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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 8 -*- */
+/* 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 "nsIFile.idl"
+
+[scriptable,function, uuid(3d3b9075-5549-4244-9c08-b64fefa1dd60)]
+interface nsIFetchTelemetryDataCallback : nsISupports
+{
+ void complete();
+};
+
+[scriptable, uuid(273d2dd0-6c63-475a-b864-cb65160a1909)]
+interface nsITelemetry : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Histogram types:
+ * HISTOGRAM_EXPONENTIAL - buckets increase exponentially
+ * HISTOGRAM_LINEAR - buckets increase linearly
+ * HISTOGRAM_BOOLEAN - For storing 0/1 values
+ * HISTOGRAM_FLAG - For storing a single value; its count is always == 1.
+ * HISTOGRAM_COUNT - For storing counter values without bucketing.
+ * HISTOGRAM_CATEGORICAL - For storing enumerated values by label.
+ */
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_EXPONENTIAL = 0;
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_LINEAR = 1;
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_BOOLEAN = 2;
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_FLAG = 3;
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_COUNT = 4;
+ const unsigned long HISTOGRAM_CATEGORICAL = 5;
+
+ /**
+ * Scalar types:
+ * SCALAR_TYPE_COUNT - for storing a numeric value
+ * SCALAR_TYPE_STRING - for storing a string value
+ * SCALAR_TYPE_BOOLEAN - for storing a boolean value
+ */
+ const unsigned long SCALAR_TYPE_COUNT = 0;
+ const unsigned long SCALAR_TYPE_STRING = 1;
+ const unsigned long SCALAR_TYPE_BOOLEAN = 2;
+
+ /**
+ * Dataset types:
+ * DATASET_ALL_CHANNELS - the basic dataset that is on-by-default on all channels
+ * DATASET_PRERELEASE_CHANNELS - the extended dataset that is opt-in on release,
+ * opt-out on pre-release channels.
+ */
+ const unsigned long DATASET_ALL_CHANNELS = 0;
+ const unsigned long DATASET_PRERELEASE_CHANNELS = 1;
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the histogram labels for categorical hitograms.
+ * The returned structure looks like:
+ * { "histogram1": [ "histogram1_label1", "histogram1_label2", ...],
+ * "histogram2": [ "histogram2_label1", "histogram2_label2", ...]
+ * ...
+ * }
+ *
+ * Note that this function should only be used in tests and about:telemetry.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getCategoricalLabels();
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the histograms from the given store to a JSON-style object.
+ * The returned structure looks like:
+ * { "process": { "name1": histogramData1, "name2": histogramData2 }, ... }
+ *
+ * Each histogram is represented in a packed format and has the following properties:
+ * bucket_count - Number of buckets of this histogram
+ * histogram_type - HISTOGRAM_EXPONENTIAL, HISTOGRAM_LINEAR, HISTOGRAM_BOOLEAN,
+ * HISTOGRAM_FLAG, HISTOGRAM_COUNT, or HISTOGRAM_CATEGORICAL
+ * sum - sum of the bucket contents
+ * range - A 2-item array of minimum and maximum bucket size
+ * values - Map from bucket to the bucket's count
+ *
+ * @param aStoreName The name of the store to snapshot.
+ * Defaults to "main".
+ * Custom stores are available when probes have them defined.
+ * See the `record_into_store` attribute on histograms.
+ * @see https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/collection/histograms.html#record-into-store
+ * @param aClearStore Whether to clear out the histograms in the named store after snapshotting.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aFilterTest If true, `TELEMETRY_TEST_` histograms will be filtered out.
+ Filtered histograms are still cleared if `aClearStore` is true.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getSnapshotForHistograms([optional] in ACString aStoreName, [optional] in boolean aClearStore, [optional] in boolean aFilterTest);
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the keyed histograms from the given store to a JSON-style object.
+ * The returned structure looks like:
+ * { "process": { "name1": { "key_1": histogramData1, "key_2": histogramData2 }, ...}, ... }
+ *
+ * @param aStoreName The name of the store to snapshot.
+ * Defaults to "main".
+ * Custom stores are available when probes have them defined.
+ * See the `record_into_store` attribute on histograms.
