gecko/editor/txmgr/idl/nsITransactionList.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/* 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 nsITransaction;
/*
* The nsITransactionList interface.
* <P>
* The implementation for this interface is provided by the Transaction Manager.
* This interface provides a mechanism for accessing the transactions on the
* Undo or Redo stacks as well as any auto-aggregated children that a
* transaction may have.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(d007ceff-c978-486a-b697-384ca01997be)]
interface nsITransactionList : nsISupports
{
/**
* The number of transactions contained in this list.
*/
readonly attribute long numItems;
/**
* itemIsBatch() returns true if the item at aIndex is a batch. Note that
* currently there is no requirement for a TransactionManager implementation
* to associate a toplevel nsITransaction with a batch so it is possible for
* itemIsBatch() to return true and getItem() to return null. However, you
* can still access the transactions contained in the batch with a call to
* getChildListForItem().
* @param aIndex The index of the item in the list.
*/
boolean itemIsBatch(in long aIndex);
/**
* getItem() returns the transaction at the given index in the list. Note that
* a null can be returned here if the item is a batch. The transaction
* returned is AddRef'd so it is up to the caller to Release the transaction
* when it is done.
* @param aIndex The index of the item in the list.
*/
nsITransaction getItem(in long aIndex);
/**
* getData() returns the data (of type nsISupports array) associated with
* the transaction list.
*/
void getData(in long aIndex, [optional] out unsigned long aLength,
[array, size_is(aLength), retval] out nsISupports aData);
/**
* getNumChildrenForItem() returns the number of child (auto-aggreated)
* transactions the item at aIndex has.
* @param aIndex The index of the item in the list.
*/
long getNumChildrenForItem(in long aIndex);
/**
* getChildListForItem() returns the list of children associated with the
* item at aIndex. Implementations may return null if there are no children,
* or an empty list. The list returned is AddRef'd so it is up to the caller
* to Release the transaction when it is done.
* @param aIndex The index of the item in the list.
*/
nsITransactionList getChildListForItem(in long aIndex);
};