gecko-dev/extensions/xml-rpc/idl/nsIDictionary.idl
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/*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
* 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
* License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
* the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
*
* The Original Code is Mozilla XPCOM Dictionary.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Digital Creations 2, Inc.
* Portions created by Digital Creations 2, Inc. are Copyright (C) 2000 Digital
* Creations 2, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s): Martijn Pieters <mj@digicool.com> (original author)
*/
/*
* Simple dictionary implementation.
* Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
*
* $Id: nsIDictionary.idl,v 1.1 2000/05/05 06:06:31 mj%digicool.com Exp $
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* A simple mutable table of objects, accessed by key.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(1dd0cb45-aea3-4a52-8b29-01429a542863)]
interface nsIDictionary: nsISupports {
/**
* Check if a given key is present in the dictionary.
*
* @param key Key to check for
* @return true if present, false if absent.
*/
boolean hasKey(in string key);
/**
* Retrieve all keys in the dictionary.
*
* @return array of all keys, unsorted.
*/
void getKeys(out PRUint32 count,
[retval, array, size_is(count)] out string keys);
/**
* Find the value indicated by the key.
*
* @param key The lookup key indicating the value.
* @return Value indicated by key. If the key doesn't exist,
* NS_ERROR_FAILURE will be returned.
*/
nsISupports getValue(in string key);
/**
* Add the key-value pair to the dictionary.
* If the key is already present, replace the old value
* with the new.
*
* @param key The key by which the value can be accessed
* @param value The value to be stored.
*/
void setValue(in string key, in nsISupports value);
/**
* Delete the indicated key-value pair.
*
* @param key The key indicating the pair to be removed.
* @return The removed value. If the key doesn't exist,
* NS_ERROR_FAILURE will be returned.
*/
nsISupports deleteValue(in string key);
/**
* Delete all key-value pairs from the dictionary.
*/
void clear();
};
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