diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 toolkit/modules/Preferences.jsm --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/toolkit/modules/Preferences.jsm Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,428 @@ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["Preferences"]; + +const Cc = Components.classes; +const Ci = Components.interfaces; +const Cr = Components.results; +const Cu = Components.utils; + +Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm"); + +// The minimum and maximum integers that can be set as preferences. +// The range of valid values is narrower than the range of valid JS values +// because the native preferences code treats integers as NSPR PRInt32s, +// which are 32-bit signed integers on all platforms. +const MAX_INT = Math.pow(2, 31) - 1; +const MIN_INT = -MAX_INT; + +this.Preferences = + function Preferences(args) { + if (isObject(args)) { + if (args.branch) + this._prefBranch = args.branch; + if (args.defaultBranch) + this._defaultBranch = args.defaultBranch; + if (args.privacyContext) + this._privacyContext = args.privacyContext; + } + else if (args) + this._prefBranch = args; +} + +Preferences.prototype = { + /** + * Get the value of a pref, if any; otherwise return the default value. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to get, or an array of prefs to get + * + * @param defaultValue + * the default value, if any, for prefs that don't have one + * + * @returns the value of the pref, if any; otherwise the default value + */ + get: function(prefName, defaultValue) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + return prefName.map(function(v) this.get(v, defaultValue), this); + + return this._get(prefName, defaultValue); + }, + + _get: function(prefName, defaultValue) { + switch (this._prefSvc.getPrefType(prefName)) { + case Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_STRING: + return this._prefSvc.getComplexValue(prefName, Ci.nsISupportsString).data; + + case Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_INT: + return this._prefSvc.getIntPref(prefName); + + case Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_BOOL: + return this._prefSvc.getBoolPref(prefName); + + case Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_INVALID: + return defaultValue; + + default: + // This should never happen. + throw "Error getting pref " + prefName + "; its value's type is " + + this._prefSvc.getPrefType(prefName) + ", which I don't know " + + "how to handle."; + } + }, + + /** + * Set a preference to a value. + * + * You can set multiple prefs by passing an object as the only parameter. + * In that case, this method will treat the properties of the object + * as preferences to set, where each property name is the name of a pref + * and its corresponding property value is the value of the pref. + * + * @param prefName {String|Object} + * the name of the pref to set; or an object containing a set + * of prefs to set + * + * @param prefValue {String|Number|Boolean} + * the value to which to set the pref + * + * Note: Preferences cannot store non-integer numbers or numbers outside + * the signed 32-bit range -(2^31-1) to 2^31-1, If you have such a number, + * store it as a string by calling toString() on the number before passing + * it to this method, i.e.: + * Preferences.set("pi", 3.14159.toString()) + * Preferences.set("big", Math.pow(2, 31).toString()). + */ + set: function(prefName, prefValue) { + if (isObject(prefName)) { + for (let [name, value] in Iterator(prefName)) + this.set(name, value); + return; + } + + this._set(prefName, prefValue); + }, + + _set: function(prefName, prefValue) { + let prefType; + if (typeof prefValue != "undefined" && prefValue != null) + prefType = prefValue.constructor.name; + + switch (prefType) { + case "String": + { + let string = Cc["@mozilla.org/supports-string;1"]. + createInstance(Ci.nsISupportsString); + string.data = prefValue; + this._prefSvc.setComplexValue(prefName, Ci.nsISupportsString, string); + } + break; + + case "Number": + // We throw if the number is outside the range, since the result + // will never be what the consumer wanted to store, but we only warn + // if the number is non-integer, since the consumer might not mind + // the loss of precision. + if (prefValue > MAX_INT || prefValue < MIN_INT) + throw("you cannot set the " + prefName + " pref to the number " + + prefValue + ", as number pref values must be in the signed " + + "32-bit integer range -(2^31-1) to 2^31-1. To store numbers " + + "outside that range, store them as strings."); + this._prefSvc.setIntPref(prefName, prefValue); + if (prefValue % 1 != 0) + Cu.reportError("Warning: setting the " + prefName + " pref to the " + + "non-integer number " + prefValue + " converted it " + + "to the integer number " + this.get(prefName) + + "; to retain fractional precision, store non-integer " + + "numbers as strings."); + break; + + case "Boolean": + this._prefSvc.setBoolPref(prefName, prefValue); + break; + + default: + throw "can't set pref " + prefName + " to value '" + prefValue + + "'; it isn't a String, Number, or Boolean"; + } + }, + + /** + * Whether or not the given pref has a value. This is different from isSet + * because it returns true whether the value of the pref is a default value + * or a user-set value, while isSet only returns true if the value + * is a user-set value. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to check, or an array of prefs to check + * + * @returns {Boolean|Array} + * whether or not the pref has a value; or, if the caller provided + * an array of pref names, an array of booleans indicating whether + * or not the prefs have values + */ + has: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + return prefName.map(this.has, this); + + return this._has(prefName); + }, + + _has: function(prefName) { + return (this._prefSvc.getPrefType(prefName) != Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_INVALID); + }, + + /** + * Whether or not the given pref has a user-set value. This is different + * from |has| because it returns true only if the value of the pref is a user- + * set value, while |has| returns true if the value of the pref is a default + * value or a user-set value. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to check, or an array of prefs to check + * + * @returns {Boolean|Array} + * whether or not the pref has a user-set value; or, if the caller + * provided an array of pref names, an array of booleans indicating + * whether or not the prefs have user-set values + */ + isSet: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + return prefName.map(this.isSet, this); + + return (this.has(prefName) && this._prefSvc.prefHasUserValue(prefName)); + }, + + /** + * Whether or not the given pref has a user-set value. Use isSet instead, + * which is equivalent. + * @deprecated + */ + modified: function(prefName) { return this.isSet(prefName) }, + + reset: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) { + prefName.map(function(v) this.reset(v), this); + return; + } + + this._prefSvc.clearUserPref(prefName); + }, + + /** + * Lock a pref so it can't be changed. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to lock, or an array of prefs to lock + */ + lock: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + prefName.map(this.lock, this); + + this._prefSvc.lockPref(prefName); + }, + + /** + * Unlock a pref so it can be changed. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to lock, or an array of prefs to lock + */ + unlock: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + prefName.map(this.unlock, this); + + this._prefSvc.unlockPref(prefName); + }, + + /** + * Whether or not the given pref is locked against changes. + * + * @param prefName {String|Array} + * the pref to check, or an array of prefs to check + * + * @returns {Boolean|Array} + * whether or not the pref has a user-set value; or, if the caller + * provided an array of pref names, an array of booleans indicating + * whether or not the prefs have user-set values + */ + locked: function(prefName) { + if (Array.isArray(prefName)) + return prefName.map(this.locked, this); + + return this._prefSvc.prefIsLocked(prefName); + }, + + /** + * Start observing a pref. + * + * The callback can be a function or any object that implements nsIObserver. + * When the callback is a function and thisObject is provided, it gets called + * as a method of thisObject. + * + * @param prefName {String} + * the name of the pref to observe + * + * @param callback {Function|Object} + * the code to notify when the pref changes; + * + * @param thisObject {Object} [optional] + * the object to use as |this| when calling a Function callback; + * + * @returns the wrapped observer + */ + observe: function(prefName, callback, thisObject) { + let fullPrefName = this._prefBranch + (prefName || ""); + + let observer = new PrefObserver(fullPrefName, callback, thisObject); + Preferences._prefSvc.addObserver(fullPrefName, observer, true); + observers.push(observer); + + return observer; + }, + + /** + * Stop observing a pref. + * + * You must call this method with the same prefName, callback, and thisObject + * with which you originally registered the observer. However, you don't have + * to call this method on the same exact instance of Preferences; you can call + * it on any instance. For example, the following code first starts and then + * stops observing the "foo.bar.baz" preference: + * + * let observer = function() {...