Passing creation/arbitrary context to newly created browser?

[mukunda]

I have a Browser object that holds a CefBrowser instance, and I'm wondering how to cleanly associate a created browser with it. Example and question:

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web_browser.cpp
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Browser::Browser() {
   CefBrowserSettings browser_settings;
   CefWindowInfo window_info;
   window_info.SetAsWindowless( nullptr );
   window_info.shared_texture_enabled = true;
   
   CefBrowserHost::CreateBrowser( window_info, GetClient(),
                             "www.google.com", browser_settings, nullptr );
}

web_client.cpp
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void Client::OnAfterCreated( CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser ) {
   // Assign this new CEF browser object to the Browser that created it.
   // >>> But how do I forward the reference to the original Browser to here? <<<
}


If I'm doing something not recommended with this design please let me know too.

My current solution in mind is to keep a queue of Browser objects in the Client that are waiting for their CEF browser to be created, but I'd like to avoid that as it seems more like a workaround rather than a proper solution, not to mention safety concerns from an additional cog in the multithreaded system.

[magreenblatt]

If you use a different client for each browser the association will be clear.

[mukunda]

Do you think it would be wasteful to have multiple clients just for that purpose? I imagine each browser like a separate tab. Would it be normal for each browser tab to have their own client?

[magreenblatt]

You can use however many clients you like. It depends on what makes sense for your application.

[mukunda]

Thanks for the insight. :thumbsup:

It seemed to make sense before to share a client, but I think I'll rework things to have client and browser in the same object.