Bug 751226 - Refactor all the existing browser actor implementations to eliminate duplication. r=rcampbell r=mark.finkle r=21

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Panos Astithas 2012-07-11 14:43:11 +03:00
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@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
* You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
'use strict';
/**
* B2G-specific actors that extend BrowserRootActor and BrowserTabActor,
* overriding some of their methods.
*/
/**
* The function that creates the root actor. DebuggerServer expects to find this
@ -24,67 +28,52 @@ function createRootActor(connection) {
* The conection to the client.
*/
function DeviceRootActor(connection) {
this.conn = connection;
this._tabActors = new WeakMap();
this._tabActorPool = null;
this._actorFactories = null;
BrowserRootActor.call(this, connection);
this.browser = Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow('navigator:browser');
}
DeviceRootActor.prototype = {
/**
* Return a 'hello' packet as specified by the Remote Debugging Protocol.
*/
sayHello: function DRA_sayHello() {
return {
from: 'root',
applicationType: 'browser',
traits: []
};
},
DeviceRootActor.prototype = new BrowserRootActor();
/**
* Disconnects the actor from the browser window.
*/
disconnect: function DRA_disconnect() {
let actor = this._tabActors.get(this.browser);
if (actor) {
actor.exit();
}
},
/**
* Disconnects the actor from the browser window.
*/
DeviceRootActor.prototype.disconnect = function DRA_disconnect() {
let actor = this._tabActors.get(this.browser);
if (actor) {
actor.exit();
}
};
/**
* Handles the listTabs request. Builds a list of actors for the single
* tab (window) running in the process. The actors will survive
* until at least the next listTabs request.
*/
onListTabs: function DRA_onListTabs() {
let actor = this._tabActors.get(this.browser);
if (!actor) {
actor = new DeviceTabActor(this.conn, this.browser);
// this.actorID is set by ActorPool when an actor is put into one.
actor.parentID = this.actorID;
this._tabActors.set(this.browser, actor);
}
let actorPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
actorPool.addActor(actor);
// Now drop the old actorID -> actor map. Actors that still mattered were
// added to the new map, others will go away.
if (this._tabActorPool) {
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
}
this._tabActorPool = actorPool;
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
return {
'from': 'root',
'selected': 0,
'tabs': [actor.grip()]
};
/**
* Handles the listTabs request. Builds a list of actors for the single
* tab (window) running in the process. The actors will survive
* until at least the next listTabs request.
*/
DeviceRootActor.prototype.onListTabs = function DRA_onListTabs() {
let actor = this._tabActors.get(this.browser);
if (!actor) {
actor = new DeviceTabActor(this.conn, this.browser);
// this.actorID is set by ActorPool when an actor is put into one.
actor.parentID = this.actorID;
this._tabActors.set(this.browser, actor);
}
let actorPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
actorPool.addActor(actor);
// Now drop the old actorID -> actor map. Actors that still mattered were
// added to the new map, others will go away.
if (this._tabActorPool) {
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
}
this._tabActorPool = actorPool;
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
return {
'from': 'root',
'selected': 0,
'tabs': [actor.grip()]
};
};
/**
@ -104,219 +93,58 @@ DeviceRootActor.prototype.requestTypes = {
* The browser instance that contains this tab.
*/
function DeviceTabActor(connection, browser) {
this.conn = connection;
this._browser = browser;
BrowserTabActor.call(this, connection, browser);
}
DeviceTabActor.prototype = {
get browser() {
return this._browser;
},
DeviceTabActor.prototype = new BrowserTabActor();
get exited() {
return !this.browser;
},
get attached() {
return !!this._attached
},
_tabPool: null,
get tabActorPool() {
return this._tabPool;
},
_contextPool: null,
get contextActorPool() {
return this._contextPool;
},
/**
* Add the specified breakpoint to the default actor pool connection, in order
* to be alive as long as the server is.
*
* @param BreakpointActor actor
* The actor object.
