gecko/xpcom/threads/nsIProcess.idl

97 lines
3.6 KiB
Plaintext

#include "nsIFile.idl"
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIObserver;
[scriptable, uuid(609610de-9954-4a63-8a7c-346350a86403)]
interface nsIProcess : nsISupports
{
/**
* Initialises the process with an executable to be run. Call the run method
* to run the executable.
* @param executable The executable to run.
*/
void init(in nsIFile executable);
/**
* Kills the running process. After exiting the process will either have
* been killed or a failure will have been returned.
*/
void kill();
/**
* Executes the file this object was initialized with
* @param blocking Whether to wait until the process terminates before
returning or not.
* @param args An array of arguments to pass to the process in the
* native character set.
* @param count The length of the args array.
*/
void run(in boolean blocking, [array, size_is(count)] in string args,
in unsigned long count);
/**
* Executes the file this object was initialized with optionally calling
* an observer after the process has finished running.
* @param args An array of arguments to pass to the process in the
* native character set.
* @param count The length of the args array.
* @param observer An observer to notify when the process has completed. It
* will receive this process instance as the subject and
* "process-finished" or "process-failed" as the topic. The
* observer will be notified on the main thread.
* @param holdWeak Whether to use a weak reference to hold the observer.
*/
void runAsync([array, size_is(count)] in string args, in unsigned long count,
[optional] in nsIObserver observer, [optional] in boolean holdWeak);
/**
* Executes the file this object was initialized with
* @param blocking Whether to wait until the process terminates before
returning or not.
* @param args An array of arguments to pass to the process in UTF-16
* @param count The length of the args array.
*/
void runw(in boolean blocking, [array, size_is(count)] in wstring args,
in unsigned long count);
/**
* Executes the file this object was initialized with optionally calling
* an observer after the process has finished running.
* @param args An array of arguments to pass to the process in UTF-16
* @param count The length of the args array.
* @param observer An observer to notify when the process has completed. It
* will receive this process instance as the subject and
* "process-finished" or "process-failed" as the topic. The
* observer will be notified on the main thread.
* @param holdWeak Whether to use a weak reference to hold the observer.
*/
void runwAsync([array, size_is(count)] in wstring args,
in unsigned long count,
[optional] in nsIObserver observer, [optional] in boolean holdWeak);
/**
* The process identifier of the currently running process. This will only
* be available after the process has started and may not be available on
* some platforms.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long pid;
/**
* The exit value of the process. This is only valid after the process has
* exited.
*/
readonly attribute long exitValue;
/**
* Returns whether the process is currently running or not.
*/
readonly attribute boolean isRunning;
};
%{C++
#define NS_PROCESS_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/process/util;1"
#define NS_PROCESS_CLASSNAME "Process Specification"
%}