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diff --git a/tools/addon-sdk-1.4/packages/api-utils/docs/content/symbiont.md b/tools/addon-sdk-1.4/packages/api-utils/docs/content/symbiont.md deleted file mode 100644 index 7519e52..0000000 --- a/tools/addon-sdk-1.4/packages/api-utils/docs/content/symbiont.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,136 +0,0 @@ -<!-- contributed by Myk Melez [myk@mozilla.org] --> -<!-- contributed by Irakli Gozalishvili [gozala@mozilla.com] --> - - -This module is not intended to be used directly by programs. Rather, it is -intended to be used by other modules that provide APIs to programs. - - -This module exports `Symbiont` trait that can be used for creating JavaScript -contexts that can access web content in host application frames (i.e. XUL -`<iframe>` and `<browser>` elements) and communicate with programs via -asynchronous JSON pipes. It is useful in the construction of APIs that -are compatible with the execution model codenamed "electrolysis" in which -programs run in separate processes from web content. - -Introduction ------------- - -`Symbiont` constructs a content symbiont for a given frame, it loads the -specified contentURL and scripts into it, and plumbs an asynchronous -JSON pipe between the content symbiont object and the content symbiont -context. If frame is not provided hidden frame will be created. - -Examples --------- - - var { Symbiont } = require('content'); - var Thing = Symbiont.resolve({ constructor: '_init' }).compose({ - constructor: function Thing(options) { - // `getMyFrame` returns the host application frame in which - // the page is loaded. - this._frame = getMyFrame(); - this._init(options) - } - }); - -See the [panel][] module for a real-world example of usage of this module. - -[panel]:packages/addon-kit/docs/panel.html - -Reference ---------- - -<api name="Symbiont"> -@class -Symbiont is composed from the [Worker][] trait, therefore instances -of Symbiont and their descendants expose all the public properties -exposed by [Worker][] along with additional public properties that -are listed below: - -[Worker]:packages/api-utils/docs/content/worker.html - -<api name="Symbiont"> -@constructor -Creates a content symbiont. -@param options {object} - Options for the constructor. Includes all the keys that -the [Worker](packages/api-utils/docs/content/worker.html) -constructor accepts and a few more: - - @prop [frame] {object} - The host application frame in which the page is loaded. - If frame is not provided hidden one will be created. - @prop [contentScriptWhen="end"] {string} - When to load the content scripts. This may take one of the following - values: - - * "start": load content scripts immediately after the document - element for the page is inserted into the DOM, but before the DOM content - itself has been loaded - * "ready": load content scripts once DOM content has been loaded, - corresponding to the - [DOMContentLoaded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko-Specific_DOM_Events) - event - * "end": load content scripts once all the content (DOM, JS, CSS, - images) for the page has been loaded, at the time the - [window.onload event](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.onload) - fires - - This property is optional and defaults to "end". - - @prop [allow] {object} - Permissions for the content, with the following keys: - @prop [script] {boolean} - Whether or not to execute script in the content. Defaults to true. - Optional. - Optional. -</api> - -<api name="contentScriptFile"> -@property {array} -The local file URLs of content scripts to load. Content scripts specified by -this property are loaded *before* those specified by the `contentScript` -property. -</api> - -<api name="contentScript"> -@property {array} -The texts of content scripts to load. Content scripts specified by this -property are loaded *after* those specified by the `contentScriptFile` property. -</api> - -<api name="contentScriptWhen"> -@property {string} -When to load the content scripts. This may have one of the following -values: - -* "start": load content scripts immediately after the document -element for the page is inserted into the DOM, but before the DOM content -itself has been loaded -* "ready": load content scripts once DOM content has been loaded, -corresponding to the -[DOMContentLoaded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko-Specific_DOM_Events) -event -* "end": load content scripts once all the content (DOM, JS, CSS, -images) for the page has been loaded, at the time the -[window.onload event](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.onload) -fires - -</api> - -<api name="contentURL"> -@property {string} -The URL of the content loaded. -</api> - -<api name="allow"> -@property {object} -Permissions for the content, with a single boolean key called `script` which -defaults to true and indicates whether or not to execute scripts in the -content. -</api> - -</api> - - |