gecko-dev/storage/public/mozIStorageService.idl
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/* -*- Mode: idl; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface mozIStorageConnection;
interface nsIFile;
/**
* The mozIStorageService interface is intended to be implemented by
* a service that can create storage connections (mozIStorageConnection)
* to either a well-known profile database or to a specific database file.
*
* The implementation of this service using sqlite with the async IO module
* must be created the first time on the main thread. If you want to use it
* from another thread, you should be sure you call getService from the main
* thread before accessing it from another thread.
*
* This is the only way to open a database connection.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(a4a0cad9-e0da-4379-bee4-2feef3dddc7e)]
interface mozIStorageService : nsISupports {
/**
* Get a connection to a named special database storage.
*
* @param aStorageKey a string key identifying the type of storage
* requested. Valid values include: "profile", "memory".
*
* @see openDatabase for restrictions on how database connections may be
* used. For the profile database, you should only access it from the main
* thread since other callers may also have connections.
*
* @returns a new mozIStorageConnection for the requested
* storage database.
*
* @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aStorageKey is invalid.
*/
mozIStorageConnection openSpecialDatabase(in string aStorageKey);
/**
* Open a connection to the specified file.
*
* ==========
* DANGER
* ==========
*
* If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT
* SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses
* a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening
* a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE.
*
* Opening connections from more than one thread to the same database will
* also CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE. All connections share the same sqlite cache,
* and the cache is not threadsafe.
*
* The connection object returned by this function is not threadsafe. You must
* use it only from the thread you created it from.
*
* @param aDatabaseFile a nsIFile of the database to open.
*
* @returns a mozIStorageConnection for the requested
* database file.
*
* @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if any operation fails while opening
* the database.
*/
mozIStorageConnection openDatabase(in nsIFile aDatabaseFile);
};
%{C++
#define MOZ_STORAGE_MEMORY_STORAGE_KEY "memory"
#define MOZ_STORAGE_PROFILE_STORAGE_KEY "profile"
%}