1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/toolkit/components/commandlines/nsICommandLineHandler.idl Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ 1.4 +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 1.5 + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 1.6 + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ 1.7 + 1.8 +#include "nsISupports.idl" 1.9 + 1.10 +interface nsICommandLine; 1.11 + 1.12 +/** 1.13 + * Handles arguments on the command line of an XUL application. 1.14 + * 1.15 + * Each handler is registered in the category "command-line-handler". 1.16 + * The entries in this category are read in alphabetical order, and each 1.17 + * category value is treated as a service contractid implementing this 1.18 + * interface. 1.19 + * 1.20 + * By convention, handler with ordinary priority should begin with "m". 1.21 + * 1.22 + * Example: 1.23 + * Category Entry Value 1.24 + * command-line-handler b-jsdebug @mozilla.org/venkman/clh;1 1.25 + * command-line-handler c-extensions @mozilla.org/extension-manager/clh;1 1.26 + * command-line-handler m-edit @mozilla.org/composer/clh;1 1.27 + * command-line-handler m-irc @mozilla.org/chatzilla/clh;1 1.28 + * command-line-handler y-final @mozilla.org/browser/clh-final;1 1.29 + * 1.30 + * @note What do we do about localizing helpInfo? Do we make each handler do it, 1.31 + * or provide a generic solution of some sort? Don't freeze this interface 1.32 + * without thinking about this! 1.33 + */ 1.34 + 1.35 +[scriptable, uuid(d4b123df-51ee-48b1-a663-002180e60d3b)] 1.36 +interface nsICommandLineHandler : nsISupports 1.37 +{ 1.38 + /** 1.39 + * Process a command line. If this handler finds arguments that it 1.40 + * understands, it should perform the appropriate actions (such as opening 1.41 + * a window), and remove the arguments from the command-line array. 1.42 + * 1.43 + * @throw NS_ERROR_ABORT to immediately cease command-line handling 1.44 + * (if this is STATE_INITIAL_LAUNCH, quits the app). 1.45 + * All other exceptions are silently ignored. 1.46 + */ 1.47 + void handle(in nsICommandLine aCommandLine); 1.48 + 1.49 + /** 1.50 + * When the app is launched with the -help argument, this attribute 1.51 + * is retrieved and displayed to the user (on stdout). The text should 1.52 + * have embedded newlines which wrap at 76 columns, and should include 1.53 + * a newline at the end. By convention, the right column which contains flag 1.54 + * descriptions begins at the 24th character. 1.55 + */ 1.56 + readonly attribute AUTF8String helpInfo; 1.57 +};