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+/**
+ * GNU LibreJS - A browser add-on to block nonfree nontrivial JavaScript.
+ * *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Loic J. Duros
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+var {Cc, Ci} = require("chrome");
+const httpObserver = require("http_observer/http_request_observer");
+
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Preferences#Using_preference_observers
+var prefObserver = {
+ register: function() {
+ // First we'll need the preference services to look for preferences.
+ var prefService = Cc["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
+ .getService(Ci.nsIPrefService);
+
+ // For this.branch we ask for the preferences for
+ // extensions.myextension. and children
+ this.branch = prefService.getBranch("javascript.");
+
+ // Finally add the observer.
+ this.branch.addObserver("", this, false);
+ },
+
+ unregister: function() {
+ this.branch.removeObserver("", this);
+ },
+
+ observe: function(aSubject, aTopic, aData) {
+ // aSubject is the nsIPrefBranch we're observing (after appropriate QI)
+ // aData is the name of the pref that's been changed (relative to
+ // aSubject)
+ switch (aData) {
+ case "enabled":
+ var prefs = require('sdk/preferences/service');
+ var isJavaScriptEnabled = prefs.get('javascript.enabled');
+ if (!isJavaScriptEnabled) {
+ console.debug('JS disabled in observer');
+ // remove all http notifications
+ httpObserver.removeHttpObserver();
+
+ // TODO: the narcissus worker could also be stopped at this
+ // point, but I'm not doing that right now because I don't
+ // know how to re-enable it.
+ // narcissusWorker.stopWorker();
+ } else {
+ console.debug('JS enabled in observer');
+ httpObserver.startHttpObserver();
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+};
+
+exports.register = function() {
+ prefObserver.register();
+};