gecko/xpcom/system/nsICrashReporter.idl

/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsILocalFile;
interface nsIURL;

/**
 * Provides access to crash reporting functionality.
 *
 * @status UNSTABLE - This interface is not frozen and will probably change in
 *                    future releases.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(56761088-57ad-4f5c-bd61-f678c2807fe0)]
interface nsICrashReporter : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Enable or disable the crashreporter at runtime.
   */
  attribute boolean enabled;

  /**
   * Get or set the URL to which crash reports will be submitted.
   * Only https and http URLs are allowed, as the submission is handled
   * by OS-native networking libraries.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting is not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG on set if a non-http(s) URL is assigned
   * @throw NS_ERROR_FAILURE on get if no URL is set
   */
  attribute nsIURL serverURL;

  /**
   * Get or set the path on the local system to which minidumps will be
   * written when a crash happens.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting is not initialized
   */
  attribute nsILocalFile minidumpPath;

  /**
   * Add some extra data to be submitted with a crash report.
   *
   * @param key
   *        Name of the data to be added.
   * @param data
   *        Data to be added.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if key or data contain invalid characters.
   *                             Invalid characters for key are '=' and
   *                             '\n'.  Invalid character for data is '\0'.
   */
  void annotateCrashReport(in ACString key, in ACString data);

  /**
   * Append some data to the "Notes" field, to be submitted with a crash report.
   * Unlike annotateCrashReport, this method will append to existing data.
   *
   * @param data
   *        Data to be added.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if data contains invalid characters.
   *                             The only invalid character is '\0'.
   */
  void appendAppNotesToCrashReport(in ACString data);

  /**
   * Register a given memory range to be included in the crash report.
   *
   * @param ptr
   *        The starting address for the bytes.
   * @param size
   *        The number of bytes to include.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED if unavailable on the current OS
   */
  void registerAppMemory(in unsigned long long ptr, in unsigned long long size);

  /**
   * Write a minidump immediately, with the user-supplied exception
   * information. This is implemented on Windows only, because
   * SEH (structured exception handling) exists on Windows only.
   *
   * @param aExceptionInfo  EXCEPTION_INFO* provided by Window's SEH
   */
  [noscript] void writeMinidumpForException(in voidPtr aExceptionInfo);
  
  /**
   * Append note containing an Obj-C exception's info.
   *
   * @param aException  NSException object to append note for
   */
  [noscript] void appendObjCExceptionInfoToAppNotes(in voidPtr aException);

  /**
   * User preference for submitting crash reports.
   */
  attribute boolean submitReports;
};