xpcom/sample/nsSample.cpp

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     1.4 +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
     1.5 +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
     1.6 + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
     1.7 + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
     1.8 +
     1.9 +
    1.10 +/**
    1.11 + *
    1.12 + * A sample of XPConnect. This file contains an implementation nsSample
    1.13 + * of the interface nsISample.
    1.14 + *
    1.15 + */
    1.16 +#include <stdio.h>
    1.17 +
    1.18 +#include "nsSample.h"
    1.19 +#include "nsMemory.h"
    1.20 +
    1.21 +#include "nsEmbedString.h"
    1.22 +#include "nsIClassInfoImpl.h"
    1.23 +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    1.24 +
    1.25 +nsSampleImpl::nsSampleImpl() : mValue(nullptr)
    1.26 +{
    1.27 +    mValue = (char*)nsMemory::Clone("initial value", 14);
    1.28 +}
    1.29 +
    1.30 +nsSampleImpl::~nsSampleImpl()
    1.31 +{
    1.32 +    if (mValue)
    1.33 +        nsMemory::Free(mValue);
    1.34 +}
    1.35 +
    1.36 +/**
    1.37 + * NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS expands to a simple implementation of the nsISupports
    1.38 + * interface.  This includes a proper implementation of AddRef, Release,
    1.39 + * and QueryInterface.  If this class supported more interfaces than just
    1.40 + * nsISupports, 
    1.41 + * you could use NS_IMPL_ADDREF() and NS_IMPL_RELEASE() to take care of the
    1.42 + * simple stuff, but you would have to create QueryInterface on your own.
    1.43 + * nsSampleFactory.cpp is an example of this approach.
    1.44 + * Notice that the second parameter to the macro is name of the interface, and
    1.45 + * NOT the #defined IID.
    1.46 + *
    1.47 + * The _CI variant adds support for nsIClassInfo, which permits introspection
    1.48 + * and interface flattening.
    1.49 + */
    1.50 +NS_IMPL_CLASSINFO(nsSampleImpl, nullptr, 0, NS_SAMPLE_CID)
    1.51 +NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS_CI(nsSampleImpl, nsISample)
    1.52 +/**
    1.53 + * Notice that in the protoype for this function, the NS_IMETHOD macro was
    1.54 + * used to declare the return type.  For the implementation, the return
    1.55 + * type is declared by NS_IMETHODIMP
    1.56 + */
    1.57 +NS_IMETHODIMP
    1.58 +nsSampleImpl::GetValue(char** aValue)
    1.59 +{
    1.60 +    NS_PRECONDITION(aValue != nullptr, "null ptr");
    1.61 +    if (! aValue)
    1.62 +        return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
    1.63 +
    1.64 +    if (mValue) {
    1.65 +        /**
    1.66 +         * GetValue's job is to return data known by an instance of
    1.67 +         * nsSampleImpl to the outside world.  If we  were to simply return 
    1.68 +         * a pointer to data owned by this instance, and the client were to
    1.69 +         * free it, bad things would surely follow.
    1.70 +         * On the other hand, if we create a new copy of the data for our
    1.71 +         * client, and it turns out that client is implemented in JavaScript,
    1.72 +         * there would be no way to free the buffer.  The solution to the 
    1.73 +         * buffer ownership problem is the nsMemory singleton.  Any buffer
    1.74 +         * returned by an XPCOM method should be allocated by the nsMemory.
    1.75 +         * This convention lets things like JavaScript reflection do their
    1.76 +         * job, and simplifies the way C++ clients deal with returned buffers.
    1.77 +         */
    1.78 +        *aValue = (char*) nsMemory::Clone(mValue, strlen(mValue) + 1);
    1.79 +        if (! *aValue)
    1.80 +            return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
    1.81 +    }
    1.82 +    else {
    1.83 +        *aValue = nullptr;
    1.84 +    }
    1.85 +    return NS_OK;
    1.86 +}
    1.87 +
    1.88 +NS_IMETHODIMP
    1.89 +nsSampleImpl::SetValue(const char* aValue)
    1.90 +{
    1.91 +    NS_PRECONDITION(aValue != nullptr, "null ptr");
    1.92 +    if (! aValue)
    1.93 +        return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
    1.94 +
    1.95 +    if (mValue) {
    1.96 +        nsMemory::Free(mValue);
    1.97 +    }
    1.98 +
    1.99 +    /**
   1.100 +     * Another buffer passing convention is that buffers passed INTO your
   1.101 +     * object ARE NOT YOURS.  Keep your hands off them, unless they are
   1.102 +     * declared "inout".  If you want to keep the value for posterity,
   1.103 +     * you will have to make a copy of it.
   1.104 +     */
   1.105 +    mValue = (char*) nsMemory::Clone(aValue, strlen(aValue) + 1);
   1.106 +    return NS_OK;
   1.107 +}
   1.108 +
   1.109 +NS_IMETHODIMP
   1.110 +nsSampleImpl::Poke(const char* aValue)
   1.111 +{
   1.112 +    return SetValue((char*) aValue);
   1.113 +}
   1.114 +
   1.115 +
   1.116 +static void GetStringValue(nsACString& aValue)
   1.117 +{
   1.118 +    NS_CStringSetData(aValue, "GetValue");
   1.119 +}
   1.120 +
   1.121 +NS_IMETHODIMP
   1.122 +nsSampleImpl::WriteValue(const char* aPrefix)
   1.123 +{
   1.124 +    NS_PRECONDITION(aPrefix != nullptr, "null ptr");
   1.125 +    if (! aPrefix)
   1.126 +        return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
   1.127 +
   1.128 +    printf("%s %s\n", aPrefix, mValue);
   1.129 +
   1.130 +    // This next part illustrates the nsEmbedString:
   1.131 +    nsEmbedString foopy;
   1.132 +    foopy.Append(char16_t('f'));
   1.133 +    foopy.Append(char16_t('o'));
   1.134 +    foopy.Append(char16_t('o'));
   1.135 +    foopy.Append(char16_t('p'));
   1.136 +    foopy.Append(char16_t('y'));
   1.137 +    
   1.138 +    const char16_t* f = foopy.get();
   1.139 +    uint32_t l = foopy.Length();
   1.140 +    printf("%c%c%c%c%c %d\n", char(f[0]), char(f[1]), char(f[2]), char(f[3]), char(f[4]), l);
   1.141 +    
   1.142 +    nsEmbedCString foopy2;
   1.143 +    GetStringValue(foopy2);
   1.144 +
   1.145 +    //foopy2.AppendLiteral("foopy");
   1.146 +    const char* f2 = foopy2.get();
   1.147 +    uint32_t l2 = foopy2.Length();
   1.148 +
   1.149 +    printf("%s %d\n", f2, l2);
   1.150 +
   1.151 +    return NS_OK;
   1.152 +}

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