*/
addToBreakpointPool: function DTA_addToBreakpointPool(actor) {
this.conn.addActor(actor);
},
/**
* Remove the specified breakpint from the default actor pool.
*
* @param string actor
* The actor ID.
*/
removeFromBreakpointPool: function DTA_removeFromBreakpointPool(actor) {
this.conn.removeActor(actor);
},
actorPrefix: 'tab',
grip: function DTA_grip() {
dbg_assert(!this.exited,
'grip() should not be called on exited browser actor.');
dbg_assert(this.actorID,
'tab should have an actorID.');
return {
'actor': this.actorID,
'title': this.browser.title,
'url': this.browser.document.documentURI
}
},
/**
* Called when the actor is removed from the connection.
*/
disconnect: function DTA_disconnect() {
this._detach();
},
/**
* Called by the root actor when the underlying tab is closed.
*/
exit: function DTA_exit() {
if (this.exited) {
return;
}
if (this.attached) {
this._detach();
this.conn.send({
'from': this.actorID,
'type': 'tabDetached'
});
}
this._browser = null;
},
/**
* Does the actual work of attaching to a tab.
*/
_attach: function DTA_attach() {
if (this._attached) {
return;
}
// Create a pool for tab-lifetime actors.
dbg_assert(!this._tabPool, 'Should not have a tab pool if we were not attached.');
this._tabPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabPool);
// ... and a pool for context-lifetime actors.
this._pushContext();
this._attached = true;
},
/**
* Creates a thread actor and a pool for context-lifetime actors. It then sets
* up the content window for debugging.
*/
_pushContext: function DTA_pushContext() {
dbg_assert(!this._contextPool, "Can't push multiple contexts");
this._contextPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
this.conn.addActorPool(this._contextPool);
this.threadActor = new ThreadActor(this);
this._addDebuggees(this.browser.wrappedJSObject);
this._contextPool.addActor(this.threadActor);
},
/**
* Add the provided window and all windows in its frame tree as debuggees.
*/
_addDebuggees: function DTA__addDebuggees(content) {
this.threadActor.addDebuggee(content);
let frames = content.frames;
for (let i = 0; i < frames.length; i++) {
this._addDebuggees(frames[i]);
}
},
/**
* Exits the current thread actor and removes the context-lifetime actor pool.
* The content window is no longer being debugged after this call.
*/
_popContext: function DTA_popContext() {
dbg_assert(!!this._contextPool, 'No context to pop.');
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._contextPool);
this._contextPool = null;
this.threadActor.exit();
this.threadActor = null;
},
/**
* Does the actual work of detaching from a tab.
*/
_detach: function DTA_detach() {
if (!this.attached) {
return;
}
this._popContext();
// Shut down actors that belong to this tab's pool.
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabPool);
this._tabPool = null;
this._attached = false;
},
// Protocol Request Handlers
onAttach: function DTA_onAttach(aRequest) {
if (this.exited) {
return { type: 'exited' };
}
this._attach();
return { type: 'tabAttached', threadActor: this.threadActor.actorID };
},
onDetach: function DTA_onDetach(aRequest) {
if (!this.attached) {
return { error: 'wrongState' };
}
this._detach();
return { type: 'detached' };
},
/**
* Prepare to enter a nested event loop by disabling debuggee events.
*/
preNest: function DTA_preNest() {
let windowUtils = this.browser
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(true);
windowUtils.suspendTimeouts();
},
/**
* Prepare to exit a nested event loop by enabling debuggee events.
*/
postNest: function DTA_postNest(aNestData) {
let windowUtils = this.browser
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.resumeTimeouts();
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(false);
DeviceTabActor.prototype.grip = function DTA_grip() {
dbg_assert(!this.exited,
'grip() should not be called on exited browser actor.');
dbg_assert(this.actorID,
'tab should have an actorID.');
return {
'actor': this.actorID,
'title': this.browser.title,
'url': this.browser.document.documentURI
}
};
/**
* The request types this actor can handle.
