Persist Directory to disk when the app is backgrounded.

chrome/browser/sync/glue/sync_backend_host_core.h

 // Copyright 2013 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 CHROME_BROWSER_SYNC_GLUE_SYNC_BACKEND_HOST_CORE_H_
 #define CHROME_BROWSER_SYNC_GLUE_SYNC_BACKEND_HOST_CORE_H_
 
 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
 
 #include "base/timer/timer.h"
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   syncer::CancelationSignal* GetRequestContextCancelationSignal() {
     return &release_request_context_signal_;
   }
 
   void GetAllNodesForTypes(
       syncer::ModelTypeSet types,
       scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner> task_runner,
       base::Callback<void(const std::vector<syncer::ModelType>& type,
                           ScopedVector<base::ListValue>) > callback);
 
+  // Tell the syncapi to persist its state by writing to disk.

[Nicolas Zea, 2014/09/30 21:20:22]

nit: syncapi -> sync manager

[maxbogue, 2014/09/30 21:59:34]

Done.

+  // Called on the sync thread, both by a timer and, on Android, when the
+  // application is backgrounded.
+  void SaveChanges();
+
  private:
   friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<SyncBackendHostCore>;
   friend class SyncBackendHostForProfileSyncTest;
 
   virtual ~SyncBackendHostCore();
 
   // Invoked when initialization of syncapi is complete and we can start
   // our timer.
   // This must be called from the thread on which SaveChanges is intended to
   // be run on; the host's |registrar_->sync_thread()|.
   void StartSavingChanges();
 
-  // Invoked periodically to tell the syncapi to persist its state
-  // by writing to disk.
-  // This is called from the thread we were created on (which is sync thread),
-  // using a repeating timer that is kicked off as soon as the SyncManager
-  // tells us it completed initialization.
-  void SaveChanges();
-
   // Name used for debugging.
   const std::string name_;
 
   // Path of the folder that stores the sync data files.
   const base::FilePath sync_data_folder_path_;
 
   // Our parent SyncBackendHost.
   syncer::WeakHandle<SyncBackendHostImpl> host_;
 
   // The loop where all the sync backend operations happen.
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   bool forward_type_info_;
 
   base::WeakPtrFactory<SyncBackendHostCore> weak_ptr_factory_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SyncBackendHostCore);
 };
 
 }  // namespace browser_sync
 
 #endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_SYNC_GLUE_SYNC_BACKEND_HOST_CORE_H_