Mypal/xpcom/components/nsIModule.idl

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* 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 nsIFile;
interface nsIComponentManager;
/**
* The nsIModule interface.
*/
[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 won't be unloaded.
*/
boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
};