+ * @see https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/collection/histograms.html#record-into-store
+ * @param aClearStore Whether to clear out the keyed histograms in the named store after snapshotting.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aFilterTest If true, `TELEMETRY_TEST_` histograms will be filtered out.
+ Filtered histograms are still cleared if `aClearStore` is true.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getSnapshotForKeyedHistograms([optional] in ACString aStoreName, [optional] in boolean aClearStore, [optional] in boolean aFilterTest);
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the scalars from the given store to a JSON-style object.
+ * The returned structure looks like:
+ * { "process": { "category1.probe": 1,"category1.other_probe": false, ... }, ... }.
+ *
+ * @param aStoreName The name of the store to snapshot.
+ * Defaults to "main".
+ * Custom stores are available when probes have them defined.
+ * See the `record_into_store` attribute on scalars.
+ * @see https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/collection/scalars.html#optional-fields
+ * @param aClearStore Whether to clear out the scalars in the named store after snapshotting.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aFilterTest If true, `telemetry.test` scalars will be filtered out.
+ Filtered scalars are still cleared if `aClearStore` is true.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getSnapshotForScalars([optional] in ACString aStoreName, [optional] in boolean aClearStore, [optional] in boolean aFilterTest);
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the keyed scalars from the given store to a JSON-style object.
+ * The returned structure looks like:
+ * { "process": { "category1.probe": { "key_1": 2, "key_2": 1, ... }, ... }, ... }
+ *
+ * @param aStoreName The name of the store to snapshot.
+ * Defaults to "main".
+ * Custom stores are available when probes have them defined.
+ * See the `record_into_store` attribute on scalars.
+ * @see https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/collection/scalars.html#optional-fields
+ * @param aClearStore Whether to clear out the keyed scalars in the named store after snapshotting.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aFilterTest If true, `telemetry.test` scalars will be filtered out.
+ Filtered scalars are still cleared if `aClearStore` is true.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getSnapshotForKeyedScalars([optional] in ACString aStoreName, [optional] in boolean aClearStore, [optional] in boolean aFilterTest);
+
+ /**
+ * The amount of time, in milliseconds, that the last session took
+ * to shutdown. Reads as 0 to indicate failure.
+ */
+ readonly attribute uint32_t lastShutdownDuration;
+
+ /**
+ * The number of failed profile lock attempts that have occurred prior to
+ * successfully locking the profile
+ */
+ readonly attribute uint32_t failedProfileLockCount;
+
+ /*
+ * An object containing information about slow SQL statements.
+ *
+ * {
+ * mainThread: { "sqlString1": [<hit count>, <total time>], "sqlString2": [...], ... },
+ * otherThreads: { "sqlString3": [<hit count>, <total time>], "sqlString4": [...], ... }
+ * }
+ *
+ * where:
+ * mainThread: Slow statements that executed on the main thread
+ * otherThreads: Slow statements that executed on a non-main thread
+ * sqlString - String of the offending statement (see note)
+ * hit count - The number of times this statement required longer than the threshold time to execute
+ * total time - The sum of all execution times above the threshold time for this statement
+ *
+ * Note that dynamic SQL strings and SQL strings executed against addon DBs could contain private information.
+ * This property represents such SQL as aggregate database-level stats and the sqlString contains the database
+ * filename instead.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ readonly attribute jsval slowSQL;
+
+ /*
+ * See slowSQL above.
+ *
+ * An object containing full strings of every slow SQL statement if toolkit.telemetry.debugSlowSql = true
+ * The returned SQL strings may contain private information and should not be reported to Telemetry.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ readonly attribute jsval debugSlowSQL;
+
+ /**
+ * Flags for getUntrustedModuleLoadEvents.
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * This flag is set to retrieve all data including instances which have been
+ * retrieved before. If not set, only new instances since the last call
+ * will be returned.
+ * If this flag is set, KEEP_LOADEVENTS_NEW must not be set unless
+ * EXCLUDE_STACKINFO_FROM_LOADEVENTS is set.
+ * (See also MultiGetUntrustedModulesData::Serialize.)
+ */
+ const unsigned long INCLUDE_OLD_LOADEVENTS = 1 << 0;
+
+ /**
+ * This flag is set to keep the returned instances as if they were not
+ * retrieved, meaning those instances will be returned by a next method
+ * call without INCLUDE_OLD_LOADEVENTS. If not set, the returned instances
+ * can be re-retrieved only when INCLUDE_OLD_LOADEVENTS is specified.