}; + * Preferences.observe("foo.bar.baz", observer); + * new Preferences("foo.bar.").ignore("baz", observer); + * + * @param prefName {String} + * the name of the pref being observed + * + * @param callback {Function|Object} + * the code being notified when the pref changes + * + * @param thisObject {Object} [optional] + * the object being used as |this| when calling a Function callback + */ + ignore: function(prefName, callback, thisObject) { + let fullPrefName = this._prefBranch + (prefName || ""); + + // This seems fairly inefficient, but I'm not sure how much better we can + // make it. We could index by fullBranch, but we can't index by callback + // or thisObject, as far as I know, since the keys to JavaScript hashes + // (a.k.a. objects) can apparently only be primitive values. + let [observer] = observers.filter(function(v) v.prefName == fullPrefName && + v.callback == callback && + v.thisObject == thisObject); + + if (observer) { + Preferences._prefSvc.removeObserver(fullPrefName, observer); + observers.splice(observers.indexOf(observer), 1); + } + }, + + resetBranch: function(prefBranch = "") { + try { + this._prefSvc.resetBranch(prefBranch); + } + catch(ex) { + // The current implementation of nsIPrefBranch in Mozilla + // doesn't implement resetBranch, so we do it ourselves. + if (ex.result == Cr.NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) + this.reset(this._prefSvc.getChildList(prefBranch, [])); + else + throw ex; + } + }, + + /** + * The branch of the preferences tree to which this instance provides access. + * @private + */ + _prefBranch: "", + + /** + * Preferences Service + * @private + */ + get _prefSvc() { + let prefSvc = Cc["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"] + .getService(Ci.nsIPrefService); + if (this._defaultBranch) { + prefSvc = prefSvc.getDefaultBranch(this._prefBranch); + } else { + prefSvc = prefSvc.getBranch(this._prefBranch); + } + + this.__defineGetter__("_prefSvc", function() prefSvc); + return this._prefSvc; + }, + + /** + * IO Service + * @private + */ + get _ioSvc() { + let ioSvc = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"]. + getService(Ci.nsIIOService); + this.__defineGetter__("_ioSvc", function() ioSvc); + return this._ioSvc; + } + +}; + +// Give the constructor the same prototype as its instances, so users can access +// preferences directly via the constructor without having to create an instance +// first. +Preferences.__proto__ = Preferences.prototype; + +/** + * A cache of pref observers. + * + * We use this to remove observers when a caller calls Preferences::ignore. + * + * All Preferences instances share this object, because we want callers to be + * able to remove an observer using a different Preferences object than the one + * with which they added it. That means we have to identify the observers + * in this object by their complete pref name, not just their name relative to + * the root branch of the Preferences object with which they were created. + */ +let observers = []; + +function PrefObserver(prefName, callback, thisObject) { + this.prefName = prefName; + this.callback = callback; + this.thisObject = thisObject; +} + +PrefObserver.prototype = { + QueryInterface: XPCOMUtils.generateQI([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]), + + observe: function(subject, topic, data) { + // The pref service only observes whole branches, but we only observe + // individual preferences, so we check here that the pref that changed + // is the exact one we're observing (and not some sub-pref on the branch). + if (data.indexOf(this.prefName) != 0) + return; + + if (typeof this.callback == "function") { + let prefValue = Preferences.get(data); + + if (this.thisObject) + this.callback.call(this.thisObject, prefValue); + else + this.callback(prefValue); + } + else // typeof this.callback == "object" (nsIObserver) + this.callback.observe(subject, topic, data); + } +}; + +function isObject(val) { + // We can't check for |val.constructor == Object| here, since the value + // might be from a different context whose Object constructor is not the same + // as ours, so instead we match based on the name of the constructor. + return (typeof val != "undefined" && val != null && typeof val == "object" && + val.constructor.name == "Object"); +}