xpcom/components/nsIServiceManager.idl

   1 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
   2  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
   3  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
   4
   5
   6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
   7
   8 /**
   9  * The nsIServiceManager manager interface provides a means to obtain
  10  * global services in an application. The service manager depends on the
  11  * repository to find and instantiate factories to obtain services.
  12  *
  13  * Users of the service manager must first obtain a pointer to the global
  14  * service manager by calling NS_GetServiceManager. After that,
  15  * they can request specific services by calling GetService. When they are
  16  * finished they can NS_RELEASE() the service as usual.
  17  *
  18  * A user of a service may keep references to particular services indefinitely
  19  * and only must call Release when it shuts down.
  20  */
  21
  22 [scriptable, uuid(8bb35ed9-e332-462d-9155-4a002ab5c958)]
  23 interface nsIServiceManager : nsISupports
  24 {
  25     /**
  26      * getServiceByContractID
  27      *
  28      * Returns the instance that implements aClass or aContractID and the
  29      * interface aIID.  This may result in the instance being created.
  30      *
  31      * @param aClass or aContractID : aClass or aContractID of object
  32      *                                instance requested
  33      * @param aIID : IID of interface requested
  34      * @param result : resulting service
  35      */
  36     void getService(in nsCIDRef aClass,
  37                     in nsIIDRef aIID,
  38                     [iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
  39
  40     void getServiceByContractID(in string aContractID,
  41                                 in nsIIDRef aIID,
  42                                 [iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult result);
  43
  44     /**
  45      * isServiceInstantiated
  46      *
  47      * isServiceInstantiated will return a true if the service has already
  48      * been created, otherwise false
  49      *
  50      * @param aClass or aContractID : aClass or aContractID of object
  51      *                                instance requested
  52      * @param aIID : IID of interface requested
  53      * @param aIID : IID of interface requested
  54      */
  55     boolean isServiceInstantiated(in nsCIDRef aClass, in nsIIDRef aIID);
  56     boolean isServiceInstantiatedByContractID(in string aContractID, in nsIIDRef aIID);
  57 };
  58
  59
  60 %{C++
  61 // Observing xpcom autoregistration.  Topics will be 'start' and 'stop'.
  62 #define NS_XPCOM_AUTOREGISTRATION_OBSERVER_ID "xpcom-autoregistration"
  63
  64 #ifdef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
  65 #include "nsXPCOM.h"
  66 #include "nsComponentManagerUtils.h"
  67 #include "nsServiceManagerUtils.h"
  68 #endif
  69 %}
  70