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37
38#include "nsISupports.idl"
39
40interface nsIFile;
41interface nsIComponentManager;
42
43/**
44 * The nsIModule interface.
45 * @status FROZEN
46 */
47
48[scriptable, uuid(7392D032-5371-11d3-994E-00805FD26FEE)]
49interface nsIModule : nsISupports
50{
51 /**
52 * Object Instance Creation
53 *
54 * Obtains a Class Object from a nsIModule for a given CID and IID pair.
55 * This class object can either be query to a nsIFactory or a may be
56 * query to a nsIClassInfo.
57 *
58 * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
59 * @param aClass : ClassID of object instance requested
60 * @param aIID : IID of interface requested
61 *
62 */
63 void getClassObject(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
64 in nsCIDRef aClass,
65 in nsIIDRef aIID,
66 [retval, iid_is(aIID)] out nsQIResult aResult);
67
68
69 /**
70 * One time registration callback
71 *
72 * When the nsIModule is discovered, this method will be
73 * called so that any setup registration can be preformed.
74 *
75 * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
76 * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
77 * @param aLoaderStr: Opaque loader specific string
78 * @param aType : Loader Type being used to load this module
79 */
80 void registerSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
81 in nsIFile aLocation,
82 in string aLoaderStr,
83 in string aType);
84 /**
85 * One time unregistration callback
86 *
87 * When the nsIModule is being unregistered, this method will be
88 * called so that any unregistration can be preformed
89 *
90 * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
91 * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
92 * @param aLoaderStr : Opaque loader specific string
93 *
94 */
95 void unregisterSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
96 in nsIFile aLocation,
97 in string aLoaderStr);
98
99 /**
100 * Module load management
101 *
102 * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
103 *
104 * @return indicates to the caller if the module can be unloaded.
105 * Returning PR_TRUE isn't a guarantee that the module will be
106 * unloaded. It constitues only willingness of the module to be
107 * unloaded. It is very important to ensure that no outstanding
108 * references to the module's code/data exist before returning
109 * PR_TRUE.
110 * Returning PR_FALSE guaratees that the module wont be unloaded.
111 */
112 boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
113};
114
115
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