editor/txmgr/idl/nsITransactionManager.idl

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 8
97036ab72558
permissions
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Conditionally force memory storage according to privacy.thirdparty.isolate;
This solves Tor bug #9701, complying with disk avoidance documented in
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#disk-avoidance.

     1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
     2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
     3  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
     4  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
     6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
     7 #include "nsITransaction.idl"
     8 #include "nsITransactionList.idl"
     9 #include "nsITransactionListener.idl"
    11 %{ C++
    13 #define NS_TRANSACTIONMANAGER_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/transactionmanager;1"
    15 %} C++
    17 /**
    18  * The nsITransactionManager interface.
    19  * <P>
    20  * This interface is implemented by an object that wants to
    21  * manage/track transactions.
    22  */
    23 [scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(c77763df-0fb9-41a8-8074-8e882f605755)]
    24 interface nsITransactionManager : nsISupports
    25 {
    26   /**
    27    * Calls a transaction's doTransaction() method, then pushes it on the
    28    * undo stack.
    29    * <P>
    30    * This method calls the transaction's AddRef() method.
    31    * The transaction's Release() method will be called when the undo or redo
    32    * stack is pruned or when the transaction manager is destroyed.
    33    * @param aTransaction the transaction to do.
    34    */
    35   void doTransaction(in nsITransaction aTransaction);
    37   /**
    38    * Pops the topmost transaction on the undo stack, calls its
    39    * undoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the redo stack.
    40    */
    41   void undoTransaction();
    43   /**
    44    * Pops the topmost transaction on the redo stack, calls its
    45    * redoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the undo stack.
    46    */
    47   void redoTransaction();
    49   /**
    50    * Clears the undo and redo stacks.
    51    */
    52   void clear();
    54   /**
    55    * Clears the undo stack only.
    56    */
    57   void clearUndoStack();
    59   /**
    60    * Clears the redo stack only.
    61    */
    62   void clearRedoStack();
    64   /**
    65    * Turns on the transaction manager's batch mode, forcing all transactions
    66    * executed by the transaction manager's doTransaction() method to be
    67    * aggregated together until EndBatch() is called.  This mode allows an
    68    * application to execute and group together several independent transactions
    69    * so they can be undone with a single call to undoTransaction().
    70    * @param aData An arbitrary nsISupports object that is associated with the
    71    * batch. Can be retrieved from nsITransactionList.
    72    */
    73   void beginBatch(in nsISupports aData);
    75   /**
    76    * Turns off the transaction manager's batch mode.
    77    * @param aAllowEmpty If true, a batch containing no children will be
    78    * pushed onto the undo stack. Otherwise, ending a batch with no
    79    * children will result in no transactions being pushed on the undo stack.
    80    */
    81   void endBatch(in boolean aAllowEmpty);
    83   /**
    84    * The number of items on the undo stack.
    85    */
    86   readonly attribute long numberOfUndoItems;
    88   /**
    89    * The number of items on the redo stack.
    90    */
    91   readonly attribute long numberOfRedoItems;
    93   /**
    94    * Sets the maximum number of transaction items the transaction manager will
    95    * maintain at any time. This is commonly referred to as the number of levels
    96    * of undo.
    97    * @param aMaxCount A value of -1 means no limit. A value of zero means the
    98    * transaction manager will execute each transaction, then immediately release
    99    * all references it has to the transaction without pushing it on the undo
   100    * stack. A value greater than zero indicates the max number of transactions
   101    * that can exist at any time on both the undo and redo stacks. This method
   102    * will prune the necessary number of transactions on the undo and redo
   103    * stacks if the value specified is less than the number of items that exist
   104    * on both the undo and redo stacks.
   105    */
   106   attribute long maxTransactionCount;
   108   /**
   109    * Combines the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) with the
   110    * preceding undo transaction (if any) into a batch transaction. Thus,
   111    * a call to undoTransaction() will undo both transactions.
   112    */
   113   void batchTopUndo();
   115   /**
   116    * Removes the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) without
   117    * transacting.
   118    */
   119   void removeTopUndo();
   121   /**
   122    * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the
   123    * undo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return
   124    * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top
   125    * of the undo stack.
   126    */
   127   nsITransaction peekUndoStack();
   129   /**
   130    * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the
   131    * redo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return
   132    * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top
   133    * of the redo stack.
   134    */
   135   nsITransaction peekRedoStack();
   137   /**
   138    * Returns the list of transactions on the undo stack. Note that the
   139    * transaction at the top of the undo stack will actually be at the
   140    * index 'n-1' in the list, where 'n' is the number of items in the list.
   141    */
   142   nsITransactionList getUndoList();
   144   /**
   145    * Returns the list of transactions on the redo stack. Note that the
   146    * transaction at the top of the redo stack will actually be at the
   147    * index 'n-1' in the list, where 'n' is the number of items in the list.
   148    */
   149   nsITransactionList getRedoList();
   151   /**
   152    * Adds a listener to the transaction manager's notification list. Listeners
   153    * are notified whenever a transaction is done, undone, or redone.
   154    * <P>
   155    * The listener's AddRef() method is called.
   156    * @param aListener the lister to add.
   157    */
   158   void AddListener(in nsITransactionListener aListener);
   160   /**
   161    * Removes a listener from the transaction manager's notification list.
   162    * <P>
   163    * The listener's Release() method is called.
   164    * @param aListener the lister to remove.
   165    */
   166   void RemoveListener(in nsITransactionListener aListener);
   167 };

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