xpcom/components/nsIClassInfo.idl

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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
2 *
3 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
4 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
5 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
6
7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
8
9 /**
10 * Provides information about a specific implementation class. If you want
11 * your class to implement nsIClassInfo, see nsIClassInfoImpl.h for
12 * instructions--you most likely do not want to inherit from nsIClassInfo.
13 */
14
15 [scriptable, uuid(986c11d0-f340-11d4-9075-0010a4e73d9a)]
16 interface nsIClassInfo : nsISupports
17 {
18 /**
19 * Get an ordered list of the interface ids that instances of the class
20 * promise to implement. Note that nsISupports is an implicit member
21 * of any such list and need not be included.
22 *
23 * Should set *count = 0 and *array = null and return NS_OK if getting the
24 * list is not supported.
25 */
26 void getInterfaces(out uint32_t count,
27 [array, size_is(count), retval] out nsIIDPtr array);
28
29 /**
30 * Get a language mapping specific helper object that may assist in using
31 * objects of this class in a specific lanaguage. For instance, if asked
32 * for the helper for nsIProgrammingLanguage::JAVASCRIPT this might return
33 * an object that can be QI'd into the nsIXPCScriptable interface to assist
34 * XPConnect in supplying JavaScript specific behavior to callers of the
35 * instance object.
36 *
37 * see: nsIProgrammingLanguage.idl
38 *
39 * Should return null if no helper available for given language.
40 */
41 nsISupports getHelperForLanguage(in uint32_t language);
42
43 /**
44 * A contract ID through which an instance of this class can be created
45 * (or accessed as a service, if |flags & SINGLETON|), or null.
46 */
47 readonly attribute string contractID;
48
49 /**
50 * A human readable string naming the class, or null.
51 */
52 readonly attribute string classDescription;
53
54 /**
55 * A class ID through which an instance of this class can be created
56 * (or accessed as a service, if |flags & SINGLETON|), or null.
57 */
58 readonly attribute nsCIDPtr classID;
59
60 /**
61 * Return language type from list in nsIProgrammingLanguage
62 */
63
64 readonly attribute uint32_t implementationLanguage;
65
66 /**
67 * Bitflags for 'flags' attribute.
68 */
69 const uint32_t SINGLETON = 1 << 0;
70 const uint32_t THREADSAFE = 1 << 1;
71 const uint32_t MAIN_THREAD_ONLY = 1 << 2;
72 const uint32_t DOM_OBJECT = 1 << 3;
73 const uint32_t PLUGIN_OBJECT = 1 << 4;
74 const uint32_t SINGLETON_CLASSINFO = 1 << 5;
75
76 /**
77 * 'flags' attribute bitflag: whether objects of this type implement
78 * nsIContent.
79 */
80 const uint32_t CONTENT_NODE = 1 << 6;
81
82 // The high order bit is RESERVED for consumers of these flags.
83 // No implementor of this interface should ever return flags
84 // with this bit set.
85 const uint32_t RESERVED = 1 << 31;
86
87
88 readonly attribute uint32_t flags;
89
90 /**
91 * Also a class ID through which an instance of this class can be created
92 * (or accessed as a service, if |flags & SINGLETON|). If the class does
93 * not have a CID, it should return NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE. This attribute
94 * exists so C++ callers can avoid allocating and freeing a CID, as would
95 * happen if they used classID.
96 */
97 [noscript] readonly attribute nsCID classIDNoAlloc;
98
99 };

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