browser/components/nsIBrowserGlue.idl

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  14  * The Original Code is the Firefox Browser Glue Service.
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  38
  39 #include "nsISupports.idl"
  40
  41 interface nsIDOMWindow;
  42
  43 /**
  44  * nsIBrowserGlue is a dirty and rather fluid interface to host shared utility
  45  * methods used by browser UI code, but which are not local to a browser window.
  46  * The component implementing this interface is meant to be a singleton
  47  * (service) and should progressively replace some of the shared "glue" code
  48  * scattered in browser/base/content (e.g. bits of utilOverlay.js,
  49  * contentAreaUtils.js, globalOverlay.js, browser.js), avoiding dynamic
  50  * inclusion and initialization of a ton of JS code for *each* window.
  51  * Dued to its nature and origin, this interface won't probably be the most
  52  * elegant or stable in the mozilla codebase, but its aim is rather pragmatic:
  53  * 1) reducing the performance overhead which affects browser window load;
  54  * 2) allow global hooks (e.g. startup and shutdown observers) which survive
  55  * browser windows to accomplish browser-related activities, such as shutdown
  56  * sanitization (see bug #284086)
  57  *
  58  */
  59
  60 [scriptable, uuid(781df699-17dc-4237-b3d7-876ddb7085e3)]
  61 interface nsIBrowserGlue : nsISupports
  62 {
  63   /**
  64    * Deletes privacy sensitive data according to user preferences
  65    *
  66    * @param aParentWindow an optionally null window which is the parent of the
  67    *        sanitization dialog
  68    *
  69    */
  70   void sanitize(in nsIDOMWindow aParentWindow);
  71
  72   /**
  73    * Add Smart Bookmarks special queries to bookmarks menu and toolbar folder.
  74    */
  75   void ensurePlacesDefaultQueriesInitialized();
  76
  77   /**
  78    * Gets the most recent window that's a browser (but not a popup)
  79    */
  80   nsIDOMWindow getMostRecentBrowserWindow();
  81 };