Browser base class

Base class for browsers like Chrome, Chromium, etc. Defines the interface used by various browser implementations. It can represent a local browser process or one running remotely.

Details

The initialize() method of an implementation should set private$host and private$port. If the process is local, the initialize() method should also set private$process.

Methods

Public methods

• Browser$is_local()

• Browser$get_process()

• Browser$is_alive()

• Browser$get_host()

• Browser$get_port()

• Browser$close()

• Browser$clone()

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Method is_local()

Is local browser? Returns TRUE if the browser is running locally, FALSE if it's remote.

Usage

Browser$is_local()

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Method get_process()

Browser process

Usage

Browser$get_process()

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Method is_alive()

Is the process alive?

Usage

Browser$is_alive()

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Method get_host()

Browser Host

Usage

Browser$get_host()

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Method get_port()

Browser port

Usage

Browser$get_port()

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Method close()

Close the browser

Usage

Browser$close(wait = FALSE)

Arguments

wait

If an integer, waits a number of seconds for the process to exit, killing the process if it takes longer than wait seconds to close. Use wait = TRUE to wait for 10 seconds.

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Browser$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.