nsComponentManagerObsolete.h revision 677833bc953b6cb418c701facbdcf4aa18d6c44e
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#ifndef nsComponentManagerObsolete_h___
#define nsComponentManagerObsolete_h___
#include "nsIComponentManager.h"
#include "nsIComponentManagerObsolete.h"
class nsIEnumerator;
class nsIFactory;
class nsIFile;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// 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.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
extern NS_COM nsresult
NS_GetGlobalComponentManager(nsIComponentManager* *result);
class NS_COM nsComponentManager {
public:
static nsresult Initialize(void);
// Finds a factory for a specific class ID
static nsresult FindFactory(const nsCID &aClass,
nsIFactory **aFactory);
// Get the singleton class object that implements the CID aClass
static nsresult GetClassObject(const nsCID &aClass, const nsIID &aIID,
void **aResult);
// Finds a class ID for a specific Program ID
static nsresult ContractIDToClassID(const char *aContractID,
nsCID *aClass);
// Finds a Program ID for a specific class ID
// caller frees the result with delete[]
static nsresult CLSIDToContractID(nsCID *aClass,
char* *aClassName,
char* *aContractID);
// Creates a class instance for a specific class ID
static nsresult CreateInstance(const nsCID &aClass,
nsISupports *aDelegate,
const nsIID &aIID,
void **aResult);
// Convenience routine, creates a class instance for a specific ContractID
static nsresult CreateInstance(const char *aContractID,
nsISupports *aDelegate,
const nsIID &aIID,
void **aResult);
// Manually registry a factory for a class
static nsresult RegisterFactory(const nsCID &aClass,
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
nsIFactory *aFactory,
PRBool aReplace);
// 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.
static nsresult RegisterComponent(const nsCID &aClass,
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
const char *aLibraryPersistentDescriptor,
PRBool aReplace,
PRBool aPersist);
// Register a component using its FileSpec as its identification
// This is the more prevalent use.
static nsresult RegisterComponentSpec(const nsCID &aClass,
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
nsIFile *aLibrary,
PRBool aReplace,
PRBool aPersist);
// 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.
static nsresult RegisterComponentLib(const nsCID &aClass,
const char *aClassName,
const char *aContractID,
const char *adllName,
PRBool aReplace,
PRBool aPersist);
// Manually unregister a factory for a class
static nsresult UnregisterFactory(const nsCID &aClass,
nsIFactory *aFactory);
// Manually unregister a dynamically loaded component
static nsresult UnregisterComponent(const nsCID &aClass,
const char *aLibrary);
// Manually unregister a dynamically loaded component
static nsresult UnregisterComponentSpec(const nsCID &aClass,
nsIFile *aLibrarySpec);
// 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.
static nsresult AutoRegister(PRInt32 when, nsIFile* directory);
static nsresult AutoRegisterComponent(PRInt32 when, nsIFile *component);
static nsresult AutoUnregisterComponent(PRInt32 when, nsIFile *component);
// Is the given CID currently registered?
static nsresult IsRegistered(const nsCID &aClass,
PRBool *aRegistered);
// Get an enumeration of all the CIDs
static nsresult EnumerateCLSIDs(nsIEnumerator** aEmumerator);
// Get an enumeration of all the ContractIDs
static nsresult EnumerateContractIDs(nsIEnumerator** aEmumerator);
};
#endif