webrtc/system_wrappers/include/field_trial.h
Ilya Nikolaevskiy 8cf45e99c5 Add runtime enabled features API to webrtc.
API is not used anywhere for now. When depending projects implement it
or build with default implementation, it will be used.

Bug: webrtc:8287
Change-Id: I9e2aa922c2bb2b543793cd0561d797b02288ea6c
Reviewed-on: https://webrtc-review.googlesource.com/39042
Commit-Queue: Ilya Nikolaevskiy <ilnik@webrtc.org>
Reviewed-by: Per Kjellander <perkj@webrtc.org>
Reviewed-by: Erik Språng <sprang@webrtc.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#21611}
2018-01-15 10:27:18 +00:00

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//
// Copyright (c) 2014 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
//
#ifndef SYSTEM_WRAPPERS_INCLUDE_FIELD_TRIAL_H_
#define SYSTEM_WRAPPERS_INCLUDE_FIELD_TRIAL_H_
#include <string>
// Field trials allow webrtc clients (such as Chrome) to turn on feature code
// in binaries out in the field and gather information with that.
//
// WebRTC clients MUST provide an implementation of:
//
// std::string webrtc::field_trial::FindFullName(const std::string& trial).
//
// Or link with a default one provided in:
//
// system_wrappers/system_wrappers.gyp:field_trial_default
//
//
// They are designed to wire up directly to chrome field trials and to speed up
// developers by reducing the need to wire APIs to control whether a feature is
// on/off. E.g. to experiment with a new method that could lead to a different
// trade-off between CPU/bandwidth:
//
// 1 - Develop the feature with default behaviour off:
//
// if (FieldTrial::FindFullName("WebRTCExperimenMethod2") == "Enabled")
// method2();
// else
// method1();
//
// 2 - Once the changes are rolled to chrome, the new code path can be
// controlled as normal chrome field trials.
//
// 3 - Evaluate the new feature and clean the code paths.
//
// Notes:
// - NOT every feature is a candidate to be controlled by this mechanism as
// it may require negotation between involved parties (e.g. SDP).
//
// TODO(andresp): since chrome --force-fieldtrials does not marks the trial
// as active it does not gets propaged to renderer process. For now one
// needs to push a config with start_active:true or run a local finch
// server.
//
// TODO(andresp): find out how to get bots to run tests with trials enabled.
namespace webrtc {
namespace field_trial {
// Returns the group name chosen for the named trial, or the empty string
// if the trial does not exists.
//
// Note: To keep things tidy append all the trial names with WebRTC.
std::string FindFullName(const std::string& name);
// Convenience method, returns true iff FindFullName(name) return a string that
// starts with "Enabled".
// TODO(tommi): Make sure all implementations support this.
inline bool IsEnabled(const char* name) {
return FindFullName(name).find("Enabled") == 0;
}
// Convenience method, returns true iff FindFullName(name) return a string that
// starts with "Disabled".
inline bool IsDisabled(const char* name) {
return FindFullName(name).find("Disabled") == 0;
}
} // namespace field_trial
} // namespace webrtc
#endif // SYSTEM_WRAPPERS_INCLUDE_FIELD_TRIAL_H_