* Creates a thread actor and a pool for context-lifetime actors. It then sets
* up the content window for debugging.
*/
DeviceTabActor.prototype.requestTypes = {
'attach': DeviceTabActor.prototype.onAttach,
'detach': DeviceTabActor.prototype.onDetach
DeviceTabActor.prototype._pushContext = function DTA_pushContext() {
dbg_assert(!this._contextPool, "Can't push multiple contexts");
this._contextPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
this.conn.addActorPool(this._contextPool);
this.threadActor = new ThreadActor(this);
this._addDebuggees(this.browser.wrappedJSObject);
this._contextPool.addActor(this.threadActor);
};
// Protocol Request Handlers
/**
* Prepare to enter a nested event loop by disabling debuggee events.
*/
DeviceTabActor.prototype.preNest = function DTA_preNest() {
let windowUtils = this.browser
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(true);
windowUtils.suspendTimeouts();
};
/**
* Prepare to exit a nested event loop by enabling debuggee events.
*/
DeviceTabActor.prototype.postNest = function DTA_postNest(aNestData) {
let windowUtils = this.browser
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.resumeTimeouts();
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(false);
};

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@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ function startDebugger() {
if (!DebuggerServer.initialized) {
// Allow remote connections.
DebuggerServer.init(function () { return true; });
DebuggerServer.addBrowserActors();
DebuggerServer.addActors('chrome://browser/content/dbg-browser-actors.js');
}

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@ -6098,6 +6098,7 @@ var RemoteDebugger = {
try {
if (!DebuggerServer.initialized) {
DebuggerServer.init(this._allowConnection);
DebuggerServer.addBrowserActors();
DebuggerServer.addActors("chrome://browser/content/dbg-browser-actors.js");
}

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@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
"use strict";
/**
* Fennec-specific actors.
* Fennec-specific root actor that extends BrowserRootActor and overrides some
* of its methods.
*/
var windowMediator = Cc["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
.getService(Ci.nsIWindowMediator);
/**
* The function that creates the root actor. DebuggerServer expects to find this
* function in the loaded actors in order to initialize properly.
*/
function createRootActor(aConnection) {
return new BrowserRootActor(aConnection);
return new FennecRootActor(aConnection);
}
/**
@ -24,412 +26,94 @@ function createRootActor(aConnection) {
* @param aConnection DebuggerServerConnection
* The conection to the client.
*/
function BrowserRootActor(aConnection) {
this.conn = aConnection;
this._tabActors = new WeakMap();
this._tabActorPool = null;
this._actorFactories = null;
this.onTabClosed = this.onTabClosed.bind(this);
windowMediator.addListener(this);
function FennecRootActor(aConnection) {
BrowserRootActor.call(this, aConnection);
}
BrowserRootActor.prototype = {
/**
* Return a 'hello' packet as specified by the Remote Debugging Protocol.
*/
sayHello: function BRA_sayHello() {
return { from: "root",
applicationType: "browser",
traits: [] };
},
/**
* Disconnects the actor from the browser window.
*/
disconnect: function BRA_disconnect() {
windowMediator.removeListener(this);
// We may have registered event listeners on browser windows to
// watch for tab closes, remove those.
let win = windowMediator.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
this.unwatchWindow(win);
// Signal our imminent shutdown.
let evt = win.document.createEvent("Event");
evt.initEvent("Debugger:Shutdown", true, false);
win.document.documentElement.dispatchEvent(evt);
},
/**
* Handles the listTabs request. Builds a list of actors
* for the tabs running in the process. The actors will survive
* until at least the next listTabs request.
