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diff --git a/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebsecurityorigin.cpp b/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebsecurityorigin.cpp
index b69f24d..fe25d2d 100644
--- a/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebsecurityorigin.cpp
+++ b/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebsecurityorigin.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ using namespace WebCore;
\c{http://www.malicious.com/evil.html} from accessing \c{http://www.example.com/}'s resources,
because they are of a different security origin.
+ By default local schemes like \c{file://} and \c{qrc://} are concidered to be in the same
+ security origin, and can access each other's resources. You can add additional local schemes
+ by using QWebSecurityOrigin::addLocalScheme(), or override the default same-origin behavior
+ by setting QWebSettings::LocalContentCanAccessFileUrls to \c{false}.
+
+ \note Local resources are by default restricted from accessing remote content, which
+ means your \c{file://} will not be able to access \c{http://domain.com/foo.html}. You
+ can relax this restriction by setting QWebSettings::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls to
+ \c{true}.
+
Call QWebFrame::securityOrigin() to get the QWebSecurityOrigin for a frame in a
web page, and use host(), scheme() and port() to identify the security origin.
@@ -204,7 +214,11 @@ QList<QWebDatabase> QWebSecurityOrigin::databases() const
\since 4.6
Adds the given \a scheme to the list of schemes that are considered equivalent
- to the \c file: scheme. They are not subject to cross domain restrictions.
+ to the \c file: scheme.
+
+ Cross domain restrictions depend on the two web settings QWebSettings::LocalContentCanAccessFileUrls
+ and QWebSettings::LocalContentCanAccessFileUrls. By default all local schemes are concidered to be
+ in the same security origin, and local schemes can not access remote content.
*/
void QWebSecurityOrigin::addLocalScheme(const QString& scheme)
{
@@ -216,6 +230,9 @@ void QWebSecurityOrigin::addLocalScheme(const QString& scheme)
Removes the given \a scheme from the list of local schemes.
+ \note You can not remove the \c{file://} scheme from the list
+ of local schemes.
+
\sa addLocalScheme()
*/
void QWebSecurityOrigin::removeLocalScheme(const QString& scheme)
@@ -225,7 +242,10 @@ void QWebSecurityOrigin::removeLocalScheme(const QString& scheme)
/*!
\since 4.6
- Returns a list of all the schemes that were set by the application as local schemes,
+ Returns a list of all the schemes concidered to be local.
+
+ By default this is \c{file://} and \c{qrc://}.
+
\sa addLocalScheme(), removeLocalScheme()
*/
QStringList QWebSecurityOrigin::localSchemes()