gecko-dev/toolkit/modules/WebChannel.jsm

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/* 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/. */
/**
* WebChannel is an abstraction that uses the Message Manager and Custom Events
* to create a two-way communication channel between chrome and content code.
*/
this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["WebChannel", "WebChannelBroker"];
const ERRNO_UNKNOWN_ERROR = 999;
const ERROR_UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN_ERROR";
const {classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu} = Components;
Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
/**
* WebChannelBroker is a global object that helps manage WebChannel objects.
* This object handles channel registration, origin validation and message multiplexing.
*/
let WebChannelBroker = Object.create({
/**
* Register a new channel that callbacks messages
* based on proper origin and channel name
*
* @param channel {WebChannel}
*/
registerChannel: function (channel) {
if (!this._channelMap.has(channel)) {
this._channelMap.set(channel);
} else {
Cu.reportError("Failed to register the channel. Channel already exists.");
}
// attach the global message listener if needed
if (!this._messageListenerAttached) {
this._messageListenerAttached = true;
this._manager.addMessageListener("WebChannelMessageToChrome", this._listener.bind(this));
}
},
/**
* Unregister a channel
*
* @param channelToRemove {WebChannel}
* WebChannel to remove from the channel map
*
* Removes the specified channel from the channel map
*/
unregisterChannel: function (channelToRemove) {
if (!this._channelMap.delete(channelToRemove)) {
Cu.reportError("Failed to unregister the channel. Channel not found.");
}
},
/**
* @param event {Event}
* Message Manager event
* @private
*/
_listener: function (event) {
let data = event.data;
let sender = event.target;
if (data && data.id) {
if (!event.principal) {
this._sendErrorEventToContent(data.id, sender, "Message principal missing");
} else {
let validChannelFound = false;
data.message = data.message || {};
for (var channel of this._channelMap.keys()) {
if (channel.id === data.id &&
channel._originCheckCallback(event.principal)) {
validChannelFound = true;
channel.deliver(data, sender);
}
}
// if no valid origins send an event that there is no such valid channel
if (!validChannelFound) {
this._sendErrorEventToContent(data.id, sender, "No Such Channel");
}
}
} else {
Cu.reportError("WebChannel channel id missing");
}
},
/**
* The global message manager operates on every <browser>
*/
_manager: Cc["@mozilla.org/globalmessagemanager;1"].getService(Ci.nsIMessageListenerManager),
/**
* Boolean used to detect if the global message manager event is already attached
*/
_messageListenerAttached: false,
/**
* Object to store pairs of message origins and callback functions
*/
_channelMap: new Map(),
/**
*
* @param id {String}
* The WebChannel id to include in the message
* @param sender {EventTarget}
* EventTarget with a "messageManager" that will send be used to send the message
* @param [errorMsg] {String}
* Error message
* @private
*/
_sendErrorEventToContent: function (id, sender, errorMsg) {
errorMsg = errorMsg || "Web Channel Broker error";
if (sender.messageManager) {
sender.messageManager.sendAsyncMessage("WebChannelMessageToContent", {
id: id,
error: errorMsg,
}, sender);
}
Cu.reportError(id.toString() + " error message. " + errorMsg);
},
});
/**
* Creates a new WebChannel that listens and sends messages over some channel id
*
* @param id {String}
* WebChannel id
* @param originOrPermission {nsIURI/string}
* If an nsIURI, a valid origin that should be part of requests for
* this channel. If a string, a permission for which the permission
* manager will be checked to determine if the request is allowed. Note
* that in addition to the permission manager check, the request must
* be made over https://
* @constructor
*/
this.WebChannel = function(id, originOrPermission) {
if (!id || !originOrPermission) {
throw new Error("WebChannel id and originOrPermission are required.");
}
this.id = id;
// originOrPermission can be either an nsIURI or a string representing a
// permission name.
if (typeof originOrPermission == "string") {
this._originCheckCallback = requestPrincipal => {
// The permission manager operates on domain names rather than true
// origins (bug 1066517). To mitigate that, we explicitly check that
// the scheme is https://.
let uri = Services.io.newURI(requestPrincipal.origin, null, null);
if (uri.scheme != "https") {
return false;
}
// OK - we have https - now we can check the permission.
let perm = Services.perms.testExactPermissionFromPrincipal(requestPrincipal,
originOrPermission);
return perm == Ci.nsIPermissionManager.ALLOW_ACTION;
}
} else {
// a simple URI, so just check for an exact match.
this._originCheckCallback = requestPrincipal => {
return originOrPermission.prePath === requestPrincipal.origin;
}
}
this._originOrPermission = originOrPermission;
};
this.WebChannel.prototype = {
/**
* WebChannel id
*/
id: null,
/**
* The originOrPermission value passed to the constructor, mainly for
* debugging and tests.
*/
_originOrPermission: null,
/**
* Callback that will be called with the principal of an incoming message
* to check if the request should be dispatched to the listeners.
*/
_originCheckCallback: null,
/**
* WebChannelBroker that manages WebChannels
*/
_broker: WebChannelBroker,
/**
* Callback that will be called with the contents of an incoming message
*/
_deliverCallback: null,
/**
* Registers the callback for messages on this channel
* Registers the channel itself with the WebChannelBroker
*
* @param callback {Function}
* Callback that will be called when there is a message
* @param {String} id
* The WebChannel id that was used for this message
* @param {Object} message
* The message itself
* @param {EventTarget} sender
* The source of the message
*/
listen: function (callback) {
if (this._deliverCallback) {
throw new Error("Failed to listen. Listener already attached.");
} else if (!callback) {
throw new Error("Failed to listen. Callback argument missing.");
} else {
this._deliverCallback = callback;
this._broker.registerChannel(this);
}
},
/**
* Resets the callback for messages on this channel
* Removes the channel from the WebChannelBroker
*/
stopListening: function () {
this._broker.unregisterChannel(this);
this._deliverCallback = null;
},
/**
* Sends messages over the WebChannel id using the "WebChannelMessageToContent" event
*
* @param message {Object}
* The message object that will be sent
* @param target {browser}
* The <browser> object that has a "messageManager" that sends messages
*
*/
send: function (message, target) {
if (message && target && target.messageManager) {
target.messageManager.sendAsyncMessage("WebChannelMessageToContent", {
id: this.id,
message: message
});
} else if (!message) {
Cu.reportError("Failed to send a WebChannel message. Message not set.");
} else {
Cu.reportError("Failed to send a WebChannel message. Target invalid.");
}
},
/**
* Deliver WebChannel messages to the set "_channelCallback"
*
* @param data {Object}
* Message data
* @param sender {browser}
* Message sender
*/
deliver: function(data, sender) {
if (this._deliverCallback) {
try {
this._deliverCallback(data.id, data.message, sender);
} catch (ex) {
this.send({
errno: ERRNO_UNKNOWN_ERROR,
error: ex.message ? ex.message : ERROR_UNKNOWN
}, sender);
Cu.reportError("Failed to execute callback:" + ex);
}
} else {
Cu.reportError("No callback set for this channel.");
}
}
};