Reify view ownership as a message pipe.

services/ui/view_manager/view_stub.h

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+// Copyright 2016 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 SERVICES_UI_VIEW_MANAGER_VIEW_STUB_H_
+#define SERVICES_UI_VIEW_MANAGER_VIEW_STUB_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "base/macros.h"
+#include "mojo/services/ui/views/interfaces/views.mojom.h"
+#include "services/ui/view_manager/view_layout_request.h"
+
+namespace view_manager {
+
+class ViewRegistry;
+class ViewState;
+class ViewTreeState;
+
+// Describes a link in the view hierarchy either from a parent view to one
+// of its children or from the view tree to its root view.
+//
+// When this object is created, it is not yet known whether the linked
+// view actually exists.  We must wait for a response from the view owner
+// to resolve the view's token and associate the stub with its child.
+//
+// Instances of this object are held by a unique pointer owned by the
+// parent view or view tree at the point where the view is being linked.
+// Note that the lifetime of the views themselves is managed by the view
+// registry.
+class ViewStub {
+ public:
+  // Begins the process of resolving a view.
+  // Invokes |ViewRegistry.OnViewResolved| when the token is obtained
+  // from the owner or passes nullptr if an error occurs.
+  ViewStub(ViewRegistry* registry, mojo::ui::ViewOwnerPtr owner);
+  ~ViewStub();
+
+  // Gets the view state referenced by the stub, or null if the view
+  // has not yet been resolved or is unavailable.
+  ViewState* state() const { return state_; }
+
+  // Returns true if the view which was intended to be referenced by the
+  // stub has become unavailable.
+  bool is_unavailable() const { return unavailable_; }
+
+  // Returns true if awaiting resolution of the view.
+  bool is_pending() const { return !state_ && !unavailable_; }
+
+  // Returns true if the view is linked into a tree or parent.
+  bool is_linked() const { return tree_ && parent_; }
+
+  // Gets the view tree to which this view belongs, or null if none.
+  ViewTreeState* tree() const { return tree_; }
+
+  // Gets the parent view state, or null if none.
+  ViewState* parent() const { return parent_; }
+
+  // Gets the key that this child has in its container, or 0 if none.
+  uint32_t key() const { return key_; }
+
+  // A pending layout request, held until such time as the view is attached.
+  std::unique_ptr<ViewLayoutRequest>& pending_layout_request() {
+    return pending_layout_request_;
+  }
+
+  // Binds the stub to the specified actual view, which must not be null.
+  // Must be called at most once to apply the effects of resolving the
+  // view owner.
+  void AttachView(ViewState* state);
+
+  // Marks the stub as unavailable.
+  // Returns the previous view state, or null if none.
+  ViewState* ReleaseView();
+
+  // THESE METHODS SHOULD ONLY BE CALLED BY VIEW STATE OR VIEW TREE STATE
+
+  // Recursively sets the view tree to which this view and all of its
+  // descendents belong.  Must not be null.  This method must only be called
+  // on root views.
+  void SetTree(ViewTreeState* tree, uint32_t key);
+
+  // Sets the parent view state pointer, the child's key in its parent,
+  // and set its view tree to that of its parent.  Must not be null.
+  void SetParent(ViewState* parent, uint32_t key);
+
+  // Resets the parent view state and tree pointers to null.
+  void Unlink();
+
+ private:
+  void SetTreeRecursively(ViewTreeState* tree);
+  void OnViewResolved(mojo::ui::ViewTokenPtr view_token);
+
+  ViewRegistry* registry_;
+  mojo::ui::ViewOwnerPtr owner_;
+  ViewState* state_ = nullptr;
+  bool unavailable_ = false;
+  std::unique_ptr<ViewLayoutRequest> pending_layout_request_;
+
+  ViewTreeState* tree_ = nullptr;
+  ViewState* parent_ = nullptr;
+  uint32_t key_ = 0u;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ViewStub);
+};
+
+}  // namespace view_manager
+
+#endif  // SERVICES_UI_VIEW_MANAGER_VIEW_STUB_H_