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1 # Integrating a feature with the Origin Trials framework | |
2 | |
3 To expose your feature via the origin trials framework, there are a few code | |
4 changes required. | |
5 | |
6 [TOC] | |
7 | |
8 ## Code Changes | |
9 | |
10 ### Runtime Enabled Features | |
11 | |
12 First, you’ll need to configure [RuntimeEnabledFeatures.json5]. This is | |
13 explained in the file, but you use `origin_trial_feature_name` to associate your | |
14 runtime feature flag with a name for your origin trial. The name can be the | |
15 same as your runtime feature flag, or different. Eventually, this configured | |
16 name will be used in the Origin Trials developer console (still under | |
17 development). You can have both `status: experimental` and | |
18 `origin_trial_feature_name` if you want your feature to be enabled either by | |
19 using the `--enable-experimental-web-platform-features` flag **or** the origin | |
20 trial. | |
21 | |
22 You may have a feature that is not available on all platforms, or need to limit | |
23 the trial to specific platforms. Use `origin_trial_os: [list]` to specify which | |
24 platforms will allow the trial to be enabled. | |
iclelland
2017/02/10 19:41:28
Can we list the valid values for that list here? "
chasej
2017/02/10 20:24:41
I intentionally omitted the list of valid values.
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25 | |
26 #### Examples | |
27 | |
28 Flag name and trial name are the same: | |
29 ``` | |
30 { | |
31 name: "MyFeature", | |
32 origin_trial_feature_name: "MyFeature", | |
33 status: "experimental", | |
34 }, | |
35 ``` | |
36 Flag name and trial name are different: | |
37 ``` | |
38 { | |
39 name: "MyFeature", | |
40 origin_trial_feature_name: "MyFeatureTrial", | |
41 status: "experimental", | |
42 }, | |
43 ``` | |
44 Trial limited to specific platform: | |
45 ``` json | |
46 { | |
47 name: "MyFeature", | |
48 origin_trial_feature_name: "MyFeature", | |
49 origin_trial_os: ["android"], | |
50 status: "experimental", | |
51 }, | |
52 ``` | |
53 | |
54 ### Gating Access | |
55 | |
56 Once configured, there are two mechanisms to gate access to your feature behind | |
57 an origin trial. You can use either mechanism, or both, as appropriate to your | |
58 feature implementation. | |
59 | |
60 1. A native C++ method that you can call in Blink code at runtime to expose your | |
61 feature: `bool OriginTrials::myFeatureEnabled()` | |
62 2. An IDL attribute \[[OriginTrialEnabled]\] that you can use to automatically | |
63 expose and hide JavaScript methods/attributes/objects. This attribute works | |
64 very similar to \[RuntimeEnabled\]. | |
65 ``` | |
66 [OriginTrialEnabled=MyFeature] | |
67 partial interface Navigator { | |
68 readonly attribute MyFeatureManager myFeature; | |
69 } | |
70 ``` | |
71 | |
72 **NOTE:** Your feature implementation must not persist the result of the enabled | |
73 check. Your code should simply call `OriginTrials::myFeatureEnabled()` as often | |
74 as necessary to gate access to your feature. | |
75 | |
76 ### IDL Bindings | |
77 | |
78 When using the \[OriginTrialEnabled\] IDL attribute, you'll need to manually | |
79 install the appropriate methods in the V8 bindings code. Based on the | |
80 \[OriginTrialEnabled\] attribute, there will be one or more `installMyFeature` | |
81 methods generated in the bindings code. These methods must be manually | |
82 installed: | |
83 | |
84 - Find the relevant methods by doing a code search for `installMyFeature`: | |
iclelland
2017/02/10 19:41:27
I didn't realise this was best practise :) I suppo
chasej
2017/02/10 20:24:41
You could do that. I had tested with a few example
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85 - e.g. V8WindowPartial::installMyFeature, | |
86 V8NavigatorPartial::installMyFeature | |
87 - Determine which bindings code needs to be updated: | |
88 - [ConditionalFeatures.cpp]: Your feature lives in `core` (i.e. generated | |
89 methods are found under .../bindings/core/...) | |
90 - [ConditionalFeaturesForModules.cpp]: Your feature lives under `modules` | |
91 (i.e. generated methods are found under .../bindings/modules/...) | |
92 - Update `installConditionalFeatures[Core|ForModules]()`: | |
93 - These methods are broken down by type. | |
94 - Add/update the logic for each type to call the corresponding | |
95 `<type>::installMyFeature()` methods. | |
96 - Update `installPendingConditionalFeature[Core|ForModules]()`: | |
97 - These methods are broken down by trial/feature. | |
