gecko/xpcom/system/nsIXULRuntime.idl
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/* 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"
/**
* Provides information about the XUL runtime.
* @status UNSTABLE - This interface is not frozen and will probably change in
* future releases. If you need this functionality to be
* stable/frozen, please contact Benjamin Smedberg.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(cb0b8eda-4c83-4d0e-a63c-d3b65714bc85)]
interface nsIXULRuntime : nsISupports
{
/**
* Whether the application was launched in safe mode.
*/
readonly attribute boolean inSafeMode;
/**
* Whether to write console errors to a log file. If a component
* encounters startup errors that might prevent the app from showing
* proper UI, it should set this flag to "true".
*/
attribute boolean logConsoleErrors;
/**
* A string tag identifying the current operating system. This is taken
* from the OS_TARGET configure variable. It will always be available.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String OS;
/**
* A string tag identifying the binary ABI of the current processor and
* compiler vtable. This is taken from the TARGET_XPCOM_ABI configure
* variable. It may not be available on all platforms, especially
* unusual processor or compiler combinations.
*
* The result takes the form <processor>-<compilerABI>, for example:
* x86-msvc
* ppc-gcc3
*
* This value should almost always be used in combination with "OS".
*
* @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if not available.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String XPCOMABI;
/**
* A string tag identifying the target widget toolkit in use.
* This is taken from the MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT configure variable.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String widgetToolkit;
/**
* The legal values of processType.
*/
const unsigned long PROCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0;
const unsigned long PROCESS_TYPE_PLUGIN = 1;
const unsigned long PROCESS_TYPE_CONTENT = 2;
const unsigned long PROCESS_TYPE_IPDLUNITTEST = 3;
/**
* The type of the caller's process. Returns one of the values above.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long processType;
/**
* Signal the apprunner to invalidate caches on the next restart.
* This will cause components to be autoregistered and all
* fastload data to be re-created.
*/
void invalidateCachesOnRestart();
/**
* Starts a child process. This method is intented to pre-start a
* content child process so that when it is actually needed, it is
* ready to go.
*
* @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if not available.
*/
void ensureContentProcess();
/**
* Modification time of the profile lock before the profile was locked on
* this startup. Used to know the last time the profile was used and not
* closed cleanly. This is set to 0 if there was no existing profile lock.
*/
readonly attribute PRInt64 replacedLockTime;
};