sdk/fidl/fuchsia.app/context.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.app;

using fuchsia.io;

/// A common base protocol for fuchsia.app.(module`agent|*shell`).Context.
/// Clients of those protocols will have access to all of these methods through those interfaces.
[FragileBase]
protocol Context {
    /// Obtains a fuchsia.io.Directory of services from the agent specified in `request.handler`.
    /// Services are bound to `request.services`. The agent endpoint may close `request.services`
    /// at its discretion, at which point `request.controller` must be closed by the caller.
    ///
    /// If brokering a connection is successful, keeping `request.controller` open will ensure
    /// that the agent endpoint is not terminated.
    ///
    /// Failure to provide all required fields in `request` will close the
    /// Context channel with an ZX_ERR_INVALID_ARGS.
    ConnectToAgent(AgentConnectionRequest request);
};

table AgentConnectionRequest {
    /// The component URL of the agent which is to provide services.
    ///
    /// Required.
    1: ComponentUrl handler;

    /// `services` will be connected to a directory of services provided by `handler`.
    ///
    /// Required.
    2: request<fuchsia.io.Directory> services;

    /// The agent providing `services` stays alive so long as the channel backing `controller`
    /// is not dropped.
    ///
    /// Required.
    3: request<AgentController> controller;
};

/// This interface is used by calls to *Context/ConnectToAgent() to signal to the framework to keep
/// the agent alive, so long as the AgentController channel is open.
protocol AgentController {};