gecko-dev/xpcom/system/nsICrashReporter.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

/**
 * Provides access to crash reporting functionality.
 * @status UNSTABLE - This interface is not frozen and will probably change in
 *                    future releases.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(D9A0F5B2-A7DF-4AEB-9775-21B9E01B4C59)]
interface nsICrashReporter : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Add some extra data to be submitted with a crash report.
   * @param key
   *        Name of the data to be added.
   * @param data
   *        Data to be added.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if key or data contain invalid characters.
   *                             Invalid characters for key are '=' and
   *                             '\n'.  Invalid character for data is '\0'.
   */
  void annotateCrashReport(in ACString key, in ACString data);

  /**
   * Append some data to the "Notes" field, to be submitted with a crash report.
   * Unlike annotateCrashReport, this method will append to existing data.
   *
   * @param data
   *        Data to be added.
   *
   * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if crash reporting not initialized
   * @throw NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if or data contains invalid characters.
   *                             The only invalid character is '\0'.
   */
  void appendAppNotesToCrashReport(in ACString data);
  
  /**
    * Write a minidump immediately, with the user-supplied exception
    * information. This is implemented on Windows only, because
    * SEH (structured exception handling) exists on Windows only.
    * @param aExceptionInfo  EXCEPTION_INFO* provided by Window's SEH
    */
  [noscript] void writeMinidumpForException(in voidPtr aExceptionInfo);
  
  /**
    * Append note containing an Obj-C exception's info.
    * @param aException  NSException object to append note for
    */
  [noscript] void appendObjCExceptionInfoToAppNotes(in voidPtr aException);
};