gecko-dev/xpcom/components/nsIComponentManager.idl

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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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/**
* The nsIComponentManager interface.
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsILocalFile;
interface nsIFactory;
[scriptable, uuid(1d940426-5fe5-42c3-84ae-a300f2d9ebd5)]
interface nsIComponentManager : nsISupports
{
/**
* getClassObject
*
* Returns the factory object that can be used to create instances of
* CID aClass
*
* @param aClass The classid of the factory that is being requested
*/
void getClassObject(in nsCIDRef aClass,
in nsIIDRef aIID,
[iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
/**
* getClassObjectByContractID
*
* Returns the factory object that can be used to create instances of
* CID aClass
*
* @param aClass The classid of the factory that is being requested
*/
void getClassObjectByContractID(in string aContractID,
in nsIIDRef aIID,
[iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
/**
* createInstance
*
* Create an instance of the CID aClass and return the interface aIID.
*
* @param aClass : ClassID of object instance requested
* @param aDelegate : Used for aggregation
* @param aIID : IID of interface requested
*/
void createInstance(in nsCIDRef aClass,
in nsISupports aDelegate,
in nsIIDRef aIID,
[iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
/**
* createInstanceByContractID
*
* Create an instance of the CID that implements aContractID and return the
* interface aIID.
*
* @param aContractID : aContractID of object instance requested
* @param aDelegate : Used for aggregation
* @param aIID : IID of interface requested
*/
void createInstanceByContractID(in string aContractID,
in nsISupports aDelegate,
in nsIIDRef aIID,
[iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
/**
* addBootstrappedManifestLocation
*
* Adds a bootstrapped manifest location on runtime.
*
* @param aLocation : A directory where chrome.manifest resides,
* or an XPI with it on the root.
*/
void addBootstrappedManifestLocation(in nsILocalFile aLocation);
/**
* removeBootstrappedManifestLocation
*
* Removes a bootstrapped manifest location on runtime.
*
* @param aLocation : A directory where chrome.manifest resides,
* or an XPI with it on the root.
*/
void removeBootstrappedManifestLocation(in nsILocalFile aLocation);
};
%{ C++
#ifdef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
#include "nsComponentManagerUtils.h"
#endif
%} C++