xref: /external/chromium_org/content/public/browser/web_ui.h

// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_WEB_UI_H_
#define CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_WEB_UI_H_

#include <vector>

#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/callback.h"
#include "base/strings/string16.h"
#include "content/common/content_export.h"
#include "content/public/common/page_transition_types.h"

class GURL;

namespace base {
class ListValue;
class Value;
}

namespace content {

class WebContents;
class WebUIController;
class WebUIMessageHandler;

// A WebUI sets up the datasources and message handlers for a given HTML-based
// UI.
class CONTENT_EXPORT WebUI {
 public:
  // An opaque identifier used to identify a WebUI. This can only be compared to
  // kNoWebUI or other WebUI types. See GetWebUIType.
  typedef void* TypeID;

  // A special WebUI type that signifies that a given page would not use the
  // Web UI system.
  static const TypeID kNoWebUI;

  // Returns JavaScript code that, when executed, calls the function specified
  // by |function_name| with the arguments specified in |arg_list|.
  static base::string16 GetJavascriptCall(
      const std::string& function_name,
      const std::vector<const base::Value*>& arg_list);

  virtual ~WebUI() {}

  virtual WebContents* GetWebContents() const = 0;

  virtual WebUIController* GetController() const = 0;
  virtual void SetController(WebUIController* controller) = 0;

  // Returns the device scale factor of the monitor that the renderer is on.
  // Whenever possible, WebUI should push resources with this scale factor to
  // Javascript.
  virtual float GetDeviceScaleFactor() const = 0;

  // Gets a custom tab title provided by the Web UI. If there is no title
  // override, the string will be empty which should trigger the default title
  // behavior for the tab.
  virtual const base::string16& GetOverriddenTitle() const = 0;
  virtual void OverrideTitle(const base::string16& title) = 0;

  // Returns the transition type that should be used for link clicks on this
  // Web UI. This will default to LINK but may be overridden.
  virtual PageTransition GetLinkTransitionType() const = 0;
  virtual void SetLinkTransitionType(PageTransition type) = 0;

  // Allows a controller to override the BindingsPolicy that should be enabled
  // for this page.
  virtual int GetBindings() const = 0;
  virtual void SetBindings(int bindings) = 0;

  // Overrides which frame gets JavaScript messages; this is useful if this
  // WebUI is embedded in a page. If no override is set, the main frame will
  // receive the JavaScript messages.
  virtual void OverrideJavaScriptFrame(const std::string& frame_name) = 0;

  // Takes ownership of |handler|, which will be destroyed when the WebUI is.
  virtual void AddMessageHandler(WebUIMessageHandler* handler) = 0;

  // Used by WebUIMessageHandlers. If the given message is already registered,
  // the call has no effect unless |register_callback_overwrites_| is set to
  // true.
  typedef base::Callback<void(const base::ListValue*)> MessageCallback;
  virtual void RegisterMessageCallback(const std::string& message,
                                       const MessageCallback& callback) = 0;

  // This is only needed if an embedder overrides handling of a WebUIMessage and
  // then later wants to undo that, or to route it to a different WebUI object.
  virtual void ProcessWebUIMessage(const GURL& source_url,
                                   const std::string& message,
                                   const base::ListValue& args) = 0;

  // Call a Javascript function by sending its name and arguments down to
  // the renderer.  This is asynchronous; there's no way to get the result
  // of the call, and should be thought of more like sending a message to
  // the page.
  // All function names in WebUI must consist of only ASCII characters.
  // There are variants for calls with more arguments.
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(const std::string& function_name) = 0;
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(const std::string& function_name,
                                      const base::Value& arg) = 0;
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(const std::string& function_name,
                                      const base::Value& arg1,
                                      const base::Value& arg2) = 0;
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(const std::string& function_name,
                                      const base::Value& arg1,
                                      const base::Value& arg2,
                                      const base::Value& arg3) = 0;
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(const std::string& function_name,
                                      const base::Value& arg1,
                                      const base::Value& arg2,
                                      const base::Value& arg3,
                                      const base::Value& arg4) = 0;
  virtual void CallJavascriptFunction(
      const std::string& function_name,
      const std::vector<const base::Value*>& args) = 0;
};

}  // namespace content

#endif  // CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_WEB_UI_H_