2010930 - Initial commit of WebSerial code

Status: ASSIGNED

(Core :: DOM: Device Interfaces, enhancement)

Description

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

This should have all basic WebSerial functionality. This will be behind a pref dom.webserial.enabled.

Comment 1

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 1 - add WebSerial interfaces to .webidl files r=cmartin!

Also adds a few declarations for the "connect" and "disconnect" events

Comment 2

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 2 - WebSerial core code (minus IPC and platform-specific code) r=cmartin!

Comment 3

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 3 - WebSerial IPC code r=cmartin!

IPC Parent/Child classes for SerialManager and SerialPort.

Comment 4

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 4 - WebSerial Windows-specific code r=cmartin,#win-reviewers

See part 2 for the base SerialPlatformService class.

Comment 5

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 5 - WebSerial Mac/Linux-specific code r=#mac-reviewers,stransky!

See part 2 for the base SerialPlatformService class.

Comment 6

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 6 - add-on gating and requestPort() dialog for WebSerial r=cmartin!

When a page tries to use the WebSerial API, we require the user to install
a generated add-on to grant that permission, just like we do for WebMIDI.
After that is installed, we pop a dialog that lets the user choose a port
to grant access to.

Comment 7

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 7 - WebSerial security feature policy (with reftests) r=#dom-core!,dveditz!

There is some information about the security policy in the WebSerial
WICG proposal here: https://wicg.github.io/serial/#permissions-policy

Comment 8

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 8 - WebSerial USB entitlements for Mac r=#mac-reviewers

Needed so Firefox has access to USB ports for serial devices that are
connected to a USB port.

Comment 9

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Attachment: Bug 2010930 part 9 - WebSerial tests r=cmartin!

The browser/ tests are mainly around testing the site permission add-on
and requestPort() dialog, while the mochitests test mostly test the
actual WebSerial API.