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     1 /*
       
     2 * Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
       
     3 * All rights reserved.
       
     4 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
       
     5 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
       
     6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
       
     7 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
       
     8 *
       
     9 * Initial Contributors:
       
    10 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
       
    11 *
       
    12 * Contributors:
       
    13 *
       
    14 * Description:  
       
    15 *
       
    16 */
       
    17 
       
    18 
       
    19 
       
    20 #ifndef GSWATCHDOG_INTERFACE_H
       
    21 #define GSWATCHDOG_INTERFACE_H
       
    22 
       
    23 // System includes
       
    24 #include <e32base.h>
       
    25 
       
    26 // CONSTANTS
       
    27 
       
    28 // CLASS DECLARATION
       
    29 
       
    30 /**
       
    31 *  MGSWatchDog is responsible for quarantining plugins and updating blacklist
       
    32 *  for crashing GS plugins. This is the class responsible for keeping GS
       
    33 *  application functional even if some plugin to panics all the time.
       
    34 *
       
    35 *  This is the interface for GSWatchDog. Client has no need to know the actual
       
    36 *  implementation as it is owned by GS application.
       
    37 *
       
    38 *  @since Series60_3.2
       
    39 */
       
    40 class MGSWatchDog
       
    41     {
       
    42     public: // New
       
    43 
       
    44         /**
       
    45         * Adds plugin to quarantine. In case GS crashes, quarantined plugin
       
    46         * will be blacklisted so it is not loaded in next GS run. Same plugin
       
    47         * can be quarantined multiple times or even have several uid instances
       
    48         * in quarantine if needed as long as all these are removed
       
    49         * correspondingly.
       
    50         *
       
    51         * NOTE: Plugin must ALWAYS be removed from quarantine after plugin's
       
    52         * function execution.
       
    53         * 1. QuarantineL().
       
    54         * 2. Call quarantined plugin function.
       
    55         * 3. RemoveFromQuarantineL().
       
    56         *
       
    57         * @param aPluginUid uid of the quarantined plugin.
       
    58         */
       
    59         virtual void QuarantineL( TUid aPluginUid ) = 0;
       
    60 
       
    61         /**
       
    62         * Removes plugin from quarantine. In case plugin is not removed from
       
    63         * quarantine before GS exits, the plugin will be blacklisted during
       
    64         * next GS startup.
       
    65         *
       
    66         * @param aPluginUid uid of the plugin to be removed from quarantine.
       
    67         */
       
    68         virtual void RemoveFromQuarantineL( TUid aPluginUid ) = 0;
       
    69 
       
    70         /**
       
    71         * @return ETrue if GS exited cleanly last time.
       
    72         *         EFalse if GS crashed during last execution.
       
    73         */
       
    74         virtual TBool WasCleanExitL() = 0;
       
    75 
       
    76         /**
       
    77         * This must be called in all the cases GS exits normally. If GS panics,
       
    78         * this will not be called resulting in banning of all quarantined
       
    79         * plugins.Increments iRunsAfterCrash counter for blacklisted plugins.
       
    80         * Sets iGSAppRunning to EFalse.
       
    81         */
       
    82         virtual void ReportCleanExitL() = 0;
       
    83 
       
    84         /**
       
    85         * Checks if plugin is in blacklist. This can be used to determine if
       
    86         * plugin should be loaded.
       
    87         *
       
    88         * @return ETrue in case plugin is in blacklist and should not be loaded.
       
    89         *         EFalse in case plugin should not be loaded
       
    90         */
       
    91         virtual TBool IsInBlackList( TUid aPluginUid ) = 0;
       
    92 
       
    93     };
       
    94 
       
    95 #endif // GSWATCHDOG_INTERFACE_H
       
    96 // End of File