767627 - nsObjectLoadingContent should re-open channels for plugins that initially instantiated with one

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[John Schoenick [:johns]]

Right now, if a plugin instance is stopped and then restarted, for instance due to navigating and then pressing back, we will respawn the plugin, but not re-open the channel we opened for it the first time. Plugins can be spawned without a channel, and will generally request the data they need, but for consistency we should instantiate them the same way.

Comment 1

[John Schoenick [:johns]]

Attachment: When re-instantiating plugins that loaded with a channel, re-open the initial channel

Comment 2

[John Schoenick [:johns]]

Comment on attachment 657370 [details] [diff] [review]
When re-instantiating plugins that loaded with a channel, re-open the initial channel

We re-call LoadObject here because there's no guarantee the newly-opened channel will return the same content type/etc

Comment 3

[Josh Aas]

What is the plan here John?

Comment 4

[John Schoenick [:johns]]

This was fixed in a more comprehensive manner in bug 767633