Multicast socket API

chrome/common/extensions/api/socket.idl

 // 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.
 
 namespace socket {
   enum SocketType {
     tcp,
     udp
   };
 
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   callback SendToCallback = void (WriteInfo writeInfo);
 
   callback SetKeepAliveCallback = void (boolean result);
 
   callback SetNoDelayCallback = void (boolean result);
 
   callback GetInfoCallback = void (SocketInfo result);
 
   callback GetNetworkCallback = void (NetworkInterface[] result);
 
+  callback JoinGroupCallback = void (long result);
+
+  callback LeaveGroupCallback = void (long result);
+
+  callback SetMulticastTimeToLiveCallback = void (long result);
+
+  callback SetMulticastLoopbackModeCallback = void (long result);
+
+  callback GetJoinedGroupsCallback = void (DOMString[] groups);
+
   interface Functions {
     // Creates a socket of the specified type that will connect to the specified
     // remote machine.
     // |type| : The type of socket to create. Must be <code>tcp</code> or
     // <code>udp</code>.
     // |options| : The socket options.
     // |callback| : Called when the socket has been created.
     static void create(SocketType type,
                        optional CreateOptions options,
                        CreateCallback callback);
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                        SendToCallback callback);
 
     // This method applies to TCP sockets only.
     // Listens for connections on the specified port and address. This
     // effectively makes this a server socket, and client socket
     // functions (connect, read, write) can no longer be used on this socket.
     // |socketId| : The socketId.
     // |address| : The address of the local machine.
     // |port| : The port of the local machine.
     // |backlog| : Length of the socket's listen queue.
+    // |callback| : Called when listen operation completes.
     static void listen(long socketId,
                        DOMString address,
                        long port,
                        optional long backlog,
                        ListenCallback callback);
 
     // This method applies to TCP sockets only.
     // Registers a callback function to be called when a connection is
     // accepted on this listening server socket. Listen must be called first.
     // If there is already an active accept callback, this callback will be
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     // Retrieves the state of the given socket.
     // |socketId| : The socketId.
     // |callback| : Called when the state is available.
     static void getInfo(long socketId,
                         GetInfoCallback callback);
 
     // Retrieves information about local adapters on this system.
     // |callback| : Called when local adapter information is available.
     static void getNetworkList(GetNetworkCallback callback);
+
+    // Join the multicast group and start to receive diagrams from that group.
+    // The socket must be of UDP type and must be bound to a local port
+    // before calling this method.
+    // |socketId| : The socketId.
+    // |address| : The group address to join. Domain names are not supported.
+    // |callback| : Called when the join group operation is done with an integer 

[mmenke, 2013/04/12 21:07:41]

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[Bei Zhang, 2013/04/15 22:30:26]

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+    // parameter indicating the platform-independent error code.
+    static void joinGroup(long socketId,
+                          DOMString address,
+                          JoinGroupCallback callback);
+
+    // Leave the multicast group previously joined using <code>joinGroup</code>.
+    // It's not nessesary to leave the multicast group before destroying the 
+    // socket or exiting. This is automatically called by the OS.
+    //
+    // Leaving the group will prevent the router from sending multicast 
+    // datagrams to the local host, presuming no other process on the host is 
+    // still joined to the group.
+    //
+    // |socketId| : The socketId.
+    // |address| : The group address to leave. Domain names are not supported.
+    // |callback| : Called when the leave group operation is done with an
+    // integer parameter indicating the platform-independent error code.
+    static void leaveGroup(long socketId, DOMString address,
+                           LeaveGroupCallback callback);
+
+    // Set the time-to-live of multicast diagrams sent to the multicast group.
+    //
+    // Calling this method does not require multicast permissions.
+    // |socketId| : The socketId.
+    // |ttl| : The time-to-live value.
+    // |callback| : Called when the configuretion operation is done.
+    static void setMulticastTimeToLive(
+        long socketId,
+        long ttl,
+        SetMulticastTimeToLiveCallback callback);
+
+    // Set the whether multicast diagrams sent from the host to the multicast 
+    // group will be looped back to the host.
+    //
+    // Calling this method does not require multicast permissions.
+    // |socketId| : The socketId.
+    // |enabled| : Indicate whether to enable loop back mode.
+    // |callback| : Called when the configuretion operation is done.
+    static void setMulticastLoopbackMode(
+        long socketId,
+        boolean enabled,
+        SetMulticastLoopbackModeCallback callback);
+
+    // Get the multicast group addresses the socket is currently joined to.
+    // |socketId| : The socketId.
+    // |callback| : Called with an array of strings of the result.
+    static void getJoinedGroups(long socketId,
+                                GetJoinedGroupsCallback callback);
   };
 
 };