*/
onListTabs: function BRA_onListTabs() {
// Get actors for all the currently-running tabs (reusing
// existing actors where applicable), and store them in
// an ActorPool.
let actorPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
let actorList = [];
let win = windowMediator.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
this.browser = win.BrowserApp.selectedBrowser;
// Watch the window for tab closes so we can invalidate
// actors as needed.
this.watchWindow(win);
let tabs = win.BrowserApp.tabs;
let selected;
for each (let tab in tabs) {
let browser = tab.browser;
if (browser == this.browser) {
selected = actorList.length;
}
let actor = this._tabActors.get(browser);
if (!actor) {
actor = new BrowserTabActor(this.conn, browser);
actor.parentID = this.actorID;
this._tabActors.set(browser, actor);
}
actorPool.addActor(actor);
actorList.push(actor);
}
// Now drop the old actorID -> actor map. Actors that still
// mattered were added to the new map, others will go
// away.
if (this._tabActorPool) {
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
}
this._tabActorPool = actorPool;
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
return { "from": "root",
"selected": selected,
"tabs": [actor.grip()
for each (actor in actorList)] };
},
/**
* Watch a window that was visited during onListTabs for
* tab closures.
*/
watchWindow: function BRA_watchWindow(aWindow) {
let tabContainer = aWindow.document.getElementById("browsers");
tabContainer.addEventListener("TabClose",
this.onTabClosed,
false);
},
/**
* Stop watching a window for tab closes.
*/
unwatchWindow: function BRA_unwatchWindow(aWindow) {
let tabContainer = aWindow.document.getElementById("browsers");
tabContainer.removeEventListener("TabClose", this.onTabClosed);
this.exitTabActor(aWindow);
},
/**
* When a tab is closed, exit its tab actor. The actor
* will be dropped at the next listTabs request.
*/
onTabClosed: function BRA_onTabClosed(aEvent) {
this.exitTabActor(aEvent.target.browser);
},
/**
* Exit the tab actor of the specified tab.
*/
exitTabActor: function BRA_exitTabActor(aWindow) {
let actor = this._tabActors.get(aWindow);
if (actor) {
actor.exit();
}
},
// nsIWindowMediatorListener
onWindowTitleChange: function BRA_onWindowTitleChange(aWindow, aTitle) { },
onOpenWindow: function BRA_onOpenWindow(aWindow) { },
onCloseWindow: function BRA_onCloseWindow(aWindow) {
if (aWindow.BrowserApp) {
this.unwatchWindow(aWindow);
}
}
}
FennecRootActor.prototype = new BrowserRootActor();
/**
* The request types this actor can handle.
* Handles the listTabs request. Builds a list of actors
* for the tabs running in the process. The actors will survive
* until at least the next listTabs request.
*/
BrowserRootActor.prototype.requestTypes = {
"listTabs": BrowserRootActor.prototype.onListTabs
FennecRootActor.prototype.onListTabs = function FRA_onListTabs() {
// Get actors for all the currently-running tabs (reusing
// existing actors where applicable), and store them in
// an ActorPool.
let actorPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
let actorList = [];
let win = windowMediator.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
this.browser = win.BrowserApp.selectedBrowser;
// Watch the window for tab closes so we can invalidate
// actors as needed.
this.watchWindow(win);
let tabs = win.BrowserApp.tabs;
let selected;
for each (let tab in tabs) {
let browser = tab.browser;
if (browser == this.browser) {
selected = actorList.length;
}
let actor = this._tabActors.get(browser);
if (!actor) {
actor = new BrowserTabActor(this.conn, browser);
actor.parentID = this.actorID;
this._tabActors.set(browser, actor);
}
actorPool.addActor(actor);
actorList.push(actor);
}
// Now drop the old actorID -> actor map. Actors that still
// mattered were added to the new map, others will go
// away.
if (this._tabActorPool) {
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
}
this._tabActorPool = actorPool;
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabActorPool);
return { "from": "root",
"selected": selected,
"tabs": [actor.grip()
for each (actor in actorList)] };
};
/**
* Creates a tab actor for handling requests to a browser tab, like attaching
* and detaching.
*
* @param aConnection DebuggerServerConnection
* The conection to the client.
