gecko-dev/toolkit/components/autocomplete/nsIAutoCompleteSearch.idl
2012-05-21 12:12:37 +01:00

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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIAutoCompleteResult;
interface nsIAutoCompleteObserver;
[scriptable, uuid(DE8DB85F-C1DE-4d87-94BA-7844890F91FE)]
interface nsIAutoCompleteSearch : nsISupports
{
/*
* Search for a given string and notify a listener (either synchronously
* or asynchronously) of the result
*
* @param searchString - The string to search for
* @param searchParam - An extra parameter
* @param previousResult - A previous result to use for faster searching
* @param listener - A listener to notify when the search is complete
*/
void startSearch(in AString searchString,
in AString searchParam,
in nsIAutoCompleteResult previousResult,
in nsIAutoCompleteObserver listener);
/*
* Stop all searches that are in progress
*/
void stopSearch();
};
[scriptable, uuid(8bd1dbbc-dcce-4007-9afa-b551eb687b61)]
interface nsIAutoCompleteObserver : nsISupports
{
/*
* Called when a search is complete and the results are ready
*
* @param search - The search object that processed this search
* @param result - The search result object
*/
void onSearchResult(in nsIAutoCompleteSearch search, in nsIAutoCompleteResult result);
/*
* Called to update with new results
*
* @param search - The search object that processed this search
* @param result - The search result object
*/
void onUpdateSearchResult(in nsIAutoCompleteSearch search, in nsIAutoCompleteResult result);
};
[scriptable, uuid(02314d6e-b730-40cc-a215-221554d77064)]
interface nsIAutoCompleteSearchDescriptor : nsISupports
{
// The search is started after the timeout specified by the corresponding
// nsIAutoCompleteInput implementation.
const unsigned short SEARCH_TYPE_DELAYED = 0;
// The search is started synchronously, before any delayed searches.
const unsigned short SEARCH_TYPE_IMMEDIATE = 1;
/**
* Identifies the search behavior.
* Should be one of the SEARCH_TYPE_* constants above.
* Defaults to SEARCH_TYPE_DELAYED.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned short searchType;
};