gecko-dev/xpcom/sample/nsSample.js

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */

/*
 * No magic constructor behaviour, as is de rigeur for XPCOM.
 * If you must perform some initialization, and it could possibly fail (even
 * due to an out-of-memory condition), you should use an Init method, which
 * can convey failure appropriately (thrown exception in JS,
 * NS_FAILED(nsresult) return in C++).
 *
 * In JS, you can actually cheat, because a thrown exception will cause the
 * CreateInstance call to fail in turn, but not all languages are so lucky.
 * (Though ANSI C++ provides exceptions, they are verboten in Mozilla code
 * for portability reasons -- and even when you're building completely
 * platform-specific code, you can't throw across an XPCOM method boundary.)
 */
function mySample() { /* big comment for no code, eh? */ }

/* decorate prototype to provide ``class'' methods and property accessors */
mySample.prototype = {
    /*
     * getter: and setter: are new Magic in JS1.5, borrowing intent -- if not
     * complete syntax -- from the JS2 design.  They define accessors for
     * properties on the JS object, follow the expected rules for prototype
     * delegation, and make a mean cup of coffee.
     */
    value getter: function () { return this.val; },
    value setter: function (newval) { return this.val = newval; },

    writeValue: function (aPrefix) {
        dump("mySample::writeValue => " + aPrefix + this.val + "\n");
    },
    poke: function (aValue) { this.val = aValue; },

    /*
     * We don't need a QueryInterface method unless we're doing
     * something fancy like supporting multiple interfaces (not
     * counting nsISupports, of course), or aggregating with an outer.
     *
     * If you _are_ providing a QueryInterface method, note that until
     * bug 14460 is resolved you need to name it QueryInterface, not
     * queryInterface as you might believe.
     */
    val: "<default value>"
}

var myModule = {
    /*
     * RegisterSelf is called at registration time (component installation
     * or the only-until-release startup autoregistration) and is responsible
     * for notifying the component manager of all components implemented in
     * this module.  The fileSpec, location and type parameters are mostly
     * opaque, and should be passed on to the registerComponent call
     * unmolested.
     */
    registerSelf: function (compMgr, fileSpec, location, type) {
        compMgr.registerComponentWithType(this.myCID,
                                          "Sample JS Component",
                                          "mozilla.jssample.1", fileSpec,
                                          location, true, true, 
                                          type);
    },

    /*
     * The GetClassObject method is responsible for producing Factory and
     * SingletonFactory objects (the latter are specialized for services).
     */
    getClassObject: function (compMgr, cid, iid) {
        if (!cid.equals(this.myCID))
            throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;

        if (!iid.equals(Components.interfaces.nsIFactory))
            throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;

        return this.myFactory;
    },

    /* CID for this class */
    myCID: Components.ID("{dea98e50-1dd1-11b2-9344-8902b4805a2e}"),

    /* factory object */
    myFactory: {
        /*
         * Construct an instance of the interface specified by iid,
         * possibly aggregating with the provided |outer|.  (If you don't
         * know what aggregation is all about, you don't need to.  It reduces
         * even the mightiest of XPCOM warriors to snivelling cowards.)
         */
        CreateInstance: function (outer, iid) {
            dump("CI: " + iid + "\n");
            if (outer != null)
                throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NO_AGGREGATION;

            /*
             * If we had a QueryInterface method (see above), we would write
             * the following as:
             *    return (new mySample()).QueryInterface(iid);
             * because our QI would check the IID correctly for us.
             */
            
            if (!iid.equals(Components.interfaces.nsISample) &&
                !iid.equals(Components.interfaces.nsISupports)) {
                throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG;
            }

            return new mySample();
        }
    }
};
    
function NSGetModule(compMgr, fileSpec) {
    return myModule;
}