Backed out changeset 4c2bc5ae8f95 (bug 945562) for device image bustage.
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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
3 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
4 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
5 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
7 /* The long avoided variant support for xpcom. */
9 #ifndef nsVariant_h
10 #define nsVariant_h
12 #include "nsIVariant.h"
13 #include "nsStringFwd.h"
14 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
16 class nsCycleCollectionTraversalCallback;
18 /**
19 * Map the nsAUTF8String, nsUTF8String classes to the nsACString and
20 * nsCString classes respectively for now. These defines need to be removed
21 * once Jag lands his nsUTF8String implementation.
23 #define nsAUTF8String nsACString
24 #define nsUTF8String nsCString
25 #define PromiseFlatUTF8String PromiseFlatCString
27 /**
28 * nsDiscriminatedUnion is a type that nsIVariant implementors *may* use
29 * to hold underlying data. It has no methods. So, its use requires no linkage
30 * to the xpcom module.
33 struct nsDiscriminatedUnion
35 union {
36 int8_t mInt8Value;
37 int16_t mInt16Value;
38 int32_t mInt32Value;
39 int64_t mInt64Value;
40 uint8_t mUint8Value;
41 uint16_t mUint16Value;
42 uint32_t mUint32Value;
43 uint64_t mUint64Value;
44 float mFloatValue;
45 double mDoubleValue;
46 bool mBoolValue;
47 char mCharValue;
48 PRUnichar mWCharValue;
49 nsIID mIDValue;
50 nsAString* mAStringValue;
51 nsAUTF8String* mUTF8StringValue;
52 nsACString* mCStringValue;
53 struct {
54 nsISupports* mInterfaceValue;
55 nsIID mInterfaceID;
56 } iface;
57 struct {
58 nsIID mArrayInterfaceID;
59 void* mArrayValue;
60 uint32_t mArrayCount;
61 uint16_t mArrayType;
62 } array;
63 struct {
64 char* mStringValue;
65 uint32_t mStringLength;
66 } str;
67 struct {
68 PRUnichar* mWStringValue;
69 uint32_t mWStringLength;
70 } wstr;
71 } u;
72 uint16_t mType;
75 /**
76 * nsVariant implements the generic variant support. The xpcom module registers
77 * a factory (see NS_VARIANT_CONTRACTID in nsIVariant.idl) that will create
78 * these objects. They are created 'empty' and 'writable'.
80 * nsIVariant users won't usually need to see this class.
82 * This class also has static helper methods that nsIVariant *implementors* can
83 * use to help them do all the 'standard' nsIVariant data conversions.
86 class nsVariant MOZ_FINAL : public nsIWritableVariant
88 public:
89 NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
90 NS_DECL_NSIVARIANT
91 NS_DECL_NSIWRITABLEVARIANT
93 nsVariant();
95 static nsresult Initialize(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data);
96 static nsresult Cleanup(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data);
98 static nsresult ConvertToInt8(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint8_t *_retval);
99 static nsresult ConvertToInt16(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, int16_t *_retval);
100 static nsresult ConvertToInt32(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, int32_t *_retval);
101 static nsresult ConvertToInt64(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, int64_t *_retval);
102 static nsresult ConvertToUint8(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint8_t *_retval);
103 static nsresult ConvertToUint16(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint16_t *_retval);
104 static nsresult ConvertToUint32(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint32_t *_retval);
105 static nsresult ConvertToUint64(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint64_t *_retval);
106 static nsresult ConvertToFloat(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, float *_retval);
107 static nsresult ConvertToDouble(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, double *_retval);
108 static nsresult ConvertToBool(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, bool *_retval);
109 static nsresult ConvertToChar(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, char *_retval);
110 static nsresult ConvertToWChar(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, PRUnichar *_retval);
111 static nsresult ConvertToID(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsID * _retval);
112 static nsresult ConvertToAString(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsAString & _retval);
113 static nsresult ConvertToAUTF8String(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsAUTF8String & _retval);
114 static nsresult ConvertToACString(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsACString & _retval);
115 static nsresult ConvertToString(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, char **_retval);
116 static nsresult ConvertToWString(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, PRUnichar **_retval);
117 static nsresult ConvertToISupports(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsISupports **_retval);
118 static nsresult ConvertToInterface(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, nsIID * *iid, void * *iface);
119 static nsresult ConvertToArray(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint16_t *type, nsIID* iid, uint32_t *count, void * *ptr);
120 static nsresult ConvertToStringWithSize(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint32_t *size, char **str);
121 static nsresult ConvertToWStringWithSize(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data, uint32_t *size, PRUnichar **str);
123 static nsresult SetFromVariant(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, nsIVariant* aValue);
125 static nsresult SetFromInt8(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint8_t aValue);
126 static nsresult SetFromInt16(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, int16_t aValue);
127 static nsresult SetFromInt32(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, int32_t aValue);
128 static nsresult SetFromInt64(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, int64_t aValue);
129 static nsresult SetFromUint8(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint8_t aValue);
130 static nsresult SetFromUint16(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint16_t aValue);
131 static nsresult SetFromUint32(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint32_t aValue);
132 static nsresult SetFromUint64(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint64_t aValue);
133 static nsresult SetFromFloat(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, float aValue);
134 static nsresult SetFromDouble(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, double aValue);
135 static nsresult SetFromBool(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, bool aValue);
136 static nsresult SetFromChar(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, char aValue);
137 static nsresult SetFromWChar(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, PRUnichar aValue);
138 static nsresult SetFromID(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const nsID & aValue);
139 static nsresult SetFromAString(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const nsAString & aValue);
140 static nsresult SetFromAUTF8String(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const nsAUTF8String & aValue);
141 static nsresult SetFromACString(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const nsACString & aValue);
142 static nsresult SetFromString(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const char *aValue);
143 static nsresult SetFromWString(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const PRUnichar *aValue);
144 static nsresult SetFromISupports(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, nsISupports *aValue);
145 static nsresult SetFromInterface(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, const nsIID& iid, nsISupports *aValue);
146 static nsresult SetFromArray(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint16_t type, const nsIID* iid, uint32_t count, void * aValue);
147 static nsresult SetFromStringWithSize(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint32_t size, const char *aValue);
148 static nsresult SetFromWStringWithSize(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data, uint32_t size, const PRUnichar *aValue);
150 static nsresult SetToVoid(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data);
151 static nsresult SetToEmpty(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data);
152 static nsresult SetToEmptyArray(nsDiscriminatedUnion* data);
154 static void Traverse(const nsDiscriminatedUnion& data,
155 nsCycleCollectionTraversalCallback &cb);
157 private:
158 ~nsVariant();
160 protected:
161 nsDiscriminatedUnion mData;
162 bool mWritable;
166 * Users of nsIVariant should be using the contractID and not this CID.
167 * - see NS_VARIANT_CONTRACTID in nsIVariant.idl.
170 #define NS_VARIANT_CID \
171 { /* 0D6EA1D0-879C-11d5-90EF-0010A4E73D9A */ \
172 0xd6ea1d0, \
173 0x879c, \
174 0x11d5, \
175 {0x90, 0xef, 0x0, 0x10, 0xa4, 0xe7, 0x3d, 0x9a}}
177 #endif // nsVariant_h