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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 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 PPAPI_CPP_VAR_ARRAY_BUFFER_H_
      6 #define PPAPI_CPP_VAR_ARRAY_BUFFER_H_
      7 
      8 #include "ppapi/cpp/var.h"
      9 
     10 /// @file
     11 /// This file defines the API for interacting with a JavaScript ArrayBuffer.
     12 
     13 namespace pp {
     14 
     15 /// <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> provides a way to interact with JavaScript
     16 /// ArrayBuffers, which represent a contiguous sequence of bytes. Note that
     17 /// these vars are not part of the embedding page's DOM, and can only be
     18 /// shared with JavaScript using the <code>PostMessage</code> and
     19 /// <code>HandleMessage</code> functions of <code>Instance</code>.
     20 class VarArrayBuffer : public Var {
     21  public:
     22   /// The default constructor constructs a <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> which is
     23   /// 0 byte long.
     24   VarArrayBuffer();
     25 
     26   /// Construct a <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> given a var for which
     27   /// is_array_buffer() is true. This will refer to the same
     28   /// <code>ArrayBuffer</code> as var, but allows you to access methods
     29   /// specific to <code>VarArrayBuffer</code>.
     30   ///
     31   /// @param[in] var An <code>ArrayBuffer</code> var.
     32   explicit VarArrayBuffer(const Var& var);
     33 
     34   /// Construct a new <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> which is
     35   /// <code>size_in_bytes</code> bytes long and initialized to zero.
     36   ///
     37   /// @param[in] size_in_bytes The size of the constructed
     38   /// <code>ArrayBuffer</code> in bytes.
     39   explicit VarArrayBuffer(uint32_t size_in_bytes);
     40 
     41   /// Copy constructor.
     42   VarArrayBuffer(const VarArrayBuffer& buffer) : Var(buffer) {}
     43 
     44   virtual ~VarArrayBuffer() {}
     45 
     46   /// This function assigns one <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> to another
     47   /// <code>VarArrayBuffer</code>.
     48   ///
     49   /// @param[in] other The <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> to be assigned.
     50   ///
     51   /// @return The resulting <code>VarArrayBuffer</code>.
     52   VarArrayBuffer& operator=(const VarArrayBuffer& other);
     53 
     54   /// This function assigns one <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> to another
     55   /// <code>VarArrayBuffer</code>. A Var's assignment operator is overloaded
     56   /// here so that we can check for assigning a non-ArrayBuffer var to a
     57   /// <code>VarArrayBuffer</code>.
     58   ///
     59   /// @param[in] other The <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> to be assigned.
     60   ///
     61   /// @return The resulting <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> (as a Var&).
     62   virtual Var& operator=(const Var& other);
     63 
     64   /// ByteLength() retrieves the length of the <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> in
     65   /// bytes.
     66   ///
     67   /// @return The length of the <code>VarArrayBuffer</code> in bytes.
     68   uint32_t ByteLength() const;
     69 
     70   /// Map() maps the <code>ArrayBuffer</code> in to the module's address space
     71   /// and returns a pointer to the beginning of the internal buffer for
     72   /// this <code>ArrayBuffer</code>. ArrayBuffers are copied when transmitted,
     73   /// so changes to the underlying memory are not automatically available to
     74   /// the embedding page.
     75   ///
     76   /// Note that calling Map() can be a relatively expensive operation. Use care
     77   /// when calling it in performance-critical code. For example, you should call
     78   /// it only once when looping over an <code>ArrayBuffer</code>.
     79   ///
     80   /// <strong>Example:</strong>
     81   ///
     82   /// @code
     83   ///   char* data = static_cast<char*>(array_buffer_var.Map());
     84   ///   uint32_t byte_length = array_buffer_var.ByteLength();
     85   ///   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < byte_length; ++i)
     86   ///     data[i] = 'A';
     87   /// @endcode
     88   ///
     89   /// @return A pointer to the internal buffer for this
     90   /// <code>ArrayBuffer</code>.
     91   void* Map();
     92 
     93   /// Unmap() unmaps this <code>ArrayBuffer</code> var from the module address
     94   /// space. Use this if you want to save memory but might want to call Map()
     95   /// to map the buffer again later.
     96   void Unmap();
     97 
     98  private:
     99   void ConstructWithSize(uint32_t size_in_bytes);
    100 };
    101 
    102 }  // namespace pp
    103 
    104 #endif  // PPAPI_CPP_VAR_ARRAY_BUFFER_H_
    105