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      1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef COMPONENTS_VARIATIONS_VARIATIONS_ASSOCIATED_DATA_H_
      6 #define COMPONENTS_VARIATIONS_VARIATIONS_ASSOCIATED_DATA_H_
      7 
      8 #include <map>
      9 #include <string>
     10 
     11 #include "base/metrics/field_trial.h"
     12 
     13 // This file provides various helpers that extend the functionality around
     14 // base::FieldTrial.
     15 //
     16 // This includes several simple APIs to handle getting and setting additional
     17 // data related to Chrome variations, such as parameters and Google variation
     18 // IDs. These APIs are meant to extend the base::FieldTrial APIs to offer extra
     19 // functionality that is not offered by the simpler base::FieldTrial APIs.
     20 //
     21 // The AssociateGoogleVariationID and AssociateVariationParams functions are
     22 // generally meant to be called by the VariationsService based on server-side
     23 // variation configs, but may also be used for client-only field trials by
     24 // invoking them directly after appending all the groups to a FieldTrial.
     25 //
     26 // Experiment code can then use the getter APIs to retrieve variation parameters
     27 // or IDs:
     28 //
     29 //  std::map<std::string, std::string> params;
     30 //  if (GetVariationParams("trial", &params)) {
     31 //    // use |params|
     32 //  }
     33 //
     34 //  std::string value = GetVariationParamValue("trial", "param_x");
     35 //  // use |value|, which will be "" if it does not exist
     36 //
     37 // VariationID id = GetGoogleVariationID(GOOGLE_WEB_PROPERTIES, "trial",
     38 //                                       "group1");
     39 // if (id != chrome_variations::kEmptyID) {
     40 //   // use |id|
     41 // }
     42 
     43 namespace chrome_variations {
     44 
     45 typedef int VariationID;
     46 
     47 const VariationID EMPTY_ID = 0;
     48 
     49 // The Unique ID of a trial and its active group, where the name and group
     50 // identifiers are hashes of the trial and group name strings.
     51 struct ActiveGroupId {
     52   uint32 name;
     53   uint32 group;
     54 };
     55 
     56 // Returns an ActiveGroupId struct for the given trial and group names.
     57 ActiveGroupId MakeActiveGroupId(const std::string& trial_name,
     58                                 const std::string& group_name);
     59 
     60 // We need to supply a Compare class for templates since ActiveGroupId is a
     61 // user-defined type.
     62 struct ActiveGroupIdCompare {
     63   bool operator() (const ActiveGroupId& lhs, const ActiveGroupId& rhs) const {
     64     // The group and name fields are just SHA-1 Hashes, so we just need to treat
     65     // them as IDs and do a less-than comparison. We test group first, since
     66     // name is more likely to collide.
     67     if (lhs.group != rhs.group)
     68       return lhs.group < rhs.group;
     69     return lhs.name < rhs.name;
     70   }
     71 };
     72 
     73 // A key into the Associate/Get methods for VariationIDs. This is used to create
     74 // separate ID associations for separate parties interested in VariationIDs.
     75 enum IDCollectionKey {
     76   // This collection is used by Google web properties, transmitted through the
     77   // X-Chrome-Variations header.
     78   GOOGLE_WEB_PROPERTIES,
     79   // This collection is used by Google update services, transmitted through the
     80   // Google Update experiment labels.
     81   GOOGLE_UPDATE_SERVICE,
     82   // The total count of collections.
     83   ID_COLLECTION_COUNT,
     84 };
     85 
     86 // Associate a chrome_variations::VariationID value with a FieldTrial group for
     87 // collection |key|. If an id was previously set for |trial_name| and
     88 // |group_name|, this does nothing. The group is denoted by |trial_name| and
     89 // |group_name|. This must be called whenever a FieldTrial is prepared (create
     90 // the trial and append groups) and needs to have a
     91 // chrome_variations::VariationID associated with it so Google servers can
     92 // recognize the FieldTrial. Thread safe.
     93 void AssociateGoogleVariationID(IDCollectionKey key,
     94                                 const std::string& trial_name,
     95                                 const std::string& group_name,
     96                                 VariationID id);
     97 
     98 // As above, but overwrites any previously set id. Thread safe.
     99 void AssociateGoogleVariationIDForce(IDCollectionKey key,
    100                                      const std::string& trial_name,
    101                                      const std::string& group_name,
    102                                      VariationID id);
    103 
    104 // Retrieve the chrome_variations::VariationID associated with a FieldTrial
    105 // group for collection |key|. The group is denoted by |trial_name| and
    106 // |group_name|. This will return chrome_variations::kEmptyID if there is
    107 // currently no associated ID for the named group. This API can be nicely
    108 // combined with FieldTrial::GetActiveFieldTrialGroups() to enumerate the
    109 // variation IDs for all active FieldTrial groups. Thread safe.
    110 VariationID GetGoogleVariationID(IDCollectionKey key,
    111                                  const std::string& trial_name,
    112                                  const std::string& group_name);
    113 
    114 // Associates the specified set of key-value |params| with the variation
    115 // specified by |trial_name| and |group_name|. Fails and returns false if the
    116 // specified variation already has params associated with it or the field trial
    117 // is already active (group() has been called on it). Thread safe.
    118 bool AssociateVariationParams(const std::string& trial_name,
    119                               const std::string& group_name,
    120                               const std::map<std::string, std::string>& params);
    121 
    122 // Retrieves the set of key-value |params| for the variation associated with
    123 // the specified field trial, based on its selected group. If the field trial
    124 // does not exist or its selected group does not have any parameters associated
    125 // with it, returns false and does not modify |params|. Calling this function
    126 // will result in the field trial being marked as active if found (i.e. group()
    127 // will be called on it), if it wasn't already. Currently, this information is
    128 // only available from the browser process. Thread safe.
    129 bool GetVariationParams(const std::string& trial_name,
    130                         std::map<std::string, std::string>* params);
    131 
    132 // Retrieves a specific parameter value corresponding to |param_name| for the
    133 // variation associated with the specified field trial, based on its selected
    134 // group. If the field trial does not exist or the specified parameter does not
    135 // exist, returns an empty string. Calling this function will result in the
    136 // field trial being marked as active if found (i.e. group() will be called on
    137 // it), if it wasn't already. Currently, this information is only available from
    138 // the browser process. Thread safe.
    139 std::string GetVariationParamValue(const std::string& trial_name,
    140                                    const std::string& param_name);
    141 
    142 // Expose some functions for testing.
    143 namespace testing {
    144 
    145 // Clears all of the mapped associations.
    146 void ClearAllVariationIDs();
    147 
    148 // Clears all of the associated params.
    149 void ClearAllVariationParams();
    150 
    151 }  // namespace testing
    152 
    153 }  // namespace chrome_variations
    154 
    155 #endif  // COMPONENTS_VARIATIONS_VARIATIONS_ASSOCIATED_DATA_H_
    156