peridot/public/fidl/fuchsia.modular/module/module_context.fidl

// Copyright 2016 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.modular;

using fuchsia.ui.viewsv1token;
using fuchsia.mem;

/// This interface is exposed to all Module instances in a story. It allows to
/// create Link instances and run more Module instances.
[Discoverable]
interface ModuleContext {
    /// Gets a Link instance with the given name.
    ///
    /// The Link instance has a name so that it can be recognized when the story
    /// is resumed. The name is unique in the scope of the Module instance. If
    /// the method is called again with the same argument by the same Module
    /// instance, a new connection to the same Link instance is obtained. It's
    /// up to the Module instance to ensure the name is unique within the scope
    /// of itself.
    ///
    /// TODO(thatguy): When no modules use null link names any more, make name
    /// required.
    1: GetLink(string? name, request<Link> link);

    /// Starts a new Module instance and adds it to the story. The Module to
    /// execute is identified by the contents of [intent] and the Module instance
    /// is given a [name] in the scope of the starting Module instance. The view
    /// for the Module is given to the story shell for display.
    ///
    /// Providing a [surface_relation] advises the StoryShell how to layout
    /// surfaces that the new module creates. If [surface_relation] is null then
    /// a default relation is used.
    ///
    /// If the method is called again with the same [name] by the same Module
    /// instance, but with different arguments, the existing Module instance is
    /// restarted with the changed arguments. If the other arguments don't
    /// change, just an additional ModuleController connection is made.
    15: AddModuleToStory(string name, Intent intent,
                         request<ModuleController> module_controller,
                         SurfaceRelation? surface_relation)
            -> (StartModuleStatus status);

    /// Like AddModuleToStory(), but requests a [view_owner] explicitly to embed
    /// the view of the requested Module instance in the view of the requesting
    /// Module instance, instead of relying on the story shell for display. If a
    /// Module instance with the same [name] and [intent] is already running,
    /// [view_owner] is closed.
    3: EmbedModule(string name, Intent intent,
                   request<ModuleController> module_controller,
                   request<fuchsia.ui.viewsv1token.ViewOwner> view_owner)
           -> (StartModuleStatus status);

    /// DEPRECATED: no longer implemented.
    6: StartContainerInShell(string container_name,
                             SurfaceRelation parent_relation,
                             vector<ContainerLayout> layout,
                             vector<ContainerRelationEntry> relationships,
                             vector<ContainerNode> nodes);

    /// DEPRECATED: ComponentContext is now available in the
    /// namespace/environment for Modules.
    7: GetComponentContext(request<ComponentContext> request);

    /// Gets the id for this story which may be used to create a suggestion
    /// proposal to resume this story, especially by agents.
    9: GetStoryId() -> (string story_id);

    /// Requests that the current story and module gain focus. It's up to the story
    /// shell and session shell to honor that request.
    10: RequestFocus();

    /// DEPRECATED in favor of using StartOngoingActivity().
    11: Active();

    /// When a module calls [RemoveSelfFromStory()] the framework will stop the
    /// module and remove it from the story. If there are no more running modules
    /// in the story the story will be deleted.
    16: RemoveSelfFromStory();

    /// Requests to update the visibility state of the current story within the
    /// session shell. The framework will decide whether to honor this request, then
    /// forward it to the session shell.
    ///
    /// Modules should not have any knowledge of the story's visibility state, nor
    /// should it ever operate with any assumption of the visibility state.
    ///
    /// Note that the framework keeps this state only in memory, which means that
    /// across reboots, the story visibility state will revert back to DEFAULT.
    /// This makes it unsafe for any component outside the framework to make
    /// assumptions about the story visibility state. Also, this differs from other
    /// UI states such as focus state, which is persisted across reboots.
    13: RequestStoryVisibilityState(StoryVisibilityState visibility_state);

    /// Declares that activity of the given [type] is ongoing in this module.
    /// This information is forwarded to the session shell
    /// (cf. StoryProvider.WatchActivity() and StoryActivityWatcher).
    ///
    /// Modules should close [request] when the ongoing activity has stopped, and
    /// this will also signal to the session shell that the ongoing activity has
    /// stopped. For now, pausing media should count as a stopped ongoing activity,
    /// and when it is resumed it should be started as a new ongoing activity.
    /// Conversely, media playing in a continuous playlist (i.e playing the next
    /// video or song) should be treated as the same ongoing activity.
    /// Modules must request a connection per ongoing activity; a single connection
    /// may not be re-used for multiple ongoing activities.
    14: StartOngoingActivity(OngoingActivityType type,
                             request<OngoingActivity> request);

    /// Creates a [fuchsia.modular.Entity] with the given [type] and [data]. The
    /// lifetime of the created entity is tied to the lifetime of the current story,
    /// but can be dereferenced by modules and agents outside the scope of the story.
    ///
    /// [entity_request] will be connected to the created entity, or closed if the
    /// creation fails.
    ///
    /// The returned [reference] is the entity reference for the created entity, or
    /// null if the entity creation failed.
    17: CreateEntity(string type, fuchsia.mem.Buffer data, request<Entity> entity_request)
      -> (string? entity_reference);
};

/// Communicates the status of an Intent to a Module.
enum StartModuleStatus {
    SUCCESS = 0;
    NO_MODULES_FOUND = 1;
};

/// This interface defines the protocol over which a Module can communicate about
/// an ongoing activity to the framework. It is provided to Modules via
/// ModuleContext.StartOngoingActivity().
interface OngoingActivity {
};

enum OngoingActivityType {
    UNSPECIFIED = 0;
    VIDEO = 1;
    AUDIO = 2;
};