tree 558b4084fabd0ae8a2d24e1fc41e69235295d8b5
parent 4658d2a7b5c37f15705cfacef1ec5c2f0b7cc5b0
author Ehsan Karamad <ekaramad@chromium.org> 1532675266 +0000
committer Commit Bot <commit-bot@chromium.org> 1532675266 +0000

Introduce API for external handling of plugins

When the contents of a plugin element (<embed> and <object>) are to be
handeld externally inside an extension (most notably PDF) we currently
use browser plugin. BrowserPlugin is used to render GuestView contents
in another process.

However, BrowserPlugin-based guest views have been deprecated and all
guest views except for MimeHandlerViewGuest are not implemented on top
of cross-process frames.

This CL introduces the first steps in fully replacing BrowserPlugin with
corss-process frames.

Different mechanisms for this project have already been discussed in the
design doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10g7Y9cprYKkch9JZ0TBUWaEnHBJT1nzhskQIt1nHbWM/edit#heading=h.ue5a8s290yhk

Bug: 659750, 330264
Change-Id: If273fbbab3e9f4a4591c61b19d54e4cca73c3464
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1101161
Reviewed-by: Ehsan Karamad <ekaramad@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Cheng <dcheng@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Ehsan Karamad <ekaramad@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#578554}