878901 - JS debugger: create a RootClient front for talking to root actors

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: Debugger, defect)

Description

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

When communicating with child processes, there will be more than one root actor participating in the connection, so using methods on DebuggerClient instance to talk with root actors is (as one says in academic circles these days) problematic.

We should have a separate RootClient class for sending requests to root actors. For compatibility, DebuggerClient can keep the methods it has now; they can forward to the connection's original root actor.

Comment 1

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

Attachment: Create a separate client front object, RootClient, for communicating with root actors.

Tests seem to pass.

Comment 2

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/?tree=Try&rev=d3176e1fa184

Comment 3

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

Attachment: Create a separate client front object, RootClient, for communicating with root actors.

Comment 4

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

Attachment: Create a separate client front object, RootClient, for communicating with root actors. r=dcamp

Updated; minor changes. Carrying over r=dcamp.

Comment 5

[Jim Blandy :jimb]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/d1edee344c98

Comment 6

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d1edee344c98