gecko-dev/xpcom/base/nsISupportsBase.h

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#ifndef nsISupportsBase_h__
#define nsISupportsBase_h__
#ifndef nscore_h___
#include "nscore.h"
#endif
#ifndef nsID_h__
#include "nsID.h"
#endif
/*@{*/
/**
* IID for the nsISupports interface
* {00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
*
* To maintain binary compatibility with COM's IUnknown, we define the IID
* of nsISupports to be the same as that of COM's IUnknown.
*/
#define NS_ISUPPORTS_IID \
{ 0x00000000, 0x0000, 0x0000, \
{0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x46} }
/**
* Basic component object model interface. Objects which implement
* this interface support runtime interface discovery (QueryInterface)
* and a reference counted memory model (AddRef/Release). This is
* modelled after the win32 IUnknown API.
*/
class NS_NO_VTABLE nsISupports {
public:
NS_DECLARE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ISUPPORTS_IID)
/**
* @name Methods
*/
//@{
/**
* A run time mechanism for interface discovery.
* @param aIID [in] A requested interface IID
* @param aInstancePtr [out] A pointer to an interface pointer to
* receive the result.
* @return <b>NS_OK</b> if the interface is supported by the associated
* instance, <b>NS_NOINTERFACE</b> if it is not.
* <b>NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER</b> if <i>aInstancePtr</i> is <b>NULL</b>.
*/
NS_IMETHOD QueryInterface(REFNSIID aIID, void** aInstancePtr) = 0;
/**
* Increases the reference count for this interface.
* The associated instance will not be deleted unless
* the reference count is returned to zero.
*
* @return The resulting reference count.
*/
NS_IMETHOD_(nsrefcnt) AddRef(void) = 0;
/**
* Decreases the reference count for this interface.
* Generally, if the reference count returns to zero,
* the associated instance is deleted.
*
* @return The resulting reference count.
*/
NS_IMETHOD_(nsrefcnt) Release(void) = 0;
//@}
};
NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(nsISupports, NS_ISUPPORTS_IID)
/*@}*/
#endif