Ladybird: Abstract spawning helper processes into separate methods

This will let us use the same path discovery methods for WebContent, SQLServer, and any other helper processes we need to launch.
Author: https://github.com/ADKaster Commit: 3e6d790cf0 Pull-request: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/17272 Issue: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/17062 Reviewed-by: https://github.com/trflynn89 ✅
2025-07-31 05:09:12 +00:00 · 2023-02-02 03:00:30 -07:00 · 2023-02-02 03:00:30 -07:00 · 3e6d790cf0 · 2024-07-17 07:09:53 +09:00
commit 3e6d790cf0
parent 792258afe8
4 changed files with 56 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/Ladybird/HelperProcess.h
+++ b/Ladybird/HelperProcess.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Andrew Kaster <akaster@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define AK_DONT_REPLACE_STD
+
+#include <AK/Error.h>
+#include <AK/Optional.h>
+#include <AK/Span.h>
+#include <AK/StringView.h>
+#include <LibCore/System.h>
+
+ErrorOr<void> spawn_helper_process(StringView process_name, Span<StringView> arguments, Core::System::SearchInPath, Optional<Span<StringView>> environment = {});
+ErrorOr<Vector<String>> get_paths_for_helper_process(StringView process_name);