Merge pull request #1196 from ethereum/updatepmluginAPI

src/app/plugin/pluginManager.js

 'use strict'
 /**
  * Register and Manage plugin:
+ *
  * Plugin registration is done in the settings tab,
  * using the following format:
  * {
@@ -8,6 +9,39 @@
  *  "url": "<plugin url>"
  * }
  *
+ * structure of messages:
+ *
+ * - Notification sent by Remix:
+ *{
+ *  action: 'notification',
+ *  key: <string>,
+ *  type: <string>,
+ *  value: <array>
+ *}
+ *
+ * - Request sent by the plugin:
+ *{
+ *  id: <number>,
+ *  action: 'request',
+ *  key: <string>,
+ *  type: <string>,
+ *  value: <array>
+ *}
+ *
+ * - Response sent by Remix and receive by the plugin:
+ *{
+ *  id: <number>,
+ *  action: 'response',
+ *  key: <string>,
+ *  type: <string>,
+ *  value: <array>,
+ *  error: (see below)
+ *}
+ * => The `error` property is `undefined` if no error happened.
+ * => In case of error (due to permission, system error, API error, etc...):
+ *            error: { code, msg (optional), data (optional), stack (optional)
+ * => possible error code are still to be defined, but the generic one would be 500.
+ *
  * Plugin receive 4 types of message:
  * - focus (when he get focus)
  * - unfocus (when he loose focus - is hidden)
@@ -19,16 +53,20 @@
  * CONFIG:
  * - getConfig(filename). The data to send should be formatted like:
  *    {
+ *      id: <requestid>,
+ *      action: 'request',
+ *      key: 'config',
  *      type: 'getConfig',
- *     arguments: ['filename.ext'],
- *     id: <requestid>
+ *      value: ['filename.ext']
  *    }
  *  the plugin will reveice a response like:
  *    {
+ *      id: <requestid>,
+ *      action: 'response',
+ *      key: 'config',
  *      type: 'getConfig',
- *      id: <requestid>
  *      error,
- *      result
+ *      value: ['content of filename.ext']
  *    }
  * same apply for the other call
  * - setConfig(filename, content)
@@ -50,8 +88,10 @@ module.exports = class PluginManager {
       if (self.inFocus) {
         // trigger to the current focus
         self.post(self.inFocus, JSON.stringify({
+          action: 'notification',
+          key: 'compiler',
           type: 'compilationFinished',
-          value: { success, data, source }
+          value: [ success, data, source ]
         }))
       }
     })
@@ -60,39 +100,49 @@ module.exports = class PluginManager {
       if (self.inFocus && self.inFocus !== tabName) {
         // trigger unfocus
         self.post(self.inFocus, JSON.stringify({
-          type: 'unfocus'
+          action: 'notification',
+          key: 'app',
+          type: 'unfocus',
+          value: []
         }))
       }
       if (self.plugins[tabName]) {
         // trigger focus
         self.post(tabName, JSON.stringify({
-          type: 'focus'
+          action: 'notification',
+          key: 'app',
+          type: 'focus',
+          value: []
         }))
         self.inFocus = tabName
         self.post(tabName, JSON.stringify({
+          action: 'notification',
+          key: 'compiler',
           type: 'compilationData',
-          value: api.compiler.getCompilationResult()
+          value: [api.compiler.getCompilationResult()]
         }))
       }
     })
 
     window.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
-      function response (type, callid, error, result) {
+      function response (key, type, callid, error, result) {
         self.post(self.inFocus, JSON.stringify({
           id: callid,
+          action: 'response',
+          key: key,
           type: type,
           error: error,
-          result: result
+          value: [ result ]
         }))
       }
       if (event.type === 'message' && self.inFocus && self.plugins[self.inFocus] && self.plugins[self.inFocus].origin === event.origin) {
         var data = JSON.parse(event.data)
-        data.arguments.unshift(self.inFocus)
+        data.value.unshift(self.inFocus)
         if (self.allowedapi[data.type]) {
-          data.arguments.push((error, result) => {
-            response(data.type, data.id, error, result)
+          data.value.push((error, result) => {
+            response(data.key, data.type, data.id, error, result)
           })
-          api[data.key][data.type].apply({}, data.arguments)
+          api[data.key][data.type].apply({}, data.value)
         }
       }
     }, false)

test-browser/plugin/remix.js

@@ -8,25 +8,31 @@ window.addEventListener('message', receiveMessage, false)
 window.onload = function () {
   document.querySelector('input#testmessageadd').addEventListener('click', function () {
     window.parent.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
+      action: 'request',
+      key: 'config',
       type: 'setConfig',
-      arguments: [document.getElementById('filename').value, document.getElementById('valuetosend').value],
+      value: [document.getElementById('filename').value, document.getElementById('valuetosend').value],
       id: 34
-    }), 'http://127.0.0.1:8080')
+    }), '*')
   })
 
   document.querySelector('input#testmessageremove').addEventListener('click', function () {
     window.parent.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
+      action: 'request',
+      key: 'config',
       type: 'removeConfig',
-      arguments: [document.getElementById('filename').value],
+      value: [document.getElementById('filename').value],
       id: 35
-    }), 'http://127.0.0.1:8080')
+    }), '*')
   })
 
   document.querySelector('input#testmessagerget').addEventListener('click', function () {
     window.parent.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
+      action: 'request',
+      key: 'config',
       type: 'getConfig',
-      arguments: [document.getElementById('filename').value],
+      value: [document.getElementById('filename').value],
       id: 36
-    }), 'http://127.0.0.1:8080')
+    }), '*')
   })
 }