gecko-dev/modules/plugin/base/public/nsIEventHandler.idl

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/**
 * <B>INTERFACE TO NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR PLUGINS (NEW C++ API).</B>
 *
 * <P>This supersedes the old plugin API (npapi.h, npupp.h), and 
 * eliminates the need for glue files: npunix.c, npwin.cpp and npmac.cpp that
 * get linked with the plugin. You will however need to link with the "backward
 * adapter" (badapter.cpp) in order to allow your plugin to run in pre-5.0
 * browsers. 
 *
 * <P>See nsPlugin.idl for an overview of how this interface fits with the 
 * overall plugin architecture.
 */
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "nsPluginDefs.idl"

[uuid(a447ddf0-1a99-11d2-815f-006008119d7a)]
interface nsIEventHandler : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Handles an event. An nsIEventHandler can also get registered with with
     * nsIPluginManager2::RegisterWindow and will be called whenever an event
     * comes in for that window.
     *
     * Note that for Unix and Mac the nsPluginEvent structure is different
     * from the old NPEvent structure -- it's no longer the native event
     * record, but is instead a struct. This was done for future extensibility,
     * and so that the Mac could receive the window argument too. For Windows
     * and OS2, it's always been a struct, so there's no change for them.
     *
     * (Corresponds to NPP_HandleEvent.)
     *
     * @param event - the event to be handled
     * @result - PR_TRUE if event was handled
     */
    boolean handleEvent(in nsPluginEventPtr event);
};