gecko-dev/rdf/base/idl/nsIRDFContainer.idl
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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.
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIRDFDataSource.idl"
#include "nsIRDFResource.idl"
#include "nsIRDFNode.idl"
#include "nsIEnumerator.idl"
// A wrapper for manipulating RDF containers
[scriptable, uuid(D4214E90-FB94-11D2-BDD8-00104BDE6048)]
interface nsIRDFContainer : nsISupports {
readonly attribute nsIRDFDataSource DataSource;
readonly attribute nsIRDFResource Resource;
/**
* Initialize the container wrapper to the specified resource
* using the specified datasource for context.
*/
void Init(in nsIRDFDataSource aDataSource, in nsIRDFResource aContainer);
/**
* Return the number of elements in the container. Note that this
* may not always be accurate due to aggregation.
*/
long GetCount();
/**
* Return an enumerator that can be used to enumerate the contents
* of the container in ascending order.
*/
nsISimpleEnumerator GetElements();
/**
* Append an element to the container, assigning it the next
* available ordinal.
*/
void AppendElement(in nsIRDFNode aElement);
/**
* Remove the first occurence of the specified element from the
* container. If aRenumber is 'true'
*/
void RemoveElement(in nsIRDFNode aElement, in boolean aRenumber);
/**
* Insert aElement at the specified index. If aRenumber is 'true', then
* the underlying RDF graph will be 're-numbered' to accomodate the new
* element.
*/
void InsertElementAt(in nsIRDFNode aElement, in long aIndex, in boolean aRenumber);
/**
* Remove the element at the specified index. If aRenumber is 'true', then
* the underlying RDF graph will be 're-numbered' to accomodate the new
* element.
*
* @return the element that was removed.
*/
nsIRDFNode RemoveElementAt(in long aIndex, in boolean aRenumber);
/**
* Determine the index of an element in the container.
*
* @return The index of the specified element in the container. If
* the element is not contained in the container, this function
* returns '-1'.
*/
long IndexOf(in nsIRDFNode aElement);
};
%{C++
nsresult
NS_NewRDFContainer(nsIRDFContainer** aResult);
nsresult
NS_NewRDFContainer(nsIRDFDataSource* aDataSource,
nsIRDFResource* aResource,
nsIRDFContainer** aResult);
/**
* Create a cursor on a container that enumerates its contents in
* order
*/
nsresult
NS_NewContainerEnumerator(nsIRDFDataSource* aDataSource,
nsIRDFResource* aContainer,
nsISimpleEnumerator** aResult);
%}