/// <summary>
/// Process a display request. For example the calling JS would look like: Authority.request(handlername, somedata).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pDisplay">The display which called this api function.</param>
/// <param name="pSurface">The surface which this display is hosted on.</param>
/// <param name="sRequestHandler">The name of the request handler.</param>
/// <param name="dArguments">The table of arguments which were given in the data parameter.</param>
/// <returns>True if the request was sucessfully handled. False if not.</returns>
public static bool ProcessRequest(Display pDisplay, Surface pSurface, String sRequestHandler, Awesomium.Core.JSObject dArguments)
{
// Check the display and surface are valid.
if (pDisplay == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Cannot process a display API request without a display.");
}
if (pSurface == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Cannot process a display API request without a surface.");
}
// Check we have a valid request handler.
if (sRequestHandler == null || sRequestHandler.Length == 0)
{
Log.Write("Cannot process a display API request without a handler name.", pDisplay.ToString(), Log.Type.DisplayWarning);
return(false);
}
// Make the request handler lower case.
sRequestHandler = sRequestHandler.ToLower();
// Search the bound request handlers.
DisplayAPI.IRequest pHandler = null;
if (dRequestHandlers.TryGetValue(sRequestHandler, out pHandler))
{
// If one is found, process the request and return the success condition.
return(pHandler.ProcessRequest(pDisplay, pSurface, dArguments));
}
// No handler for request.
Log.Write("Authority could not find handler for request '" + sRequestHandler + "'.", pDisplay.ToString(), Log.Type.DisplayWarning);
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Register a handler name with a new handler instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sHandlerName">The name of the request handler we want the API to use as a look up.</param>
/// <param name="kHandlerInstance">The instance responsible for handling all these requests.</param>
/// <returns>The normalised name of the handler. This is practically just a lower case version of sHandlerName.</returns>
/// <remarks>This is threadsafe.</remarks>
public static String RegisterRequestHandler(String sHandlerName, DisplayAPI.IRequest kHandlerInstance)
{
// Check we have valid data.
if (sHandlerName == null || sHandlerName == "")
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Invalid handler name.");
}
// Transform the handler into lower case for the lookups.
sHandlerName = sHandlerName.ToLower();
// Add us to the table of registered items.
mHandlerLock.WaitOne();
dRequestHandlers[sHandlerName] = kHandlerInstance;
mHandlerLock.ReleaseMutex();
// Return the name.
return(sHandlerName);
}