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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ |
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2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public |
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3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this |
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4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ |
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5 |
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6 #ifndef nsSample_h |
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7 #define nsSample_h |
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8 |
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9 /** |
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10 * A sample of XPConnect. This file is the header of an implementation |
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11 * nsSample of the nsISample interface. |
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12 * |
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13 */ |
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14 |
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15 #include "nsISample.h" |
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16 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h" |
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17 |
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18 /** |
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19 * SampleImpl is an implementation of the nsISample interface. In XPCOM, |
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20 * there can be more than one implementation of an given interface. Class |
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21 * IDs (CIDs) uniquely identify a particular implementation of an interface. |
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22 * Interface IDs (IIDs) uniquely identify an interface. |
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23 * |
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24 * The CID is also a unique number that looks just like an IID |
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25 * and uniquely identifies an implementation |
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26 * {7CB5B7A0-07D7-11d3-BDE2-000064657374} |
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27 */ |
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28 |
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29 #define NS_SAMPLE_CID \ |
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30 { 0x7cb5b7a0, 0x7d7, 0x11d3, { 0xbd, 0xe2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x64, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74 } } |
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31 |
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32 #define NS_SAMPLE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/sample;1" |
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33 |
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34 |
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35 class nsSampleImpl MOZ_FINAL : public nsISample |
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36 { |
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37 public: |
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38 nsSampleImpl(); |
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39 |
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40 /** |
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41 * This macro expands into a declaration of the nsISupports interface. |
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42 * Every XPCOM component needs to implement nsISupports, as it acts |
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43 * as the gateway to other interfaces this component implements. You |
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44 * could manually declare QueryInterface, AddRef, and Release instead |
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45 * of using this macro, but why? |
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46 */ |
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47 // nsISupports interface |
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48 NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS |
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49 |
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50 /** |
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51 * This macro is defined in the nsISample.h file, and is generated |
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52 * automatically by the xpidl compiler. It expands to |
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53 * declarations of all of the methods required to implement the |
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54 * interface. xpidl will generate a NS_DECL_[INTERFACENAME] macro |
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55 * for each interface that it processes. |
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56 * |
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57 * The methods of nsISample are discussed individually below, but |
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58 * commented out (because this macro already defines them.) |
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59 */ |
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60 NS_DECL_NSISAMPLE |
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61 |
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62 /** |
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63 * The following is an explanation of how the interface header |
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64 * file expands to for a c++ implementation. NS_DELC_NSISAMPLE |
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65 * takes care of defining the right c++ implementation. |
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66 * |
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67 * The following if provided for more understanding. |
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68 * |
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69 * NS_IMETHOD expands to the standard XPCOM return type. XPCOM methods |
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70 * should never return any other type. The return value is used |
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71 * behind the scenes by the XPConnect runtime to figure out if the call |
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72 * failed in any way. |
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73 * These methods were generated by "attribute string Value" in |
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74 * nsISample.idl. When reflected into JavaScript, XPCOM will use these |
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75 * calls as Getter/Setter ops, so that they can be called transparently |
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76 * as "sample.Value='foo';" and "var val = sample.Value" |
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77 */ |
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78 /* NS_IMETHOD GetValue(char * *aValue); */ |
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79 /* NS_IMETHOD SetValue(char * aValue); */ |
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80 |
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81 /** |
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82 * The const came from the "in" specifier in nsISample.idl. "in" |
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83 * specifies that the value of this parameter is used only for input, |
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84 * this method is not allowed to modify the contents of the buffer. |
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85 */ |
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86 /* NS_IMETHOD WriteValue(const char *aPrefix); */ |
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87 |
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88 /** |
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89 * nsISample.idl specifies all of its string types as string, instead |
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90 * of wstring (wide string), the Unicode type. If the world were a |
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91 * perfect place, all normal strings in XPCOM interfaces would be unicode. |
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92 * If this type had been specified as wstring, it would appear as |
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93 * char16_t * in C++, which is the NSPR type for unicode characters. |
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94 */ |
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95 /* NS_IMETHOD Poke(const char* aValue); */ |
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96 |
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97 private: |
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98 ~nsSampleImpl(); |
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99 |
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100 char* mValue; |
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101 }; |
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102 |
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103 #endif |