Re: Spec question: Async setLocal/setRemoteDescription?

On Jun 15, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Justin Uberti wrote:

> We recently changed createOffer/createAnswer to be async, since they may need to reach down into the media layer to get their information. Since setLocal/setRemoteDescription need to reach down to actually set the supplied descriptions, it seems like these operations will also need to report their success/failure asynchronously.
> 
> Suggestion: Like createOffer/createAnswer, allow callbacks to be specified to indicate success/failure:
> 
> e.g.
> 
> void setLocalDescription (SessionDescription description,
>     optional voidCallback successCallback,
>     optional PeerConnectionErrorCallback failureCallback);
> void setRemoteDescription (SessionDescription description, 
>     optional voidCallback successCallback,
>     optional PeerConnectionErrorCallback failureCallback);
> 
> successCallback would be invoked upon successful application of the description. failureCallback would be invoked if the description was a valid description, but could not be applied at the media layer. An exception would be thrown if the description was not valid (e.g. failed to parse).
> 
> If failureCallback was invoked, the session's media state would be kept as it was before the call. (This may involve rollback, if the description was partially applied when the failure occurred; another option would be to simply make this a fatal callback).
> 
> localDescription and remoteDescription would return the previous description until the new description was completely applied.
> 
> 
> 

sounds fine to me 

Received on Monday, 18 June 2012 18:56:10 UTC