RetroZilla/extensions/java/xpcom/interfaces/IGRE.java
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package org.mozilla.xpcom;
import java.io.File;
public interface IGRE {
/**
* Initializes libXUL for embedding purposes.
* <p>
* NOTE: This function must be called from the "main" thread.
* <p>
* NOTE: At the present time, this function may only be called once in
* a given process. Use <code>termEmbedding</code> to clean up and free
* resources allocated by <code>initEmbedding</code>.
*
* @param aLibXULDirectory The directory in which the libXUL shared library
* was found.
* @param aAppDirectory The directory in which the application components
* and resources can be found. This will map to
* the "resource:app" directory service key.
* @param aAppDirProvider A directory provider for the application. This
* provider will be aggregated by a libXUL provider
* which will provide the base required GRE keys.
*
* @throws XPCOMException if a failure occurred during initialization
*/
void initEmbedding(File aLibXULDirectory, File aAppDirectory,
IAppFileLocProvider aAppDirProvider) throws XPCOMException;
/**
* Terminates libXUL embedding.
* <p>
* NOTE: Release any references to XPCOM objects that you may be holding
* before calling this function.
*/
void termEmbedding();
/**
* Lock a profile directory using platform-specific semantics.
*
* @param aDirectory The profile directory to lock.
*
* @return A lock object. The directory will remain locked until the lock is
* released by invoking the <code>release</code> method, or by the
* termination of the JVM, whichever comes first.
*
* @throws XPCOMException if a failure occurred
*/
ProfileLock lockProfileDirectory(File aDirectory) throws XPCOMException;
/**
* Fire notifications to inform the toolkit about a new profile. This
* method should be called after <code>initEmbedding</code> if the
* embedder wishes to run with a profile.
* <p>
* Normally the embedder should call <code>lockProfileDirectory</code>
* to lock the directory before calling this method.
* <p>
* NOTE: There are two possibilities for selecting a profile:
* <ul>
* <li>
* Select the profile before calling <code>initEmbedding</code>.
* The aAppDirProvider object passed to <code>initEmbedding</code>
* should provide the NS_APP_USER_PROFILE_50_DIR key, and
* may also provide the following keys:
* <ul>
* <li>NS_APP_USER_PROFILE_LOCAL_50_DIR
* <li>NS_APP_PROFILE_DIR_STARTUP
* <li>NS_APP_PROFILE_LOCAL_DIR_STARTUP
* </ul>
* In this scenario <code>notifyProfile</code> should be called
* immediately after <code>initEmbedding</code>. Component
* registration information will be stored in the profile and
* JS components may be stored in the fastload cache.
* </li>
* <li>
* Select a profile some time after calling <code>initEmbedding</code>.
* In this case the embedder must install a directory service
* provider which provides NS_APP_USER_PROFILE_50_DIR and optionally
* NS_APP_USER_PROFILE_LOCAL_50_DIR. Component registration information
* will be stored in the application directory and JS components will not
* fastload.
* </li>
* </ul>
*/
void notifyProfile();
}