gecko-dev/xpcom/components/nsIModule.idl
dougt%netscape.com c50ca402ad 1. Converts callers of nsIComponentManagerObsolete to use
nsIComponentRegistrar.

2. Converts callers of nsComponentManager::AutoRegister to use
nsIComponentRegistrar's autoRegistrar method.

3. Add nsIComponentRegistrar implmentation to nsComponentManagerImpl.

4. Rearrange nsComponentManager.cpp so that related methods are in the same
place.

5. Added a C-style function NS_GetComponentRegistrar so that getting the
registrar is easier in some places.

6. Added a nsISimpleEnumerator interface on PLDHashTableEnumeratorImpl.  in
this way, the same base class can support both old style and new style
enumerations.

7. Fixed a nasty bug where unregistring factories will leave the contract id
hash with a dangling pointer.  Now, when unregister is called we search the
contract id hash for entries which have the given doomned cid and remove them.


Bug 115853.  r=dp@netscape.com, sr=rpotts@netscape.com
2002-01-29 21:22:13 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIFile;
interface nsIComponentManager;
/**
* The nsIModule interface.
* @status FROZEN
*/
[scriptable, uuid(7392D032-5371-11d3-994E-00805FD26FEE)]
interface nsIModule : nsISupports
{
/**
* Object Instance Creation
*
* Obtains a Class Object from a nsIModule for a given CID and IID pair.
* This class object can either be query to a nsIFactory or a may be
* query to a nsIClassInfo.
*
* @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
* @param aClass : ClassID of object instance requested
* @param aIID : IID of interface requested
*
*/
void getClassObject(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
in nsCIDRef aClass,
in nsIIDRef aIID,
[retval, iid_is(aIID)] out nsQIResult aResult);
/**
* One time registration callback
*
* When the nsIModule is discovered, this method will be
* called so that any setup registration can be preformed.
*
* @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
* @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
* @param aLoaderStr: Opaque loader specific string
* @param aType : Loader Type being used to load this module
*/
void registerSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
in nsIFile aLocation,
in string aLoaderStr,
in string aType);
/**
* One time unregistration callback
*
* When the nsIModule is being unregistered, this method will be
* called so that any unregistration can be preformed
*
* @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
* @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
* @param aLoaderStr : Opaque loader specific string
*
*/
void unregisterSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
in nsIFile aLocation,
in string aLoaderStr);
/**
* Module load management
*
* @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
*
* @return indicates to the caller if the module can be unloaded.
* Returning PR_TRUE isn't a guarantee that the module will be
* unloaded. It constitues only willingness of the module to be
* unloaded. It is very important to ensure that no outstanding
* references to the module's code/data exist before returning
* PR_TRUE.
* Returning PR_FALSE guaratees that the module wont be unloaded.
*/
boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
};