From d1797a76ae8cc708ff2b972e52c7aa2b4653497f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Hendrich <alexander.hendrich@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:52:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make registration check optional

The host might be registered with the browser via other means, which results in the existing check to fail.
---
 NativeMessaging/Host.cs       | 9 ++++++---
 NativeMessagingTest/MyHost.cs | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NativeMessaging/Host.cs b/NativeMessaging/Host.cs
index c62337f..32c95fe 100644
--- a/NativeMessaging/Host.cs
+++ b/NativeMessaging/Host.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace NativeMessaging
     public abstract class Host
     {
         private readonly bool SendConfirmationReceipt;
+        private readonly bool CheckIsRegistered;
         private readonly string ManifestPath;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -25,11 +26,13 @@ public abstract class Host
         /// Creates the Host object
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="sendConfirmationReceipt"><see langword="true" /> for the host to automatically send message confirmation receipt.</param>
-        public Host(bool sendConfirmationReceipt = true)
+        /// /// <param name="checkIsRegistered"><see langword="true" /> for the host to check if it is registered before listening.</param>
+        public Host(bool sendConfirmationReceipt = true, bool checkIsRegistered = true)
         {
             SupportedBrowsers = new List<ChromiumBrowser>(2);
 
             SendConfirmationReceipt = sendConfirmationReceipt;
+            CheckIsRegistered = checkIsRegistered;
 
             ManifestPath 
                 = Path.Combine(
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ public Host(bool sendConfirmationReceipt = true)
         /// </summary>
         public void Listen()
         {
-            if (!IsRegistered())
+            if (CheckIsRegistered && !IsRegistered())
             {
                 throw new NotRegisteredWithBrowserException(Hostname);
             }
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ public void RemoveManifest()
 
         #region Browser Registration
         /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if the host is registered with all required browsers.
+        /// Checks if the host is registered with any of the supported browsers.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the required information is present in the registry.</returns>
         public bool IsRegistered()
diff --git a/NativeMessagingTest/MyHost.cs b/NativeMessagingTest/MyHost.cs
index 4ed4241..456230d 100644
--- a/NativeMessagingTest/MyHost.cs
+++ b/NativeMessagingTest/MyHost.cs
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ namespace NativeMessagingTest
     public class MyHost : Host
     {
         private const bool SendConfirmationReceipt = true;
+        private const bool CheckIsRegistered = true;
 
         public override string Hostname
         {
             get { return "com.google.chrome.example.echo"; }
         }
 
-        public MyHost() : base(SendConfirmationReceipt)
+        public MyHost() : base(SendConfirmationReceipt, CheckIsRegistered)
         {
 
         }