gecko-dev/rdf/base/public/nsIRDFResourceFactory.h
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the NPL. You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
* http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
*
* Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* NPL.
*
* The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights
* Reserved.
*/
/*
The RDF resource factory interface. A resource factory produces
nsIRDFResource objects for a specified URI prefix.
*/
#ifndef nsIRDFResourceFactory_h__
#define nsIRDFResourceFactory_h__
#if 0 // obsolete
#include "nsISupports.h"
class nsIRDFResource;
// {8CE57A20-A02C-11d2-8EBF-00805F29F370}
#define NS_IRDFRESOURCEFACTORY_IID \
{ 0x8ce57a20, 0xa02c, 0x11d2, { 0x8e, 0xbf, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x29, 0xf3, 0x70 } }
/**
* A resource factory can be registered with <tt>nsIRDFService</tt> to produce
* resources with a certain <i>URI prefix</i>. The resource factory will be called
* upon to create a new resource, which the resource manager will cache.
*
* @see nsIRDFService::RegisterResourceFactory
* @see nsIRDFService::UnRegisterResourceFactory
*/
class nsIRDFResourceFactory : public nsISupports
{
public:
static const nsIID& GetIID() { static nsIID iid = NS_IRDFRESOURCEFACTORY_IID; return iid; }
/**
* This method is called by the RDF service to create a new
* resource.
*
* NOTE. After constructing a new resource via a call to
* nsIRDFResourceFactory::CreateResource(), the implementation of
* the RDF service calls nsIRDFResource::GetValue() on the
* resulting resource. The resulting <tt>const char*</tt> is used
* as a key for the resource cache. (The assumption is that the
* custom resource implementation needs to store this information,
* anyway.)
*
* This has important implications for a custom resource's
* destructor; namely, that you must call
* nsIRDFService::UnCacheResource() <b>before</b> releasing the
* storage for the resource's URI. See
* nsIRDFService::UnCacheResource() for more information.
*/
NS_IMETHOD CreateResource(const char* aURI, nsIRDFResource** aResult) = 0;
};
#endif
#endif // nsIRDFResourceFactory_h__