gecko-dev/modules/plugin/public/nsIPlugin.idl
rayw%netscape.com 0257791053 Bug 37275, Changing value of all progids, and changing everywhere a progid
is mentioned to mention a contractid, including in identifiers.

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2000-09-13 23:57:52 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
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* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
* IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
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*
* The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
* Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
*/
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* <B>INTERFACE TO NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR PLUGINS (NEW C++ API).</B>
*
* <P>This supersedes the old plugin API (npapi.h, npupp.h), and
* eliminates the need for glue files: npunix.c, npwin.cpp and npmac.cpp that
* get linked with the plugin. You will however need to link with the "backward
* adapter" (badapter.cpp) in order to allow your plugin to run in pre-5.0
* browsers.
*
* <P>See nsPlugin.idl for an overview of how this interface fits with the
* overall plugin architecture.
*/
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include "nsPluginDefs.idl"
#include "nsIFactory.idl"
%{C++
// {ffc63200-cf09-11d2-a5a0-bc8f7ad21dfc}
#define NS_PLUGIN_CID \
{ 0xffc63200, 0xcf09, 0x11d2, { 0xa5, 0xa0, 0xbc, 0x8f, 0x7a, 0xd2, 0x1d, 0xfc } }
// Prefix for ContractID of all plugins
#define NS_INLINE_PLUGIN_CONTRACTID_PREFIX "@mozilla.org/inline-plugin/"
%}
/**
* The nsIPlugin interface is the minimum interface plugin developers need to
* support in order to implement a plugin. The plugin manager may QueryInterface
* for more specific plugin types, e.g. nsILiveConnectPlugin.
*
* The old NPP_New plugin operation is now subsumed by two operations:
*
* CreateInstance -- called once, after the plugin instance is created. This
* method is used to initialize the new plugin instance (although the actual
* plugin instance object will be created by the plugin manager).
*
* nsIPluginInstance::Start -- called when the plugin instance is to be
* started. This happens in two circumstances: (1) after the plugin instance
* is first initialized, and (2) after a plugin instance is returned to
* (e.g. by going back in the window history) after previously being stopped
* by the Stop method.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(0e2c3ce4-2de7-11d4-8cf4-0060b0fc14a3)]
interface nsIPlugin : nsIFactory
{
/**
* Creates a new plugin instance, based on a MIME type. This
* allows different impelementations to be created depending on
* the specified MIME type.
*/
void createPluginInstance(in nsISupports aOuter,
in nsIIDRef iid,
in string pluginMIMEType,
[retval, iid_is(iid)] out nsQIResult result);
/**
* Initializes the plugin and will be called before any new instances are
* created.
*/
void initialize();
/**
* Called when the browser is done with the plugin factory, or when
* the plugin is disabled by the user.
*
* (Corresponds to NPP_Shutdown.)
*/
void shutdown();
/**
* Returns the MIME description for the plugin. The MIME description
* is a colon-separated string containg the plugin MIME type, plugin
* data file extension, and plugin name, e.g.:
*
* "application/x-simple-plugin:smp:Simple LiveConnect Sample Plug-in"
*
* (Corresponds to NPP_GetMIMEDescription.)
*
* @result - the resulting MIME description (freed with nsIAllocator::Free)
*/
readonly attribute string MIMEDescription;
/**
* Returns the name of the plugin.
*
* (Supersedes NPP_GetValue with NPPVpluginNameString.)
*/
readonly attribute wstring name;
/**
* Returns the name of the plugin.
*
* (Supersedes NPP_GetValue with NPPVpluginDescriptionString.)
*/
readonly attribute wstring description;
};