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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"
+#include "nsITransaction.idl"
+
+%{C++
+namespace mozilla {
+class TransactionManager;
+} // namespace mozilla
+%}
+
+/**
+ * The nsITransactionManager interface.
+ * <P>
+ * This interface is implemented by an object that wants to
+ * manage/track transactions.
+ */
+[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(c77763df-0fb9-41a8-8074-8e882f605755)]
+interface nsITransactionManager : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Calls a transaction's doTransaction() method, then pushes it on the
+ * undo stack.
+ * <P>
+ * This method calls the transaction's AddRef() method.
+ * The transaction's Release() method will be called when the undo or redo
+ * stack is pruned or when the transaction manager is destroyed.
+ * @param aTransaction the transaction to do.
+ */
+ [can_run_script]
+ void doTransaction(in nsITransaction aTransaction);
+
+ /**
+ * Pops the topmost transaction on the undo stack, calls its
+ * undoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the redo stack.
+ */
+ [can_run_script]
+ void undoTransaction();
+
+ /**
+ * Pops the topmost transaction on the redo stack, calls its
+ * redoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the undo stack.
+ */
+ [can_run_script]
+ void redoTransaction();
+
+ /**
+ * Clears the undo and redo stacks.
+ */
+ void clear();
+
+ /**
+ * Clears the undo stack only.
+ */
+ void clearUndoStack();
+
+ /**
+ * Clears the redo stack only.
+ */
+ void clearRedoStack();
+
+ /**
+ * Turns on the transaction manager's batch mode, forcing all transactions
+ * executed by the transaction manager's doTransaction() method to be
+ * aggregated together until EndBatch() is called. This mode allows an
+ * application to execute and group together several independent transactions
+ * so they can be undone with a single call to undoTransaction().
+ * @param aData An arbitrary nsISupports object that is associated with the
+ * batch. Can be retrieved from the undo or redo stacks.
+ */
+ [can_run_script]
+ void beginBatch(in nsISupports aData);
+
+ /**
+ * Turns off the transaction manager's batch mode.
+ * @param aAllowEmpty If true, a batch containing no children will be
+ * pushed onto the undo stack. Otherwise, ending a batch with no
+ * children will result in no transactions being pushed on the undo stack.
+ */
+ void endBatch(in boolean aAllowEmpty);
+
+ /**
+ * The number of items on the undo stack.
+ */
+ readonly attribute long numberOfUndoItems;
+
+ /**
+ * The number of items on the redo stack.
+ */
+ readonly attribute long numberOfRedoItems;
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the maximum number of transaction items the transaction manager will
+ * maintain at any time. This is commonly referred to as the number of levels
+ * of undo.
+ * @param aMaxCount A value of -1 means no limit. A value of zero means the
+ * transaction manager will execute each transaction, then immediately release
+ * all references it has to the transaction without pushing it on the undo
+ * stack. A value greater than zero indicates the max number of transactions
+ * that can exist at any time on both the undo and redo stacks. This method
+ * will prune the necessary number of transactions on the undo and redo
+ * stacks if the value specified is less than the number of items that exist
+ * on both the undo and redo stacks.
+ */
+ attribute long maxTransactionCount;
+
+ /**
+ * Combines the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) with the
+ * preceding undo transaction (if any) into a batch transaction. Thus,
+ * a call to undoTransaction() will undo both transactions.
+ */
+ void batchTopUndo();
+
+ /**
+ * Removes the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) without
+ * transacting.
+ */
+ void removeTopUndo();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the
+ * undo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return
+ * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top
+ * of the undo stack.
+ */
+ nsITransaction peekUndoStack();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the
+ * redo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return
+ * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top
+ * of the redo stack.
+ */
+ nsITransaction peekRedoStack();
+
+%{C++
+ /**
+ * AsTransactionManager() returns a pointer to TransactionManager class.
+ *
+ * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
+ * in mozilla/TransactionManager.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
+ */
+ inline mozilla::TransactionManager* AsTransactionManager();
+%}
+};