gecko/xpfe/appshell/public/nsIAppShellService.idl

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIXULWindow;
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIDOMWindow;
interface nsIAppShell;

[ptr] native JSContext(JSContext);

%{C++
struct JSContext;
%}

[scriptable, uuid(EBCD34E2-2E43-45C0-AAC8-E6F1C692B371)]
interface nsIAppShellService : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Create a window, which will be initially invisible.
   * @param aParent the parent window.  Can be null.
   * @param aUrl the contents of the new window.
   * @param aChromeMask chrome flags affecting the kind of OS border
   *                    given to the window. see nsIBrowserWindow for
   *                    bit/flag definitions.
   * @param aCallbacks interface providing C++ hooks for window initialization
   *                   before the window is made visible.  Can be null.
   *                   Deprecated.
   * @param aInitialWidth width, in pixels, of the window.  Width of window
   *                      at creation.  Can be overridden by the "width"
   *                      tag in the XUL.  Set to NS_SIZETOCONTENT to force
   *                      the window to wrap to its contents.
   * @param aInitialHeight like aInitialWidth, but subtly different.
   * @param aResult the newly created window is returned here.
   */
  const long SIZE_TO_CONTENT = -1;
  nsIXULWindow createTopLevelWindow(in nsIXULWindow aParent,
                                    in nsIURI aUrl, 
                                    in uint32_t aChromeMask,
                                    in long aInitialWidth,
                                    in long aInitialHeight);

  [noscript]
  void createHiddenWindow();

  void destroyHiddenWindow();

  /**
   * Return the (singleton) application hidden window, automatically created
   * and maintained by this AppShellService.
   * @param aResult the hidden window.  Do not unhide hidden window.
   *                Do not taunt hidden window.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIXULWindow hiddenWindow;

  /**
   * Return the (singleton) application hidden window, automatically created
   * and maintained by this AppShellService.
   * @param aResult the hidden window.  Do not unhide hidden window.
   *                Do not taunt hidden window.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMWindow hiddenDOMWindow;

  /**
   * Return the (singleton) application hidden window as an nsIDOMWindow,
   * and, the corresponding JavaScript context pointer.  This is useful
   * if you'd like to subsequently call OpenDialog on the hidden window.
   * @aHiddenDOMWindow the hidden window QI'd to type nsIDOMWindow
   * @aJSContext       the corresponding JavaScript context
   */
  [noscript]
  void getHiddenWindowAndJSContext(out nsIDOMWindow aHiddenDOMWindow,
                                   out JSContext aJSContext);

  /**
   * Return true if the application hidden window was provided by the
   * application. If it wasn't, the default hidden window was used. This will
   * usually be false on all non-mac platforms.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean applicationProvidedHiddenWindow;

  /**
   * Add a window to the application's registry of windows.  These windows
   * are generally shown in the Windows taskbar, and the application
   * knows it can't quit until it's out of registered windows.
   * @param aWindow the window to register
   * @note When this method is successful, it fires the global notification
   *       "xul-window-registered"
   */
  void registerTopLevelWindow(in nsIXULWindow aWindow);

  /**
   * Remove a window from the application's window registry. Note that
   * this method won't automatically attempt to quit the app when
   * the last window is unregistered. For that, see Quit().
   * @param aWindow you see the pattern
   */
  void unregisterTopLevelWindow(in nsIXULWindow aWindow);
};