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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 16:49:04 +0000
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; 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 embedding code.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developers of the Original Code are
+ * Benjamin Smedberg <bsmedberg@covad.net> and
+ * Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@informatik.med.uni-giessen.de>.
+ *
+ * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2003/2004
+ * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
+ * either 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"
+
+/**
+ * Scriptable access to the current process environment.
+ *
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(101d5941-d820-4e85-a266-9a3469940807)]
+interface nsIEnvironment : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Set the value of an environment variable.
+ *
+ * @param aName the variable name to set.
+ * @param aValue the value to set.
+ */
+ void set(in AString aName, in AString aValue);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the value of an environment variable.
+ *
+ * @param aName the variable name to retrieve.
+ * @return returns the value of the env variable. An empty string
+ * will be returned when the env variable does not exist or
+ * when the value itself is an empty string - please use
+ * |exists()| to probe whether the env variable exists
+ * or not.
+ */
+ AString get(in AString aName);
+
+ /**
+ * Check the existence of an environment variable.
+ * This method checks whether an environment variable is present in
+ * the environment or not.
+ *
+ * - For Unix/Linux platforms we follow the Unix definition:
+ * An environment variable exists when |getenv()| returns a non-NULL value.
+ * An environment variable does not exist when |getenv()| returns NULL.
+ * - For non-Unix/Linux platforms we have to fall back to a
+ * "portable" definition (which is incorrect for Unix/Linux!!!!)
+ * which simply checks whether the string returned by |Get()| is empty
+ * or not.
+ *
+ * @param aName the variable name to probe.
+ * @return if the variable has been set, the value returned is
+ * PR_TRUE. If the variable was not defined in the
+ * environment PR_FALSE will be returned.
+ */
+ boolean exists(in AString aName);
+};
+