+ * If this flag is set, INCLUDE_OLD_LOADEVENTS must not be set unless
+ * EXCLUDE_STACKINFO_FROM_LOADEVENTS is set.
+ * (See also MultiGetUntrustedModulesData::Serialize.)
+ */
+ const unsigned long KEEP_LOADEVENTS_NEW = 1 << 1;
+
+ /**
+ * This flag is set to include private fields.
+ * Do not specify this flag to retrieve data to be submitted.
+ */
+ const unsigned long INCLUDE_PRIVATE_FIELDS_IN_LOADEVENTS = 1 << 2;
+
+ /**
+ * This flag is set to exclude the "combinedStacks" field.
+ * Without this flag, the flags INCLUDE_OLD_LOADEVENTS and KEEP_LOADEVENTS_NEW
+ * cannot be set at the same time.
+ */
+ const unsigned long EXCLUDE_STACKINFO_FROM_LOADEVENTS = 1 << 3;
+
+ /*
+ * An array of untrusted module load events. Each element describes one or
+ * more modules that were loaded, contextual information at the time of the
+ * event (including stack trace), and flags describing the module's
+ * trustworthiness.
+ *
+ * @param aFlags Combination (bitwise OR) of the flags specified above.
+ * Defaults to 0.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ Promise getUntrustedModuleLoadEvents([optional] in unsigned long aFlags);
+
+ /*
+ * Whether the untrusted module load events are ready for processing.
+ * Calling getUntrustedModuleLoadEvents() before this attribute is true
+ * will result in an empty array. */
+ readonly attribute boolean areUntrustedModuleLoadEventsReady;
+
+ /*
+ * Asynchronously get an array of the modules loaded in the process.
+ *
+ * The data has the following structure:
+ *
+ * [
+ * {
+ * "name": <string>, // Name of the module file (e.g. xul.dll)
+ * "version": <string>, // Version of the module
+ * "debugName": <string>, // ID of the debug information file
+ * "debugID": <string>, // Name of the debug information file
+ * "certSubject": <string>, // Name of the organization that signed the binary (Optional, only defined when present)
+ * },
+ * ...
+ * ]
+ *
+ * @return A promise that resolves to an array of modules or rejects with
+ NS_ERROR_FAILURE on failure.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED if the Gecko profiler is not enabled.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ Promise getLoadedModules();
+
+ /*
+ * An object with two fields: memoryMap and stacks.
+ * * memoryMap is a list of loaded libraries.
+ * * stacks is a list of stacks. Each stack is a list of pairs of the form
+ * [moduleIndex, offset]. The moduleIndex is an index into the memoryMap and
+ * offset is an offset in the library at memoryMap[moduleIndex].
+ * This format is used to make it easier to send the stacks to the
+ * symbolication server.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ readonly attribute jsval lateWrites;
+
+ /**
+ * Create and return a histogram registered in TelemetryHistograms.h.
+ *
+ * @param id - unique identifier from TelemetryHistograms.h
+ * The returned object has the following functions:
+ * add(value) - Adds a sample of `value` to the histogram.
+ `value` may be a categorical histogram's label as a string,
+ a boolean histogram's value as a boolean,
+ or a number that fits inside a uint32_t.
+ * snapshot([optional] {store}) - Returns a snapshot of the histogram with the same data fields
+ as in getSnapshotForHistograms().
+ Defaults to the "main" store.
+ * clear([optional] {store}) - Zeros out the histogram's buckets and sum.
+ Defaults to the "main" store.
+ Note: This is intended to be only used in tests.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getHistogramById(in ACString id);
+
+ /**
+ * Create and return a histogram registered in TelemetryHistograms.h.
+ *
+ * @param id - unique identifier from TelemetryHistograms.h
+ * The returned object has the following functions:
+ * add(string key, [optional] value) - Adds a sample of `value` to the histogram for that key.
+ If no histogram for that key exists yet, it is created.
+ `value` may be a categorical histogram's label as a string,
+ a boolean histogram's value as a boolean,
+ or a number that fits inside a uint32_t.