* @param aBrowser browser
* The browser instance that contains this tab.
* Return the tab container for the specified window.
*/
function BrowserTabActor(aConnection, aBrowser)
{
this.conn = aConnection;
this._browser = aBrowser;
FennecRootActor.prototype.getTabContainer = function FRA_getTabContainer(aWindow) {
return aWindow.document.getElementById("browsers");
};
this._onWindowCreated = this.onWindowCreated.bind(this);
}
/**
* When a tab is closed, exit its tab actor. The actor
* will be dropped at the next listTabs request.
*/
FennecRootActor.prototype.onTabClosed = function FRA_onTabClosed(aEvent) {
this.exitTabActor(aEvent.target.browser);
};
// XXX (bug 710213): BrowserTabActor attach/detach/exit/disconnect is a
// *complete* mess, needs to be rethought asap.
BrowserTabActor.prototype = {
get browser() { return this._browser; },
get exited() { return !this._browser; },
get attached() { return !!this._attached },
_tabPool: null,
get tabActorPool() { return this._tabPool; },
_contextPool: null,
get contextActorPool() { return this._contextPool; },
/**
* Add the specified breakpoint to the default actor pool connection, in order
* to be alive as long as the server is.
*
* @param BreakpointActor aActor
* The actor object.
*/
addToBreakpointPool: function BTA_addToBreakpointPool(aActor) {
this.conn.addActor(aActor);
},
/**
* Remove the specified breakpint from the default actor pool.
*
* @param string aActor
* The actor ID.
*/
removeFromBreakpointPool: function BTA_removeFromBreakpointPool(aActor) {
this.conn.removeActor(aActor);
},
actorPrefix: "tab",
grip: function BTA_grip() {
dbg_assert(!this.exited,
"grip() shouldn't be called on exited browser actor.");
dbg_assert(this.actorID,
"tab should have an actorID.");
return { actor: this.actorID,
title: this._browser.contentTitle,
url: this._browser.currentURI.spec }
},
/**
* Called when the actor is removed from the connection.
*/
disconnect: function BTA_disconnect() {
this._detach();
},
/**
* Called by the root actor when the underlying tab is closed.
*/
exit: function BTA_exit() {
if (this.exited) {
return;
}
if (this.attached) {
this._detach();
this.conn.send({ from: this.actorID,
type: "tabDetached" });
}
this._browser = null;
},
/**
* Does the actual work of attching to a tab.
*/
_attach: function BTA_attach() {
if (this._attached) {
return;
}
// Create a pool for tab-lifetime actors.
dbg_assert(!this._tabPool, "Shouldn't have a tab pool if we weren't attached.");
this._tabPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
this.conn.addActorPool(this._tabPool);
// ... and a pool for context-lifetime actors.
this._pushContext();
// Watch for globals being created in this tab.
this._browser.addEventListener("DOMWindowCreated", this._onWindowCreated, true);
this._attached = true;
},
/**
* Creates a thread actor and a pool for context-lifetime actors. It then sets
* up the content window for debugging.
*/
_pushContext: function BTA_pushContext() {
dbg_assert(!this._contextPool, "Can't push multiple contexts");
this._contextPool = new ActorPool(this.conn);
this.conn.addActorPool(this._contextPool);
this.threadActor = new ThreadActor(this);
this._addDebuggees(this._browser.contentWindow.wrappedJSObject);
this._contextPool.addActor(this.threadActor);
},
/**
* Add the provided window and all windows in its frame tree as debuggees.
*/
_addDebuggees: function BTA__addDebuggees(aWindow) {
this.threadActor.addDebuggee(aWindow);
let frames = aWindow.frames;
for (let i = 0; i < frames.length; i++) {
this._addDebuggees(frames[i]);
}
},
/**
* Exits the current thread actor and removes the context-lifetime actor pool.
* The content window is no longer being debugged after this call.
