WebKit.UserMessage¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` (name, parameters)
class	`new_with_fd_list` (name, parameters, fd_list)
	`get_fd_list` ()
	`get_name` ()
	`get_parameters` ()
	`send_reply` (reply)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags
`fd-list`	`Gio.UnixFDList`	r/w/co
`name`	`str`	r/w/co
`parameters`	`GLib.Variant`	r/w/co

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Class Details¶

class WebKit.UserMessage(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.InitiallyUnowned
Abstract:: No
Structure:: WebKit.UserMessageClass

Message that can be sent between the UI process and web process extensions.

A WebKit.UserMessage is a message that can be used for the communication between the UI process and web process extensions. A WebKit.UserMessage always has a name, and it can also include parameters and UNIX file descriptors. Messages can be sent from a WebKit.WebContext to all web process extensions, from a web process extension to its corresponding WebKit.WebContext, and from a WebKit.WebView to its corresponding #WebKitWebPage (and vice versa). One to one messages can be replied to directly with WebKit.UserMessage.send_reply().

New in version 2.28.

classmethod new(name, parameters)¶

Parameters:

name (str) – the message name
parameters (GLib.Variant or None) – the message parameters as a GLib.Variant, or None

Returns:

the newly created WebKit.UserMessage object.

Return type:

WebKit.UserMessage

Create a new WebKit.UserMessage with name.

New in version 2.28.

classmethod new_with_fd_list(name, parameters, fd_list)¶

Parameters:

name (str) – the message name
parameters (GLib.Variant or None) – the message parameters as a GLib.Variant
fd_list (Gio.UnixFDList or None) – the message file descriptors

Returns:

the newly created WebKit.UserMessage object.

Return type:

WebKit.UserMessage

Create a new WebKit.UserMessage including also a list of UNIX file descriptors to be sent.

New in version 2.28.

get_fd_list()¶

Returns:: the message list of file descriptors
Return type:: Gio.UnixFDList or None

Get the self list of file descritpor.

New in version 2.28.

get_name()¶

Returns:: the message name
Return type:: str

Get the self name.

New in version 2.28.

get_parameters()¶

Returns:: the message parameters
Return type:: GLib.Variant or None

Get the self parameters.

New in version 2.28.

send_reply(reply)¶

Parameters:: reply (WebKit.UserMessage) – a WebKit.UserMessage to send as reply

Send a reply to an user message.

If reply is floating, it’s consumed. You can only send a reply to a WebKit.UserMessage that has been received.

New in version 2.28.

Property Details¶

WebKit.UserMessage.props.fd_list¶

Name:: fd-list
Type:: Gio.UnixFDList
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

The UNIX file descriptors of the user message.

New in version 2.28.

WebKit.UserMessage.props.name¶

Name:: name
Type:: str
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

The name of the user message.

New in version 2.28.

WebKit.UserMessage.props.parameters¶

Name:: parameters
Type:: GLib.Variant
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

The parameters of the user message as a GLib.Variant, or None if the message doesn’t include parameters. Note that only complete types are allowed.

New in version 2.28.