gecko-dev/directory/xpcom/TODO.txt
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implementation
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* finish wiring up the unix build glue into the seamonkey build-glue
(in progress, dmose)
* get the mac build glue wired up, and make the mac build work
* get the windows build glue wired up, and make the windows build work
housecleaning
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* remove nsILDAPService from (at least) the build and
nsLDAPProtocolModule.cpp (if not CVS), since it's not currently in use.
* should nsILDAPOperation subclass nsIRequest? why do some
non-nsIChannel things in the mozilla code base implement nsIRequest?
* get rid of unixy, non-NSPR/XPCOM includes, functions, and error handling
from nsLDAP{Connection,Operation,Message}.[ch]
* move the ldap_unbind() call out of the nsLDAPConnection destructor,
since nsLDAPConnection will soon go back to being callable from the UI
thread, and ldap_unbind() is actually synchronous.
* switch all old-style casts to use either QI or NS_CAST_* macros
* some (many?) destructors don't clean up completely or correctly.
audit for this and fix.
* many of the instance vars in the various class are probably not
initialized correctly. audit for this and fix.
* implement nsIPipeObserver in case pipe fills up?
* audit for and implement any appropriate NOT_IMPLEMENTED functions
(eg nsLDAPChannel::Cancel() and friends)
* grep for XXXs and fix the issues
* audit for and fix leaks
* use bloat tools to ensure code is not doing anything dumb
* re-read (esp nsIChannel) idl and make sure all interfaces are
implemented correctly
* go through the various options that can be used with the SDK function
ldap_set_options() and decide if and where the various functions should
be used. This will include memory allocator settings, and possibly
threadsafety callbacks (if necessary).
* figure out our strategy for LDAPv2 vs. LDAPv3
* the LDAP SDK returns UTF8, but I think nsILDAPChannel is handing it
off to callers as ASCII.
* get rid of "friend"liness of nsLDAP{Message,Connection,Operation} classes?
* investigate the MOZILLA_CLIENT define as used by the SDK. eg do we still
want the reference to "xp_sort.h"?
* error handling: sort out what should be NS_ASSERTIONs vs. normal
error conditions (eg network & data errors). also: does NS_ENSURE_*
provide adequate error-checking at interface boundaries for JS in
non-debug builds? should we move away from NS_ENSURE_* as per scc's
suggestion of just using NS_PRECONDITION, NS_POSTCONDITION,
NS_ASSERTION? whatever the answers to these questions, should audit
interface boundaries to make sure they do appropriate checking.
* migrate from "#ifdef DEBUG_dmose PR_fprintf(PR_STDERR)" to a more
general logging mechanism (NSPR logging facilities? nsIConsoleService?)
* does always using this-> for member vars cause inheritance problems? if so,
does it matter in an XPCOM world?
* shouldn't be casting results of nsILDAPConnection::GetErrorString to void
in ldapSearch
* finish XPCOMifying nsLDAP{Message,Connection,Operation} and check
thread-safety in order to allow XPCOM proxies to be used for
thread-crossing operations (side benefit: also exposes more LDAPy
goodness to JS)
* change timeout value from PRTime to PRIntervalTime (wouldn't require
LL_* macros).
* are we using the right constructs for -lldap40 and -llber40 in
Makefile.in? (maybe should set up MOZ_LDAP_LIBS?)
misc
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* i18n / l10n (any text strings)
* implement progress info interfaces, if possible (% done)
* cachability of nsILDAPChannel content: browser cache? ldap_memcache? both?
* use a rebind_proc?
* HTMLize nsLDAPChannel output for linkification
rdf datasource
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* non-anonymous binding
* expose directory entries & attrs via interfaces (cachable?)
* nsILDAPURI (see nsIIOService.idl: extractScheme())
perf
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* rather than having one thread per URL, probably should (at least)
have one thread per LDAP server, perhaps chosen from an already
spun-up thread pool
* nsLDAPService: assuming that we do the above and start using
nsLDAPService again, need to implement shutdown for nsLDAPService
(probably analogous to the way nsSocketTransportService shuts down.
but how does nsIShutdownListener fit in here? and CanUnload?)
* remove unnecessary thread-safety code (NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE) to avoid
locking overhead
later
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* referrals
* failover
* addressbook/mail UI glue
* PSM certs from directory glue(?)
* secure (& proxied/socksified?) ldap
* ldap_io_functions for portability? (wait for new mcs code?)
* make the LDAP C SDK autoconf glue not be a shim and not require
nsprpub build infrastructure. requires work with the LDAP C SDK
owners, and shouldn't this shouldn't happen until after the most
current ldap SDK code lands in mozilla.org anyway.