SandboxWiki - Recent changes [en]

Browser DBus Bridge

2010-09-06T05:53:36Z

←Older revision		Revision as of 05:53, 6 September 2010
Line 2:		Line 2:
	----		----

-	[[Image:~~BDB~~.~~gif~~\|right]]	+	[[Image:Browser-d-bus-bridge-300px.png‎\|right]]

	The Browser D-Bus Bridge is a JavaScript D-Bus bindings implementation for web browsers. The Bridge allows privileged JavaScript code to talk to the D-Bus, both session and system bus (if not prohibited by the D-Bus configuration).		The Browser D-Bus Bridge is a JavaScript D-Bus bindings implementation for web browsers. The Bridge allows privileged JavaScript code to talk to the D-Bus, both session and system bus (if not prohibited by the D-Bus configuration).

	The bridge currently supports Gecko-based and WebKit-based browsers. Each of these have their own implementation of the Bridge due to technical differences in the integration, but support the same API on the JavaScript side. The Bridge defines and implements a unified API (referred to as "the Bridge API") to access D-Bus. While you can always use the implementation-specific APIs, their stability is not guaranteed. They also might not support extra features of the Bridge API (like introspection).		The bridge currently supports Gecko-based and WebKit-based browsers. Each of these have their own implementation of the Bridge due to technical differences in the integration, but support the same API on the JavaScript side. The Bridge defines and implements a unified API (referred to as "the Bridge API") to access D-Bus. While you can always use the implementation-specific APIs, their stability is not guaranteed. They also might not support extra features of the Bridge API (like introspection).
		+
		+	Current version of Browser D-Bus Bridge is 1.1.

	==Documentation==		==Documentation==

Special:Log/upload

2010-09-06T05:52:01Z

uploaded "Image:Browser-d-bus-bridge-300px.png": New BDB logo

Browser DBus Bridge

2010-09-03T11:19:23Z

Setting up development environment:

←Older revision		Revision as of 11:19, 3 September 2010
(3 intermediate revisions not shown.)
Line 175:		Line 175:

	* D-Bus and D-Bus Glib bindings		* D-Bus and D-Bus Glib bindings
-	* [http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingGtk WebKit GTK+ port] (~~might work but untested with other ports~~)	+	* [http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingGtk WebKit GTK+ port] for GTK+ environment
		+	* [http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/QtWebKit QtWebKit] for Qt environment
		+	** Qt version usage requires a [https://sandbox.movial.com/files/browser-dbus-bridge/0001-Added-API-to-extract-the-JavaScript-execution-contex.patch patch to expose the JSCore API from QWebFrame] and a [https://sandbox.movial.com/files/browser-dbus-bridge/0002-Added-support-for-conversion-between-JSObjectRef-and.patch patch to add support for conversion between JSObjectRef and QVariant] (made against qtwebkit-2.0 release branch).

-	First install the WebKit as described on the ~~GTK+~~ port page. You will also need the development headers for D-Bus and the D-Bus GLib bindings. You can use a versions from your distribution, if available.	+	First install the WebKit as described on the port page. You will also need the development headers for D-Bus and the D-Bus GLib bindings. You can use a versions from your distribution, if available.

	===Install instructions===		===Install instructions===
Line 184:		Line 186:

	$ make jscore		$ make jscore
		+
		+	or
		+
		+	$ make jscore-qt
		+
		+	depending on your environment (GTK+ or Qt)

	The build system tries to locate the D-Bus and WebKit development headers with ''pkg-config''.		The build system tries to locate the D-Bus and WebKit development headers with ''pkg-config''.