Revert 156678 - Native messaging now uses the MessageService back-end.

chrome/common/extensions/api/extension.json

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 [
   {
     "namespace": "extension",
     "nocompile": true,
     "dependencies": [ "events", "tabs" ],
     "types": [
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             },
             "optional": true
           }
         ],
         "returns": {
           "$ref": "Port",
           "description": "Port through which messages can be sent and received with the extension. The port's <a href='extension.html#type-Port'>onDisconnect</a> event is fired if extension does not exist. "
         }
       },
       {
-        "name": "connectNative",
-        "nodoc": true,
-        "type": "function",
-        "description": "Attempts to connect a native application in the host machine. The native application must have already registered itself in the proper directory.",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "type": "string",
-            "name": "appName",
-            "description": "The name of the registered app to connect to."
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "connectionMessage",
-            "description": "The object that will be passed to the registered native app on connection.",
-            "type": "object",
-            "additionalProperties": {
-              "type": "any"
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "returns": {
-          "$ref": "Port",
-          "description": "Port through which messages can be sent and received with the application"
-        }
-      },
-      {
         "name": "sendRequest",
         "nodoc": true,
         "type": "function",
         "allowAmbiguousOptionalArguments": true,
         "unprivileged": true,
         "description": "Deprecated: Please use sendMessage.",
         "parameters": [
           {"type": "string", "name": "extensionId", "optional": true, "description": "The extension ID of the extension you want to connect to. If omitted, default is your own extension."},
           { "type": "any", "name": "request" },
           {
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               {
                 "name": "response",
                 "type": "any",
                 "description": "The JSON response object sent by the handler of the message. If an error occurs while connecting to the extension, the callback will be called with no arguments and <a href='extension.html#property-lastError'>chrome.extension.lastError</a> will be set to the error message."
               }
             ]
           }
         ]
       },
       {
-        "name": "sendNativeMessage",
-        "nodoc": true,
-        "type": "function",
-        "description": "Send a single message to a registered native application.",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "registeredNativeApp",
-            "description": "The name of the registered native application.",
-            "type": "string"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "message",
-            "description": "The message that will be passed to the registered native application.",
-            "type": "object",
-            "additionalProperties": {
-              "type": "any"
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "function",
-            "name": "callback",
-            "optional": true,
-            "description": "Called with the response from the native application.",
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "nativeResponse",
-                "type": "object",
-                "description": "Whatever the native application responds with.",
-                "additionalProperties": {
-                  "type": "any"
-                }
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
         "name": "getURL",
         "type": "function",
         "unprivileged": true,
         "description": "Converts a relative path within an extension install directory to a fully-qualified URL.",
         "parameters": [
           {
             "type": "string",
             "name": "path",
             "description": "A path to a resource within an extension expressed relative to its install directory."
           }
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         ],
         "returns": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "optional": "true",
           "description": "Return true from the event listener if you wish to call <code>sendResponse</code> after the event listener returns."
         }
       }
     ]
   }
 ]