can cef run in multi process or multi thread?

[thunk3]

hi, can cef run in multi process or multi thread? it mean one cef instance run in one thread, or one cef instance run in one process. if can, how to share the cookie and cache for every cef instance? thanks!

[magreenblatt]

CEF has a single-process architecture. The CEF interface is thread safe except as otherwise noted for specific classes. All browser windows created in the same process will share state information. If you need state information shared across multiple processes you could potentially implement a single CEF process that creates browser windows whose parents are owned by various other processes. This would be similar in concept to the Chromium architecture described at http://www.chromium.org/developers/desi ... chitecture with CEF acting as the renderer process.

Regards,
Marshall

[thunk3]

thanks.
I find that:
bool CefInitialize(bool multi_threaded_message_loop,
const std::wstring& cache_path);
there is a param cache_path, one process call only once,
my question is , if create one CEF instance in a thread(there are many threads in my app), is multi-thread access cache(include cookie) safe?

thanks again

[magreenblatt]

if create one CEF instance in a thread(there are many threads in my app), is multi-thread access cache(include cookie) safe?

All actions performed in all browser windows (rendering, loading JS, etc) are executed on a single thread. The CEF interface serializes calls to this thread as necessary. So, if you're using the existing CEF interfaces, everything is thread safe except as otherwise noted in the header files.