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#ifndef nsComponentManagerObsolete_h___
#define nsComponentManagerObsolete_h___
#include "nsIComponentManager.h"
#include "nsIComponentManagerObsolete.h"
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
//
// Functions, classes, interfaces and types in this file are
// obsolete. Use at your own risk.
// Please see nsIComponentManager.idl for the supported interface
// to the component manager.
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// God save me from this evilness. Below is a very bad
// function. Its out var is really a nsIComponentManagerObsolete
// but it has been cast to a nsIComponentManager.
// The reason for such uglyness is that this function is require for
// backward compatiblity of some plugins. This funciton will
// be removed at some point.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static nsresult Initialize(void);
// Finds a factory for a specific class ID
nsIFactory **aFactory);
// Get the singleton class object that implements the CID aClass
void **aResult);
// Finds a class ID for a specific Program ID
// Finds a Program ID for a specific class ID
// caller frees the result with delete[]
char* *aClassName,
char* *aContractID);
// Creates a class instance for a specific class ID
void **aResult);
// Convenience routine, creates a class instance for a specific ContractID
void **aResult);
// Manually registry a factory for a class
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
// Manually register a dynamically loaded component.
// The libraryPersistentDescriptor is what gets passed to the library
// self register function from ComponentManager. The format of this string
// is the same as nsIFile::GetPath()
//
// This function will go away in favour of RegisterComponentSpec. In fact,
// it internally turns around and calls RegisterComponentSpec.
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
const char *aLibraryPersistentDescriptor,
// Register a component using its FileSpec as its identification
// This is the more prevalent use.
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
// Register a component using its dllName. This could be a dll name with
// no path so that LD_LIBRARY_PATH on unix or PATH on win can load it. Or
// this could be a code fragment name on the Mac.
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
const char *adllName,
// Manually unregister a factory for a class
// Manually unregister a dynamically loaded component
const char *aLibrary);
// Manually unregister a dynamically loaded component
// Unload dynamically loaded factories that are not in use
static nsresult FreeLibraries(void);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// DLL registration support
// If directory is NULL, then AutoRegister will try registering components
// in the default components directory.
// Is the given CID currently registered?
// Get an enumeration of all the CIDs
// Get an enumeration of all the ContractIDs
};
#endif