+ * snapshot([optional] {store}) - Returns the snapshots of all the registered keys in the form
+ {key1: snapshot1, key2: snapshot2, ...} in the specified store.
+ * Defaults to the "main" store.
+ * keys([optional] {store}) - Returns an array with the string keys of the currently registered
+ histograms in the given store.
+ Defaults to "main".
+ * clear([optional] {store}) - Clears the registered histograms from this.
+ * Defaults to the "main" store.
+ * Note: This is intended to be only used in tests.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getKeyedHistogramById(in ACString id);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag indicating if Telemetry can record base data (FHR data). This is true if the
+ * FHR data reporting service or self-support are enabled.
+ *
+ * In the unlikely event that adding a new base probe is needed, please check the data
+ * collection wiki at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Data_Collection and talk to the
+ * Telemetry team.
+ */
+ attribute boolean canRecordBase;
+
+ /**
+ * A flag indicating if Telemetry is allowed to record extended data. Returns false if
+ * the user hasn't opted into "extended Telemetry" on the Release channel, when the
+ * user has explicitly opted out of Telemetry on Nightly/Aurora/Beta or if manually
+ * set to false during tests.
+ *
+ * Set this to false in tests to disable gathering of extended telemetry statistics.
+ */
+ attribute boolean canRecordExtended;
+
+ /**
+ * A flag indicating whether Telemetry is recording release data, which is a
+ * smallish subset of our usage data that we're prepared to handle from our
+ * largish release population.
+ *
+ * This is true most of the time.
+ *
+ * This will always return true in the case of a non-content child process.
+ * Only values returned on the parent process are valid.
+ *
+ * This does not indicate whether Telemetry will send any data. That is
+ * governed by user preference and other mechanisms.
+ *
+ * You may use this to determine if it's okay to record your data.
+ */
+ readonly attribute boolean canRecordReleaseData;
+
+ /**
+ * A flag indicating whether Telemetry is recording prerelease data, which is
+ * a largish amount of usage data that we're prepared to handle from our
+ * smallish pre-release population.
+ *
+ * This is true on pre-release branches of Firefox.
+ *
+ * This does not indicate whether Telemetry will send any data. That is
+ * governed by user preference and other mechanisms.
+ *
+ * You may use this to determine if it's okay to record your data.
+ */
+ readonly attribute boolean canRecordPrereleaseData;
+
+ /**
+ * A flag indicating whether Telemetry can submit official results (for base or extended
+ * data). This is true on official, non-debug builds with built in support for Mozilla
+ * Telemetry reporting.
+ *
+ * This will always return true in the case of a non-content child process.
+ * Only values returned on the parent process are valid.
+ */
+ readonly attribute boolean isOfficialTelemetry;
+
+ /**
+ * Enable/disable recording for this histogram at runtime.
+ * Recording is enabled by default, unless listed at kRecordingInitiallyDisabledIDs[].
+ * Name must be a valid Histogram identifier, otherwise an assertion will be triggered.
+ *
+ * @param id - unique identifier from histograms.json
+ * @param enabled - whether or not to enable recording from now on.
+ */
+ void setHistogramRecordingEnabled(in ACString id, in boolean enabled);
+
+ /**
+ * Read data from the previous run. After the callback is called, the last
+ * shutdown time is available in lastShutdownDuration and any late
+ * writes in lateWrites.
+ */
+ void asyncFetchTelemetryData(in nsIFetchTelemetryDataCallback aCallback);
+
+ /**
+ * Get statistics of file IO reports, null, if not recorded.
+ *
+ * The statistics are returned as an object whose propoerties are the names
+ * of the files that have been accessed and whose corresponding values are
+ * arrays of size three, representing startup, normal, and shutdown stages.
+ * Each stage's entry is either null or an array with the layout
+ * [total_time, #creates, #reads, #writes, #fsyncs, #stats]
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ readonly attribute jsval fileIOReports;
+
+ /**
+ * Return the number of milliseconds since process start using monotonic
+ * timestamps (unaffected by system clock changes). On Windows, this includes
+ * the period of time the device was suspended. On Linux and macOS, this does
+ * not include the period of time the device was suspneded.
