chrome/browser/policy/configuration_policy_provider.h

// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_POLICY_CONFIGURATION_POLICY_PROVIDER_H_
#define CHROME_BROWSER_POLICY_CONFIGURATION_POLICY_PROVIDER_H_
#pragma once

#include <vector>

#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/values.h"
#include "chrome/browser/policy/configuration_policy_store.h"

namespace policy {

// A mostly-abstract super class for platform-specific policy providers.
// Platform-specific policy providers (Windows Group Policy, gconf,
// etc.) should implement a subclass of this class.
class ConfigurationPolicyProvider {
 public:
  // Used for static arrays of policy values that is used to initialize an
  // instance of the ConfigurationPolicyProvider.
  struct StaticPolicyValueMap {
    struct Entry {
      ConfigurationPolicyStore::PolicyType policy_type;
      Value::ValueType value_type;
      const char* name;
    };

    size_t entry_count;
    const Entry* entries;
  };

  explicit ConfigurationPolicyProvider(const StaticPolicyValueMap& policy_map);

  virtual ~ConfigurationPolicyProvider();

  // Must be implemented by provider subclasses to specify the
  // provider-specific policy decisions. The preference service
  // invokes this |Provide| method when it needs a policy
  // provider to specify its policy choices. In |Provide|,
  // the |ConfigurationPolicyProvider| must make calls to the
  // |Apply| method of |store| to apply specific policies.
  // Returns true if the policy could be provided, otherwise false.
  virtual bool Provide(ConfigurationPolicyStore* store) = 0;

  // Called by the subclass provider at any time to indicate that the currently
  // applied policy is not longer current. A policy refresh will be initiated as
  // soon as possible.
  virtual void NotifyStoreOfPolicyChange();

 protected:
  // A structure mapping policies to their implementations by providers.
  struct PolicyValueMapEntry {
    ConfigurationPolicyStore::PolicyType policy_type;
    Value::ValueType value_type;
    std::string name;
  };
  typedef std::vector<PolicyValueMapEntry> PolicyValueMap;

  const PolicyValueMap& policy_value_map() const {
    return policy_value_map_;
  }

 private:
  // Contains the default mapping from policy values to the actual names.
  PolicyValueMap policy_value_map_;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ConfigurationPolicyProvider);
};

}  // namespace policy

#endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_POLICY_CONFIGURATION_POLICY_PROVIDER_H_