*/
_popContext: function BTA_popContext() {
dbg_assert(!!this._contextPool, "No context to pop.");
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._contextPool);
this._contextPool = null;
this.threadActor.exit();
this.threadActor = null;
},
/**
* Does the actual work of detaching from a tab.
*/
_detach: function BTA_detach() {
if (!this.attached) {
return;
}
this._browser.removeEventListener("DOMWindowCreated", this._onWindowCreated, true);
this._popContext();
// Shut down actors that belong to this tab's pool.
this.conn.removeActorPool(this._tabPool);
this._tabPool = null;
this._attached = false;
},
// Protocol Request Handlers
onAttach: function BTA_onAttach(aRequest) {
if (this.exited) {
return { type: "exited" };
}
this._attach();
return { type: "tabAttached", threadActor: this.threadActor.actorID };
},
onDetach: function BTA_onDetach(aRequest) {
if (!this.attached) {
return { error: "wrongState" };
}
this._detach();
return { type: "detached" };
},
/**
* Prepare to enter a nested event loop by disabling debuggee events.
*/
preNest: function BTA_preNest() {
if (!this._browser) {
// The tab is already closed.
return;
}
let windowUtils = this._browser.contentWindow
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(true);
windowUtils.suspendTimeouts();
},
/**
* Prepare to exit a nested event loop by enabling debuggee events.
*/
postNest: function BTA_postNest(aNestData) {
if (!this._browser) {
// The tab is already closed.
return;
}
let windowUtils = this._browser.contentWindow
.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
.getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
windowUtils.resumeTimeouts();
windowUtils.suppressEventHandling(false);
},
/**
* Handle location changes, by sending a tabNavigated notification to the
* client.
*/
onWindowCreated: function BTA_onWindowCreated(evt) {
if (evt.target === this._browser.contentDocument) {
if (this._attached) {
this.conn.send({ from: this.actorID, type: "tabNavigated",
url: this._browser.contentDocument.URL });
}
}
// nsIWindowMediatorListener
FennecRootActor.prototype.onCloseWindow = function FRA_onCloseWindow(aWindow) {
if (aWindow.BrowserApp) {
this.unwatchWindow(aWindow);
}
};
/**
* The request types this actor can handle.
*/
BrowserTabActor.prototype.requestTypes = {
"attach": BrowserTabActor.prototype.onAttach,
"detach": BrowserTabActor.prototype.onDetach
};
/**
* Registers handlers for new request types defined dynamically. This is used
* for example by add-ons to augment the functionality of the tab actor.
*
* @param aName string
* The name of the new request type.
* @param aFunction function
* The handler for this request type.
*/
DebuggerServer.addTabRequest = function DS_addTabRequest(aName, aFunction) {
BrowserTabActor.prototype.requestTypes[aName] = function(aRequest) {
if (!this.attached) {
return { error: "wrongState" };
}
return aFunction(this, aRequest);
}
FennecRootActor.prototype.requestTypes = {
"listTabs": FennecRootActor.prototype.onListTabs
};

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@ -128,20 +128,27 @@ BrowserRootActor.prototype = {
* tab closures.
*/
watchWindow: function BRA_watchWindow(aWindow) {
aWindow.getBrowser().tabContainer.addEventListener("TabClose",
this.onTabClosed,
false);
this.getTabContainer(aWindow).addEventListener("TabClose",
this.onTabClosed,
false);
},
/**
* Stop watching a window for tab closes.
*/
unwatchWindow: function BRA_unwatchWindow(aWindow) {
aWindow.getBrowser().tabContainer.removeEventListener("TabClose",
this.onTabClosed);
this.getTabContainer(aWindow).removeEventListener("TabClose",
this.onTabClosed);
this.exitTabActor(aWindow);
},
/**
* Return the tab container for the specified window.
*/
getTabContainer: function BRA_getTabContainer(aWindow) {
return aWindow.getBrowser().tabContainer;
},
/**
* When a tab is closed, exit its tab actor. The actor
* will be dropped at the next listTabs request.