+ */
+ double msSinceProcessStart();
+
+ /**
+ * Return the number of milliseconds since process start using monotonic
+ * timestamps (unaffected by system clock changes), including the periods of
+ * time the device was suspended.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if unavailable.
+ */
+ double msSinceProcessStartIncludingSuspend();
+
+ /**
+ * Return the number of milliseconds since process start using monotonic
+ * timestamps (unaffected by system clock changes), excluding the periods of
+ * time the device was suspended.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if unavailable.
+ */
+ double msSinceProcessStartExcludingSuspend();
+
+ /**
+ * Time since the system wide epoch. This is not a monotonic timer but
+ * can be used across process boundaries.
+ */
+ double msSystemNow();
+
+ /**
+ * Adds the value to the given scalar.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aValue The numeric value to add to the scalar. Only unsigned integers supported.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void scalarAdd(in ACString aName, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the scalar to the given value.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aValue The value to set the scalar to. If the type of aValue doesn't match the
+ * type of the scalar, the function will fail. For scalar string types, the this
+ * is truncated to 50 characters.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void scalarSet(in ACString aName, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the scalar to the maximum of the current and the passed value.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aValue The numeric value to set the scalar to. Only unsigned integers supported.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void scalarSetMaximum(in ACString aName, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds the value to the given keyed scalar.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aKey The key name.
+ * @param aValue The numeric value to add to the scalar. Only unsigned integers supported.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void keyedScalarAdd(in ACString aName, in AString aKey, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the keyed scalar to the given value.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aKey The key name.
+ * @param aValue The value to set the scalar to. If the type of aValue doesn't match the
+ * type of the scalar, the function will fail.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void keyedScalarSet(in ACString aName, in AString aKey, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the keyed scalar to the maximum of the current and the passed value.
+ *
+ * @param aName The scalar name.
+ * @param aKey The key name.
+ * @param aValue The numeric value to set the scalar to. Only unsigned integers supported.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void keyedScalarSetMaximum(in ACString aName, in AString aKey, in jsval aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Resets all the stored scalars. This is intended to be only used in tests.
+ */
+ void clearScalars();
+
+ /**
+ * Immediately sends any Telemetry batched on this process to the parent
+ * process. This is intended only to be used on process shutdown.
+ */
+ void flushBatchedChildTelemetry();
+
+ /**
+ * Record an event in Telemetry.
+ *
+ * @param aCategory The category name.
+ * @param aMethod The method name.
+ * @param aObject The object name.
+ * @param aValue An optional string value to record.
+ * @param aExtra An optional object of the form (string -> string).
+ * It should only contain registered extra keys.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG When trying to record an unknown event.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext, optional_argc]
+ void recordEvent(in ACString aCategory, in ACString aMethod, in ACString aObject, [optional] in jsval aValue, [optional] in jsval extra);
+
+ /**
+ * Enable recording of events in a category.
+ * Events default to recording disabled. This allows to toggle recording for all events
+ * in the specified category.
+ *
+ * @param aCategory The category name.
+ * @param aEnabled Whether recording is enabled for events in that category.
+ */
+ void setEventRecordingEnabled(in ACString aCategory, in boolean aEnabled);
+
+ /**
+ * Serializes the recorded events to a JSON-appropriate array and optionally resets them.
+ * The returned structure looks like this:
+ * [
+ * // [timestamp, category, method, object, stringValue, extraValues]
+ * [43245, "category1", "method1", "object1", "string value", null],
+ * [43258, "category1", "method2", "object1", null, {"key1": "string value"}],
+ * ...
+ * ]
+ *
+ * @param aDataset DATASET_ALL_CHANNELS or DATASET_PRERELEASE_CHANNELS.
+ * @param [aClear=false] Whether to clear out the flushed events after snapshotting.
+ * @param aEventLimit How many events per process to limit the snapshot to contain, all if unspecified.
+ * Even if aClear, the leftover event records are not cleared.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext, optional_argc]
+ jsval snapshotEvents(in uint32_t aDataset, [optional] in boolean aClear, [optional] in uint32_t aEventLimit);
+
+ /**
+ * Register new events to record them from addons. This allows registering multiple
+ * events for a category. They will be valid only for the current Firefox session.
+ * Note that events shipping in Firefox should be registered in Events.yaml.
+ *
+ * @param aCategory The unique category the events are registered in.
