gecko-dev/widget/public/nsIToolkit.h

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#ifndef nsIToolkit_h__
#define nsIToolkit_h__

#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "prthread.h"

// {18032BD0-B265-11d1-AA2A-000000000000}
#define NS_ITOOLKIT_IID      \
{ 0x18032bd0, 0xb265, 0x11d1, \
    { 0xaa, 0x2a, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 } }


/**
 *
 * Toolkit to associate with widgets.
 * Each widget that is created must belong to a specific toolkit
 * The toolkit is used to switch to the appropriate thread when
 * the message pump for the widget is processed.
 */

class nsIToolkit : public nsISupports {

  public:

    /**
     * Initialize this toolkit with aThread. 
     * @param aThread The thread passed in runs the message pump.
     *  NULL can be passed in, in which case a new thread gets created
     *  and a message pump will run in that thread
     *
     */
    NS_IMETHOD Init(PRThread *aThread) = 0;

};

#endif