gecko-dev/xpcom/threads/nsIProcess.idl

#include "nsIFile.idl"
#include "nsISupports.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(3ed86dbe-d084-11d4-ba7a-00c04fa0d26b)]

interface nsIProcess : nsISupports
{
	void init(in nsIFile executable);
	void initWithPid(in unsigned long pid);
	
	void kill();

    /** XXX what charset? **/
        /** Executes the file this object was initialized with
         * @param blocking Whether to wait until the process terminates before returning or not
         * @param args An array of arguments to pass to the process
         * @param count The length of the args array
         * @return the PID of the newly spawned process */
        unsigned long run(in boolean blocking, [array, size_is(count)] in string args, in unsigned long count);

	readonly attribute nsIFile location;
	readonly attribute unsigned long pid;
	readonly attribute string processName;
	readonly attribute unsigned long processSignature;
	readonly attribute long exitValue;

        /**
         * Called to get the value of environment variable
         * XXX what charset?
         *
         * @param aName     The string enviroment variable name 
         * @exception       NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
         *
         * @return 	    The value of the requested string environment variable name
         */ 
        string getEnvironment(in string aName);
};

%{C++

#define NS_PROCESS_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/process/util;1"
#define NS_PROCESS_CLASSNAME "Process Specification"
%}