WebKit.UserMessage – webkit2gtk-4.0 – Vala Binding Reference

Description:

[ CCode ( type_id = "webkit_user_message_get_type ()" ) ]
[ Version ( since = "2.28" ) ]
public class UserMessage : InitiallyUnowned

Message that can be sent between the UI process and web extensions.

A WebKitUserMessage is a message that can be used for the communication between the UI process and web extensions. A WebKitUserMessage always has a name, and it can also include parameters and UNIX file descriptors. Messages can be sent from a WebContext to all WebKitWebExtensions, from a WebKitWebExtension to its corresponding WebContext, and from a WebView to its corresponding WebKitWebPage (and vice versa). One to one messages can be replied to directly with send_reply.

Namespace: WebKit

Content:

Properties:

public UnixFDList fd_list { get; construct; }

The UNIX file descriptors of the user message.

public string name { get; construct; }

The name of the user message.

public Variant parameters { get; construct; }

The parameters of the user message as a Variant , or null if the message doesn't include parameters.

Creation methods:

public UserMessage (string name, Variant? parameters)

Create a new UserMessage with

name

public UserMessage.with_fd_list (string name, Variant? parameters, UnixFDList? fd_list)

Create a new UserMessage including also a list of UNIX file descriptors to be sent.

Methods:

public unowned UnixFDList? get_fd_list ()

Get the this list of file descritpor.

public unowned string get_name ()

Get the this name.

public unowned Variant? get_parameters ()

Get the this parameters.

public void send_reply (UserMessage reply)

Send a reply to an user message.

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object

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