gecko-dev/xpcom/ds/nsIPersistentProperties2.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIProperties.idl"
#include "nsISimpleEnumerator.idl"
interface nsIInputStream;
interface nsIOutputStream;
[scriptable, uuid(283EE646-1AEF-11D4-98B3-00C04fA0CE9A)]
interface nsIPropertyElement : nsISupports {
attribute AUTF8String key;
attribute AString value;
};
[scriptable, uuid(1A180F60-93B2-11d2-9B8B-00805F8A16D9)]
interface nsIPersistentProperties : nsIProperties
{
/**
* load a set of name/value pairs from the input stream
* names and values should be in UTF8
*/
void load(in nsIInputStream input);
/**
* output the values to the stream - results will be in UTF8
*/
void save(in nsIOutputStream output, in AUTF8String header);
/**
* call subclass() to make future calls to load() set the properties
* in this "superclass" instead
*/
void subclass(in nsIPersistentProperties superclass);
/**
* get an enumeration of nsIPropertyElement objects,
* which are read-only (i.e. setting properties on the element will
* not make changes back into the source nsIPersistentProperties
*/
nsISimpleEnumerator enumerate();
/**
* shortcut to nsIProperty's get() which retrieves a string value
* directly (and thus faster)
*/
AString getStringProperty(in AUTF8String key);
/**
* shortcut to nsIProperty's set() which sets a string value
* directly (and thus faster)
*/
AString setStringProperty(in AUTF8String key, in AString value);
};
%{C++
//{283EE645-1AEF-11D4-98B3-00C04fA0CE9A}
#define NS_IPROPERTYELEMENT_CID \
{ 0x283ee645, 0x1aef, 0x11d4, \
{ 0x98, 0xb3, 0x0, 0xc0, 0x4f, 0xa0, 0xce, 0x9a } }
#define NS_IPERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CID \
{ 0x2245e573, 0x9464, 0x11d2, \
{ 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0x16, 0xd9 } }
#define NS_PERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/persistent-properties;1"
#define NS_PERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CLASSNAME "Persistent Properties"
%}