode() = 0;
50 
51   // Ends the utility process. Must be called after StartBatchMode().
52   virtual void EndBatchMode() = 0;
53 
54   // Allows a directory to be opened through the sandbox, in case it's needed by
55   // the operation.
56   virtual void SetExposedDir(const base::FilePath& dir) = 0;
57 
58   // Perform presandbox initialization for mDNS.
59   virtual void EnableMDns() = 0;
60 
61   // Make the process run without a sandbox.
62   virtual void DisableSandbox() = 0;
63 
64 #if defined(OS_WIN)
65   // Make the process run elevated.
66   virtual void ElevatePrivileges() = 0;
67 #endif
68 
69   // Returns information about the utility child process.
70   virtual const ChildProcessData& GetData() = 0;
71 
72 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
73   virtual void SetEnv(const base::EnvironmentMap& env) = 0;
74 #endif
75 };
76 
77 };  // namespace content
78 
79 #endif  // CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_UTILITY_PROCESS_HOST_H_
80