Ah, the hunt continues! Much obliged.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Kartikaya Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Firefox for Android uses the network library built into Gecko for page > requests, rather than any Java library in android. The code for this is > generally located in the mozilla code base at https://hg.mozilla.org/** > mozilla-central/file/tip/**netwerk/<https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/netwerk/> > > The "webNavigation" object you ran into is an instance of something that > implements the nsIWebNavigation interface, which in this case happens to be > nsDocShell (I think). You can pick up the trail in the LoadURI function at > https://hg.mozilla.org/**mozilla-central/file/** > 42cf476a66e2/docshell/base/**nsDocShell.cpp#l4066<https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/42cf476a66e2/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp#l4066>. > You may find it useful to dig around using the MXR tool - the equivalent > link is at http://mxr.mozilla.org/**mozilla-central/source/** > docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp#**4066<http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp#4066>but > this link will get out of date once nsDocShell is changed. > > Cheers, > kats > > > On 13-07-25 23:37 , Caleb wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> What library or API calls does Fennec use to perform the basic HTTP GET >> operation when a page is loaded? >> >> I'm attempting to implement Kerberos authentication via SPNEGO in a web >> browser on Android. In researching how I might accomplish such a thing >> in Fennec, I've hit a bit of a wall: I'm unable to conclusively >> determine where the GET operation is performed, so I can't determine >> what needs to be modified. >> >> grepping through the source code for references to HTTPURLConnection or >> HttpClient hasn't turned up anything relevant. I see there's a copy of >> httpclientandrdoidlib included in the source tree, but it appears to be >> utilized by secondary services such as Mozilla Sync. >> >> Stepping through the code in a debugger, I can trace the logic to the >> "loadURIWithFlags" in toolkit/content/widgets/**browser.xml, but there a >> reference is made to an object (?) named "webNavigation", and there the >> trail ends: I've been unable to locate a type that actually implements >> the "loadURIWithFlags" functionality--if there's a relevant hit in the >> grep results, it's lost in the noise of false positives. >> >> I do sometimes see this LogCat message come up when I attempt to access >> a secured page: >> >> W/DefaultRequestDirector(636): Authentication error: Unable to >> respond to any of these challenges: {negotiate=WWW-Authenticate: >> Negotiate} >> >> This message makes me suspect that some implementation of Apache >> HttpClient is in use, but I can't find the calls (either to the >> reference implementation, or httpclientandroidlib). Break points in the >> httpclientandroidlib code are never hit. >> >> Any advice or leads would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> -Caleb >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> mobile-firefox-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/**listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev<https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev> >> >> >
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