+ * @param aEventData An object that contains registration data for 1-N events of the form:
+ * {
+ * "categoryName": {
+ * "methods": ["test1"],
+ * "objects": ["object1"],
+ * "record_on_release": false,
+ * "extra_keys": ["key1", "key2"], // optional
+ * "expired": false // optional, defaults to false.
+ * },
+ * ...
+ * }
+ * @param aEventData.<name>.methods List of methods for this event entry.
+ * @param aEventData.<name>.objects List of objects for this event entry.
+ * @param aEventData.<name>.extra_keys Optional, list of allowed extra keys for this event entry.
+ * @param aEventData.<name>.record_on_release Optional, whether to record this data on release.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aEventData.<name>.expired Optional, whether this event entry is expired. This allows
+ * recording it without error, but it will be discarded. Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void registerEvents(in ACString aCategory, in jsval aEventData);
+
+ /**
+ * Parent process only. Register dynamic builtin events. The parameters
+ * have the same meaning as the usual |registerEvents| function.
+ *
+ * This function is only meant to be used to support the "artifact build"/
+ * "build faster" developers by allowing to add new events without rebuilding
+ * the C++ components including the headers files.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void registerBuiltinEvents(in ACString aCategory, in jsval aEventData);
+
+ /**
+ * Parent process only. Register new scalars to record them from addons. This
+ * allows registering multiple scalars for a category. They will be valid only for
+ * the current Firefox session.
+ * Note that scalars shipping in Firefox should be registered in Scalars.yaml.
+ *
+ * @param aCategoryName The unique category the scalars are registered in.
+ * @param aScalarData An object that contains registration data for multiple scalars in the form:
+ * {
+ * "sample_scalar": {
+ * "kind": Ci.nsITelemetry.SCALAR_TYPE_COUNT,
+ * "keyed": true, //optional, defaults to false
+ * "record_on_release: true, // optional, defaults to false
+ * "expired": false // optional, defaults to false.
+ * },
+ * ...
+ * }
+ * @param aScalarData.<name>.kind One of the scalar types defined in this file (SCALAR_TYPE_*)
+ * @param aScalarData.<name>.keyed Optional, whether this is a keyed scalar or not. Defaults to false.
+ * @param aScalarData.<name>.record_on_release Optional, whether to record this data on release.
+ * Defaults to false.
+ * @param aScalarData.<name>.expired Optional, whether this scalar entry is expired. This allows
+ * recording it without error, but it will be discarded. Defaults to false.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void registerScalars(in ACString aCategoryName, in jsval aScalarData);
+
+ /**
+ * Parent process only. Register dynamic builtin scalars. The parameters
+ * have the same meaning as the usual |registerScalars| function.
+ *
+ * This function is only meant to be used to support the "artifact build"/
+ * "build faster" developers by allowing to add new scalars without rebuilding
+ * the C++ components including the headers files.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ void registerBuiltinScalars(in ACString aCategoryName, in jsval aScalarData);
+
+ /**
+ * Resets all the stored events. This is intended to be only used in tests.
+ * Events recorded but not yet flushed to the parent process storage won't be cleared.
+ * Override the pref. `toolkit.telemetry.ipcBatchTimeout` to reduce the time to flush events.
+ */
+ void clearEvents();
+
+ /**
+ * Get a list of all registered stores.
+ *
+ * The list is deduplicated, but unordered.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ jsval getAllStores();
+
+ /**
+ * Does early, cheap initialization for native telemetry data providers.
+ * Currently, this includes only MemoryTelemetry.
+ */
+ void earlyInit();
+
+ /**
+ * Does late, expensive initialization for native telemetry data providers.
+ * Currently, this includes only MemoryTelemetry.
+ *
+ * This should only be called after startup has completed and the event loop
+ * is idle.
+ */
+ void delayedInit();
+
+ /**
+ * Shuts down native telemetry providers. Currently, this includes only
+ * MemoryTelemetry.
+ */
+ void shutdown();
+
+ /**
+ * Gathers telemetry data for memory usage and records it to the data store.
+ * Returns a promise which resolves when asynchronous data collection has
+ * completed and all data has been recorded.
+ */
+ [implicit_jscontext]
+ Promise gatherMemory();
+};