xpcom/components/nsIModule.idl

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 15
b8a032363ba2
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Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6

     1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
     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"
     8 interface nsIFile;
     9 interface nsIComponentManager;
    11 /**
    12  * The nsIModule interface.
    13  */
    15 [scriptable, uuid(7392D032-5371-11d3-994E-00805FD26FEE)]
    16 interface nsIModule : nsISupports
    17 {
    18     /** 
    19      * Object Instance Creation
    20      *
    21      * Obtains a Class Object from a nsIModule for a given CID and IID pair.  
    22      * This class object can either be query to a nsIFactory or a may be 
    23      * query to a nsIClassInfo.
    24      *
    25      * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
    26      * @param aClass    : ClassID of object instance requested
    27      * @param aIID      : IID of interface requested
    28      * 
    29      */
    30     void getClassObject(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
    31                         in nsCIDRef aClass,
    32                         in nsIIDRef aIID,
    33                         [retval, iid_is(aIID)] out nsQIResult aResult);
    36     /**
    37      * One time registration callback
    38      *
    39      * When the nsIModule is discovered, this method will be
    40      * called so that any setup registration can be preformed.
    41      *
    42      * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
    43      * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
    44      * @param aLoaderStr: Opaque loader specific string
    45      * @param aType     : Loader Type being used to load this module 
    46      */
    47     void registerSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
    48                       in nsIFile aLocation,
    49                       in string aLoaderStr, 
    50                       in string aType);
    51     /**
    52      * One time unregistration callback
    53      *
    54      * When the nsIModule is being unregistered, this method will be
    55      * called so that any unregistration can be preformed
    56      *
    57      * @param aCompMgr   : The global component manager
    58      * @param aLocation  : The location of the nsIModule on disk
    59      * @param aLoaderStr : Opaque loader specific string
    60      * 
    61      */
    62    void unregisterSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
    63                         in nsIFile aLocation,
    64                         in string  aLoaderStr);
    66    /** 
    67     * Module load management
    68     * 
    69     * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
    70     *
    71     * @return indicates to the caller if the module can be unloaded.
    72     * 		Returning PR_TRUE isn't a guarantee that the module will be
    73     *		unloaded. It constitues only willingness of the module to be
    74     *		unloaded.  It is very important to ensure that no outstanding 
    75     *       references to the module's code/data exist before returning 
    76     *       PR_TRUE. 
    77     *		Returning PR_FALSE guaratees that the module won't be unloaded.
    78     */
    79     boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
    80 };

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