Bug 971279 - Add plugin.java.mime. r=bsmedberg

browser/base/content/browser-plugins.js

@@ -33,15 +33,10 @@ var gPluginHandler = {
     let fallbackType = null;
     let blocklistState = null;
 
-    if (pluginElement instanceof HTMLAppletElement) {
-      tagMimetype = "application/x-java-vm";
-    } else {
     tagMimetype = pluginElement.actualType;
-
     if (tagMimetype == "") {
       tagMimetype = pluginElement.type;
     }
-    }
 
     if (gPluginHandler.isKnownPlugin(pluginElement)) {
       pluginTag = pluginHost.getPluginTagForType(pluginElement.actualType);

content/base/src/nsObjectLoadingContent.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kAppShellCID, NS_APPSHELL_CID);
 
+static const char *kPrefJavaMIME = "plugin.java.mime";
+
 using namespace mozilla;
 using namespace mozilla::dom;
 
@@ -1410,8 +1412,12 @@ nsObjectLoadingContent::UpdateObjectParameters(bool aJavaURI)
   ///
   /// Initial MIME Type
   ///
+
   if (aJavaURI || thisContent->NodeInfo()->Equals(nsGkAtoms::applet)) {
-    newMime.AssignLiteral("application/x-java-vm");
+    nsAdoptingCString javaMIME = Preferences::GetCString(kPrefJavaMIME);
+    newMime = javaMIME;
+    NS_ASSERTION(nsPluginHost::IsJavaMIMEType(newMime.get()),
+                 "plugin.mime.java should be recognized by IsJavaMIMEType");
     isJava = true;
   } else {
     nsAutoString rawTypeAttr;
@@ -1432,9 +1438,12 @@ nsObjectLoadingContent::UpdateObjectParameters(bool aJavaURI)
     thisContent->GetAttr(kNameSpaceID_None, nsGkAtoms::classid, classIDAttr);
     if (!classIDAttr.IsEmpty()) {
       // Our classid support is limited to 'java:' ids
+      nsAdoptingCString javaMIME = Preferences::GetCString(kPrefJavaMIME);
+      NS_ASSERTION(nsPluginHost::IsJavaMIMEType(javaMIME.get()),
+                   "plugin.mime.java should be recognized by IsJavaMIMEType");
       if (StringBeginsWith(classIDAttr, NS_LITERAL_STRING("java:")) &&
-          PluginExistsForType("application/x-java-vm")) {
-        newMime.Assign("application/x-java-vm");
+          PluginExistsForType(javaMIME)) {
+        newMime = javaMIME;
         isJava = true;
       } else {
         // XXX(johns): Our de-facto behavior since forever was to refuse to load

dom/base/Navigator.cpp

@@ -576,8 +576,11 @@ bool
 Navigator::JavaEnabled(ErrorResult& aRv)
 {
   Telemetry::AutoTimer<Telemetry::CHECK_JAVA_ENABLED> telemetryTimer;
-  // Return true if we have a handler for "application/x-java-vm",
-  // otherwise return false.
+
+  // Return true if we have a handler for the java mime
+  nsAdoptingString javaMIME = Preferences::GetString("plugin.java.mime");
+  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(!javaMIME.IsEmpty(), false);
+
   if (!mMimeTypes) {
     if (!mWindow) {
       aRv.Throw(NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED);
@@ -588,8 +591,7 @@ Navigator::JavaEnabled(ErrorResult& aRv)
 
   RefreshMIMEArray();
 
-  nsMimeType *mimeType =
-    mMimeTypes->NamedItem(NS_LITERAL_STRING("application/x-java-vm"));
+  nsMimeType *mimeType = mMimeTypes->NamedItem(javaMIME);
 
   return mimeType && mimeType->GetEnabledPlugin();
 }

dom/plugins/base/nsPluginHost.cpp

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ using mozilla::TimeStamp;
 
 static const char *kPrefWhitelist = "plugin.allowed_types";
 static const char *kPrefDisableFullPage = "plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types";
+static const char *kPrefJavaMIME = "plugin.java.mime";
 
 // Version of cached plugin info
 // 0.01 first implementation
@@ -1555,8 +1556,12 @@ nsPluginHost::SiteHasData(nsIPluginTag* plugin, const nsACString& domain,
 
 bool nsPluginHost::IsJavaMIMEType(const char* aType)
 {
+  // The java mime pref may well not be one of these,
+  // e.g. application/x-java-test used in the test suite
+  nsAdoptingCString javaMIME = Preferences::GetCString(kPrefJavaMIME);
   return aType &&
-    ((0 == PL_strncasecmp(aType, "application/x-java-vm",
+    (javaMIME.EqualsIgnoreCase(aType) ||
+     (0 == PL_strncasecmp(aType, "application/x-java-vm",
                           sizeof("application/x-java-vm") - 1)) ||
      (0 == PL_strncasecmp(aType, "application/x-java-applet",
                           sizeof("application/x-java-applet") - 1)) ||

mobile/android/chrome/content/PluginHelper.js

@@ -136,17 +136,11 @@ var PluginHelper = {
   },
 
   getPluginMimeType: function (plugin) {
-    var tagMimetype;
-    if (plugin instanceof HTMLAppletElement) {
-      tagMimetype = "application/x-java-vm";
-    } else {
-      tagMimetype = plugin.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIObjectLoadingContent)
-                          .actualType;
+    var tagMimetype = plugin.actualType;
 
     if (tagMimetype == "") {
       tagMimetype = plugin.type;
     }
-    }
 
     return tagMimetype;
   },

modules/libpref/src/init/all.js

@@ -1910,6 +1910,11 @@ pref("plugins.enumerable_names", "Java,Nexus Personal,QuickTime,Shockwave");
 // The default value for nsIPluginTag.enabledState (STATE_ENABLED = 2)
 pref("plugin.default.state", 2);
 
+// The MIME type that should bind to legacy java-specific invocations like
+// <applet> and <object data="java:foo">. Setting this to a non-java MIME type
+// is undefined behavior.
+pref("plugin.java.mime", "application/x-java-vm");
+
 // How long in minutes we will allow a plugin to work after the user has chosen
 // to allow it "now"
 pref("plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes", 60);