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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIAbDirFactory;

[scriptable, uuid(BE2075A8-1DD1-11B2-99BA-BCB9DB1D77CC)]
interface nsIAbDirFactoryService : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Obtain a directory factory component
     * given a uri representing an address book
     *
     * The scheme is extracted from the uri and
     * contract id is generated of the form:
     * @mozilla.org/addressbook/directory-factory;1?type=<scheme>
     * 
     * This id is used to instantiate a registered
     * component which implemented the nsIAbDirFactory
     * interface
     *
     * @param uri
     *        The uri which contains the scheme that
     *        defines what directory factory instance
     *        is returned
     */
    nsIAbDirFactory getDirFactory (in string uri);
};