gecko/intl/locale/idl/nsILocaleService.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* 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"
#include "nsILocale.idl"
/**
* The Locale service interface. This is a singleton object, and should be
* obtained from the <tt>nsServiceManager</tt>.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(c2edc848-4219-4440-abbf-98119882c83f)]
interface nsILocaleService : nsISupports
{
/**
* Create a new nsILocale from a locale string.
*
* @param aLocale
* A locale code as described in nsILocale.
* @return A nsILocale representing the given locale.
*/
nsILocale newLocale(in AString aLocale);
/**
* Get the user preference for locale from the operating system.
*
* @return User's OS setting for preferred locale.
*/
nsILocale getSystemLocale();
/**
* Get the user preference for locale from the operating system.
*
* NOTE: This has nothing to do with the locale used for localization of
* the application (UI text strings etc.). This method returns something
* similar to getSystemLocale.
*
* @return User's OS setting for preferred locale.
*/
nsILocale getApplicationLocale();
/**
* Get the most preferred locale from a list of locale preferences.
*
* @param acceptLanguage
* Locale preference in the same format as the Accept-Language HTTP
* header.
* @return The most preferred locale according to the acceptLanguage
* parameter.
*/
nsILocale getLocaleFromAcceptLanguage(in string acceptLanguage);
/**
* Get the user preference for locale from the operating system.
*
* NOTE: This has nothing to do with any HTTP User-Agent. This method
* returns the same as getSystemLocale, but as a string.
*
* @return User's OS setting for preferred locale in the format described
* in nsILocale.
*/
AString getLocaleComponentForUserAgent();
};
%{C++
// {C8E518C1-47AE-11d3-91CD-00105AA3F7DC}
#define NS_LOCALESERVICE_CID {0xc8e518c1,0x47ae,0x11d3,{0x91,0xcd,0x0,0x10,0x5a,0xa3,0xf7,0xdc}}
#define NS_LOCALESERVICE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/intl/nslocaleservice;1"
extern nsresult
NS_NewLocaleService(nsILocaleService** result);
%}