Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6
1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
2 /* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */
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/. */
7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
9 [ptr] native PRThread(PRThread);
11 interface nsIThread;
13 /**
14 * An interface for creating and locating nsIThread instances.
15 */
16 [scriptable, uuid(1be89eca-e2f7-453b-8d38-c11ba247f6f3)]
17 interface nsIThreadManager : nsISupports
18 {
19 /**
20 * Default number of bytes reserved for a thread's stack, if no stack size
21 * is specified in newThread(). 0 means use platform default.
22 */
23 const unsigned long DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE = 0;
25 /**
26 * Create a new thread (a global, user PRThread).
27 *
28 * @param creationFlags
29 * Reserved for future use. Pass 0.
30 * @param stackSize
31 * Number of bytes to reserve for the thread's stack.
32 *
33 * @returns
34 * The newly created nsIThread object.
35 */
36 nsIThread newThread(in unsigned long creationFlags, [optional] in unsigned long stackSize);
38 /**
39 * Get the nsIThread object (if any) corresponding to the given PRThread.
40 * This method returns null if there is no corresponding nsIThread.
41 *
42 * @param prthread
43 * The PRThread of the nsIThread being requested.
44 *
45 * @returns
46 * The nsIThread object corresponding to the given PRThread or null if no
47 * such nsIThread exists.
48 */
49 [noscript] nsIThread getThreadFromPRThread(in PRThread prthread);
51 /**
52 * Get the main thread.
53 */
54 readonly attribute nsIThread mainThread;
56 /**
57 * Get the current thread. If the calling thread does not already have a
58 * nsIThread associated with it, then a new nsIThread will be created and
59 * associated with the current PRThread.
60 */
61 readonly attribute nsIThread currentThread;
63 /**
64 * This attribute is true if the calling thread is the main thread of the
65 * application process.
66 */
67 readonly attribute boolean isMainThread;
68 };