Firefox/Projects/AccountManager/CodeOverview

Helper

• base.jsm BaseClass: parent class that others inherit from to get helper functions like pref-controlled logging and async
• cache.jsm Cache: fifo key/val cache with O(1) retrieval and insertion

Service

• hostmeta.jsm HostMeta: lookup and cache .well-known/host-meta, which points to where to find the amcd/realm
• realms.jsm Realms: lookup and cache amcd/realm, which describes how the site handles authentication
• realms.jsm Realm: temporary realm object that provides accessor to pieces of the amcd and account status
• service.jsm AccountManager: provides apis for the ui to get realms; installs a nsIWebProgressListener to find realms on page requests

UI

• accountManager.js: hook up listeners to update the ui on realm/tab changes and set up continuations to interface with profiles
• browser.xul: adds a popupnotification anchor for account manager interaction

Profile

• profiles.jsm Profiles: allows registration and lookup of a profile, which provides authentication ui and logic
• profiles.jsm AbstractAuthProfile: defines interfaces and helper functions for auth profiles
• accountManager.xml: defines some profile-independent popups (multi-*) and userpass-form-specific ui
• userPassFormProfile.jsm UPFormProfile: handle userpass account interaction logic and communicate to the server

Makefile

• Makefile.in: copies jsm to gre/modules/accountmanager
• README: how to generate parser modules

Parser

• link-header-parser.js, status-parser.js: parser definition to feed to jison
• linkHeaderParser.jsm, statusParser.jsm: generated parser

Test

• browser_basic.js: end-to-end test of ui interactions for signing in, signing out
• browser_connect.js: test caching of amcd