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diff --git a/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/io/nsIFastLoadFileControl.idl b/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/io/nsIFastLoadFileControl.idl new file mode 100644 index 00000000..99f5a287 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/io/nsIFastLoadFileControl.idl @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ +/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** + * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 + * + * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version + * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ + * + * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, + * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License + * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the + * License. + * + * The Original Code is Mozilla FastLoad code. + * + * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is + * Netscape Communications Corporation. + * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2001 + * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved. + * + * Contributor(s): + * Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org> (original author) + * + * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of + * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), + * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), + * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead + * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only + * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to + * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your + * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice + * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete + * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under + * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. + * + * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */ + +#include "nsISupports.idl" +#include "nsrootidl.idl" + +interface nsIFile; +interface nsISimpleEnumerator; + +/** + * The nsIFastLoadFileControl interface and its subinterfaces are mix-ins for + * classes implementing nsIObjectInputStream and nsIObjectOutputStream, so that + * those stream types can be used with nsIFastLoadService to access and compute + * FastLoad file checksums, update and check FastLoad file dependencies, and + * multiplex documents loaded via non-blocking i/o. + * + * If an nsIObjectInputStream class doesn't support nsIFastLoadReadControl, or + * an nsIObjectOutputStream class doesn't support nsIFastLoadWriteControl, that + * implementation may still be useful for object serialization, but it can't be + * used to read or write a Mozilla FastLoad file. + */ +[scriptable, uuid(8a1e2c63-af50-4147-af7e-26289dc180dd)] +interface nsIFastLoadFileControl : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Get and set the recorded checksum value from the FastLoad file header. + */ + attribute PRUint32 checksum; + + /** + * Multiplexed document control methods. A FastLoad file may contain + * multiple interleaved documents identified by a URI specifier string, + * and indexed for fast multiplexor select by an opaque URI object key. + * You StartMuxedDocument when initiating a document load, then Select + * before every batch of calls to (de)serialize document data, and End + * when the load completes. + * + * Document multiplexing is necessary to support incremental FastLoad + * development in a non-blocking i/o architecture such as Mozilla, where + * some (but not all, at first, or for a while during development) of the + * results of parsing and compiling various inputs can be multiplexed to + * or from a FastLoad file. + * + * Note: Select returns the previously selected URI object in case the + * caller is synchronously selecting and writing data to the FastLoad + * file, so the caller can reselect the previous URI and return to code + * the continues to write FastLoad data for the previous URI, unaware of + * the nested select/write/reselect. + */ + void startMuxedDocument(in nsISupports aURI, in string aURISpec); + nsISupports selectMuxedDocument(in nsISupports aURI); + void endMuxedDocument(in nsISupports aURI); + + /** + * Return true if aURISpec identifies a muxed document in the FastLoad + * file, false otherwise. + */ + boolean hasMuxedDocument(in string aURISpec); +}; + +[scriptable, uuid(652ecec6-d40b-45b6-afef-641d6c63a35b)] +interface nsIFastLoadReadControl : nsIFastLoadFileControl +{ + /** + * Computes the correct checksum of the FastLoad file, independent of the + * header's checksum value. The header checksum field is treated as zero + * when computing the checksum. + */ + PRUint32 computeChecksum(); + + /** + * Get the collection of dependency nsIFile instances recorded during the + * FastLoad file write or read/update process, and checked during the read + * process to invalidate the FastLoad file if any dependencies are newer. + */ + readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator dependencies; +}; + +[scriptable, uuid(2ad6e9e6-1379-4e45-a899-a54b27ff915c)] +interface nsIFastLoadWriteControl : nsIFastLoadFileControl +{ + /** + * Add a file dependency of the FastLoad file (e.g., a .jar file) to the + * set of dependencies that trigger regeneration if any dependency has a + * last-modified-time greater than the FastLoad file's mtime. + */ + void addDependency(in nsIFile aFile); +}; |