Regularize ownerships and lifecycle for storage monitor platform classes.

chrome/browser/storage_monitor/storage_monitor.h

 // 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.
 
 #ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_STORAGE_MONITOR_STORAGE_MONITOR_H_
 #define CHROME_BROWSER_STORAGE_MONITOR_STORAGE_MONITOR_H_
 
 #include "base/callback.h"
 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
 #include "base/observer_list_threadsafe.h"
 #include "base/string16.h"
 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/storage_monitor/storage_info.h"
 
 class ChromeBrowserMainPartsLinux;
 class ChromeBrowserMainPartsMac;
 class MediaGalleriesPrivateApiTest;
 class MediaGalleriesPrivateEjectApiTest;
 
 namespace chrome {
 
 class MediaFileSystemRegistryTest;
 class RemovableStorageObserver;
 class TransientDeviceIds;
 
 // Base class for platform-specific instances watching for removable storage
 // attachments/detachments.
+// Lifecycle contracts: This class is created by ChromeBrowserMain
+// implementations before the profile is initialized, so listeners can be
+// created during profile construction. The platform-specific initialization,
+// which can lead to calling registered listeners with notifications of
+// attached volumes, will happen after profile construction.
 class StorageMonitor {
  public:
   // This interface is provided to generators of storage notifications.
   class Receiver {
    public:
     virtual ~Receiver();
 
     virtual void ProcessAttach(const StorageInfo& info) = 0;
     virtual void ProcessDetach(const std::string& id) = 0;
   };
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   // Map of all the attached removable storage devices.
   RemovableStorageMap storage_map_;
 
   scoped_ptr<TransientDeviceIds> transient_device_ids_;
 };
 
 } // namespace chrome
 
 #endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_STORAGE_MONITOR_STORAGE_MONITOR_H_