gecko/dom/interfaces/base/nsIDOMJSWindow.idl

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

[scriptable, uuid(6652c4d2-6b49-424b-aaf9-91f91006fab7)]
interface nsIDOMJSWindow : nsISupports
{
  void                      dump(in DOMString str);

  /**
   * These methods take typeless arguments and optional arguments, the
   * first argument is either a function or a string, the second
   * argument must be a number (ms) and the rest of the arguments (2
   * ... n) are passed to the callback function
   */
  long                      setTimeout();
  long                      setInterval();

  /**
   * These methods take one optional argument that's the timer ID to
   * clear. Often in existing code these methods are passed undefined,
   * which is a nop so we need to support that as well.
   */
  void                      clearTimeout([optional] in long handle);
  void                      clearInterval([optional] in long handle);

  /**
   * This method is here for backwards compatibility with 4.x only,
   * its implementation is a no-op
   */
  void                      setResizable(in boolean resizable);

  /**
   * @deprecated These are old Netscape 4 methods. Do not use,
   *             the implementation is no-op.
   */
  void                      captureEvents(in long eventFlags);
  void                      releaseEvents(in long eventFlags);
  void                      routeEvent(in nsIDOMEvent evt);
  void                      enableExternalCapture();
  void                      disableExternalCapture();

  /**
   * This is the scriptable version of nsIDOMWindow::open()
   * that takes 3 optional arguments. Its binary name is OpenJS to
   * avoid colliding with nsIDOMWindow::open(), which has the
   * same signature. The reason we can't have that collision is that
   * the implementation needs to know whether it was called from JS or
   * not.
   *
   * IOW, DO NOT CALL THIS FROM C++
   */
  [binaryname(OpenJS)] nsIDOMWindow open([optional] in DOMString url,
                                         [optional] in DOMString name,
                                         [optional] in DOMString options);

  /**
   * This is the scriptable version of
   * nsIDOMWindow::openDialog() that takes 3 optional
   * arguments, plus any additional arguments are passed on as
   * arguments on the dialog's window object (window.arguments).
   */
  nsIDOMWindow              openDialog([optional] in DOMString url,
                                       [optional] in DOMString name,
                                       [optional] in DOMString options);

  /**
   * window.frames in Netscape 4.x and IE is just a reference to the
   * window itself (i.e. window.frames === window), but this doesn't
   * make sense from a generic API point of view so that's why this is
   * JS specific.
   *
   * This property is "replaceable" in JavaScript.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMWindow             frames;
};