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authorDexesTTP <dexes.ttp@gmail.com>2021-04-23 22:45:52 +0200
committerLinus Groh <mail@linusgroh.de>2021-04-25 19:04:34 +0200
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Services: Rename ProtocolServer to RequestServer
The current ProtocolServer was really only used for requests, and with the recent introduction of the WebSocket service, long-lasting connections with another server are not part of it. To better reflect this, this commit renames it to RequestServer. This commit also changes the existing 'protocol' portal to 'request', the existing 'protocol' user and group to 'request', and most mentions of the 'download' aspect of the request to 'request' when relevant, to make everything consistent across the system. Note that LibProtocol still exists as-is, but the more generic Client class and the more specific Download class have both been renamed to a more accurate RequestClient and Request to match the new names. This commit only change names, not behaviors.
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diff --git a/Documentation/Browser/ProcessArchitecture.md b/Documentation/Browser/ProcessArchitecture.md
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@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ The SerenityOS web browser (**"Browser"**) uses a multi-process architecture to
Every instance of the **Browser** application can have one or more tabs open. Each tab has a unique **WebContent** service process spawned on its behalf.
-Two important aspects of web browsing are further separated from the **WebContent** process: *network protocols* and *image decoding*, segregated to the **ProtocolServer** and **ImageDecoder** processes respectively.
+Two important aspects of web browsing are further separated from the **WebContent** process: *network requests* and *image decoding*, segregated to the **RequestServer** and **ImageDecoder** processes respectively.
All processes and are aggressively sandboxed using the `pledge()` and `unveil()` mechanisms. Furthermore, all processes except **Browser** run as an unprivileged user, separate from the primary logged-in desktop user.
### Process: WebContent
-This process hosts the main HTML/CSS engine (**LibWeb**.) It also runs JavaScript (**LibJS**.) It gets input events from **Browser** and paints the web content into shared bitmaps. It can only communicate with the outside world via **ProtocolServer**.
+This process hosts the main HTML/CSS engine (**LibWeb**.) It also runs JavaScript (**LibJS**.) It gets input events from **Browser** and paints the web content into shared bitmaps. It can only communicate with the outside world via **RequestServer**.
-### Process: ProtocolServer
+### Process: RequestServer
-This process can speak networking protocols (like HTTP, HTTPS, and Gemini) to the outside world. Each **WebContent** process gets its own **ProtocolServer** to do networking on its behalf.
+This process can use networking protocols (like HTTP, HTTPS, and Gemini) to request files from the outside world. Each **WebContent** process gets its own **RequestServer** to do uploading or downloading on its behalf.
-For DNS lookups, **ProtocolServer** asks for help from the system's global **LookupServer** service, which handles all outgoing DNS requests.
+For DNS lookups, **RequestServer** asks for help from the system's global **LookupServer** service, which handles all outgoing DNS requests.
### Process: ImageDecoder
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This process can decode images (PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PBM, etc.) into bitmaps. Ea
To get a fresh **WebContent** process, anyone with the suitable file system permissions can spawn one by connecting to the socket at `/tmp/portal/webcontent`. This socket is managed by **SystemServer** and will spawn a new instance of **WebContent** for every connection.
-The same basic concept applies to **ProtocolServer** and **ImageDecoder** as well, except that those services are spawned by **WebContent** as needed, not by **Browser**.
+The same basic concept applies to **RequestServer** and **ImageDecoder** as well, except that those services are spawned by **WebContent** as needed, not by **Browser**.
## Class overview