98 - Add/update the logic for each feature to call all of the | |
99 `installMyFeature()` methods. | |
100 | |
101 Eventually, the V8 bindings code will be generated automatically (See | |
102 [crbug.com/615060]). | |
103 | |
104 | |
105 ## Limitations | |
106 | |
107 What you can't do, because of the nature of these Origin Trials, is know at | |
108 either browser or renderer startup time whether your feature is going to be used | |
109 in the current page/context. This means that if you require lots of expensive | |
110 processing to begin (say you index the user's hard drive, or scan an entire city | |
111 for interesting weather patterns,) that you will have to either do it on browser | |
112 startup for *all* users, just in case it's used, or do it on first access. (If | |
113 you go with first access, then only people trying the experiment will notice the | |
114 delay, and hopefully only the first time they use it.). We are investigating | |
115 providing a method like `OriginTrials::myFeatureShouldInitialize()` that will | |
116 hint if you should do startup initialization. For example, this could include | |
117 checks for trials that have been revoked (or throttled) due to usage, if the | |
118 entire origin trials framework has been disabled, etc. The method would be | |
119 conservative and assume initialization is required, but it could avoid expensive | |
120 startup in some known scenarios. | |
121 | |
122 Similarly, if you need to know in the browser process whether a feature should | |
123 be enabled, then you will have to either have the renderer inform it at runtime, | |
124 or else just assume that it's always enabled, and gate access to the feature | |
125 from the renderer. | |
126 | |
127 ## Testing | |
128 | |
129 If you want to test your code's interactions with the framework, you'll need to | |
130 generate some tokens of your own. To generate your own tokens, use | |
131 [/tools/origin_trials/generate_token.py]. You can generate signed tokens for | |
iclelland
2017/02/10 19:41:27
Why is this reference using the complete path as i
chasej
2017/02/10 20:24:41
The source document had the complete path as its t
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132 localhost, or for 127.0.0.1, or for any origin that you need to help you test. | |
133 For example: | |
134 | |
135 ``` | |
136 tools/origin_trials/generate_token.py http://localhost:8000 MyFeature | |
137 ``` | |
138 | |
139 The file `tools/origin_trials/eftest.key` is used by default as the private key | |
140 for the test keypair used by Origin Trials unit tests (tokens generated with | |
141 this key will **not** work in the browser by default; see the [Developer Guide] | |
iclelland
2017/02/10 19:41:27
We could mention that they *do* work in content sh
chasej
2017/02/10 20:24:41
Done.
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142 for instructions on creating real tokens). To use a test token with the browser, | |
143 run Chrome with the command-line flag: | |
144 | |
145 ``` | |
146 --origin-trial-public-key=dRCs+TocuKkocNKa0AtZ4awrt9XKH2SQCI6o4FY6BNA= | |
147 ``` | |
148 | |
149 This is the public key associated with `eftest.key`. If it doesn't work, see | |
iclelland
2017/02/10 19:41:28
...is the base64 encoding of the public key...
chasej
2017/02/10 20:24:41
Done.
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150 [trial_token_unittest.cc]. If you cannot set command-line switches (e.g., on | |
151 Chrome OS), you can also directly modify [chrome_origin_trial_policy.cc]. | |
152 | |
153 [chrome_origin_trial_policy.cc]: /chrome/common/origin_trials/chrome_origin_tria l_policy.cc | |
154 [crbug.com/615060]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=615060 | |
155 [ConditionalFeatures.cpp]: /third_party/WebKit/Source/bindings/core/v8/Condition alFeatures.cpp | |
156 [ConditionalFeaturesForModules.cpp]: /third_party/WebKit/Source/bindings/modules /v8/ConditionalFeaturesForModules.cpp | |
157 [Developer Guide]: https://github.com/jpchase/OriginTrials/blob/gh-pages/develop er-guide.md | |
158 [OriginTrialEnabled]: /third_party/WebKit/Source/bindings/IDLExtendedAttributes. md#_OriginTrialEnabled_i_m_a_c_ | |
159 [RuntimeEnabledFeatures.json5]: /third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/RuntimeEnabl edFeatures.json5 | |
160 [/tools/origin_trials/generate_token.py]: /tools/origin_trials/generate_token.py | |
161 [trial_token_unittest.cc]: /content/common/origin_trials/trial_token_unittest.cc | |
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