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diff --git a/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/lib/observer-service.js b/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/lib/observer-service.js new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2651da7 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/lib/observer-service.js @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ +/* 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/. */ + +"use strict"; + +const {Cc,Ci} = require("chrome"); +var xpcom = require("./xpcom"); + +/** + * A service for adding, removing and notifying observers of notifications. + * Wraps the nsIObserverService interface. + * + * @version 0.2 + */ + +var service = Cc["@mozilla.org/observer-service;1"]. + getService(Ci.nsIObserverService); + +/** + * A cache of observers that have been added. + * + * We use this to remove observers when a caller calls |Observers.remove|. + */ +var cache = []; + +/** + * Topics specifically available to Jetpack-generated extensions. + * + * Using these predefined consts instead of the platform strings is good: + * - allows us to scope topics specifically for Jetpacks + * - addons aren't dependent on strings nor behavior of core platform topics + * - the core platform topics are not clearly named + * + */ +exports.topics = { + /** + * A topic indicating that the application is in a state usable + * by add-ons. + */ + get APPLICATION_READY() packaging.jetpackID + "_APPLICATION_READY" +}; + +/** + * Register the given callback as an observer of the given topic. + * + * @param topic {String} + * the topic to observe + * + * @param callback {Object} + * the callback; an Object that implements nsIObserver or a Function + * that gets called when the notification occurs + * + * @param thisObject {Object} [optional] + * the object to use as |this| when calling a Function callback + * + * @returns the observer + */ +var add = exports.add = function add(topic, callback, thisObject) { + var observer = new Observer(topic, callback, thisObject); + service.addObserver(observer, topic, true); + cache.push(observer); + + return observer; +}; + +/** + * Unregister the given callback as an observer of the given topic. + * + * @param topic {String} + * the topic being observed + * + * @param callback {Object} + * the callback doing the observing + * + * @param thisObject {Object} [optional] + * the object being used as |this| when calling a Function callback + */ +var remove = exports.remove = function remove(topic, callback, thisObject) { + // This seems fairly inefficient, but I'm not sure how much better + // we can make it. We could index by topic, but we can't index by callback + // or thisObject, as far as I know, since the keys to JavaScript hashes + // (a.k.a. objects) can apparently only be primitive values. + let observers = cache.filter(function(v) { + return (v.topic == topic && + v.callback == callback && + v.thisObject == thisObject); + }); + + if (observers.length) { + service.removeObserver(observers[0], topic); + cache.splice(cache.indexOf(observers[0]), 1); + } +}; + +/** + * Notify observers about something. + * + * @param topic {String} + * the topic to notify observers about + * + * @param subject {Object} [optional] + * some information about the topic; can be any JS object or primitive + * + * @param data {String} [optional] [deprecated] + * some more information about the topic; deprecated as the subject + * is sufficient to pass all needed information to the JS observers + * that this module targets; if you have multiple values to pass to + * the observer, wrap them in an object and pass them via the subject + * parameter (i.e.: { foo: 1, bar: "some string", baz: myObject }) + */ +var notify = exports.notify = function notify(topic, subject, data) { + subject = (typeof subject == "undefined") ? null : new Subject(subject); + data = (typeof data == "undefined") ? null : data; + service.notifyObservers(subject, topic, data); +}; + +function Observer(topic, callback, thisObject) { + memory.track(this); + this.topic = topic; + this.callback = callback; + this.thisObject = thisObject; +} + +Observer.prototype = { + QueryInterface: xpcom.utils.generateQI([Ci.nsIObserver, + Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]), + observe: function(subject, topic, data) { + // Extract the wrapped object for subjects that are one of our + // wrappers around a JS object. This way we support both wrapped + // subjects created using this module and those that are real + // XPCOM components. + if (subject && typeof subject == "object" && + ("wrappedJSObject" in subject) && + ("observersModuleSubjectWrapper" in subject.wrappedJSObject)) + subject = subject.wrappedJSObject.object; + + try { + if (typeof this.callback == "function") { + if (this.thisObject) + this.callback.call(this.thisObject, subject, data); + else + this.callback(subject, data); + } else // typeof this.callback == "object" (nsIObserver) + this.callback.observe(subject, topic, data); + } catch (e) { + console.exception(e); + } + } +}; + +function Subject(object) { + // Double-wrap the object and set a property identifying the + // wrappedJSObject as one of our wrappers to distinguish between + // subjects that are one of our wrappers (which we should unwrap + // when notifying our observers) and those that are real JS XPCOM + // components (which we should pass through unaltered). + this.wrappedJSObject = { + observersModuleSubjectWrapper: true, + object: object + }; +} + +Subject.prototype = { + QueryInterface: xpcom.utils.generateQI([]), + getHelperForLanguage: function() {}, + getInterfaces: function() {} +}; + +require("./unload").when( + function removeAllObservers() { + // Make a copy of cache first, since cache will be changing as we + // iterate through it. + cache.slice().forEach( + function(observer) { + remove(observer.topic, observer.callback, observer.thisObject); + }); + }); |