gecko-dev/layout/generic/nsIStatefulFrame.h

/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

/*
 * interface for rendering objects whose state is saved in
 * session-history (back-forward navigation)
 */

#ifndef _nsIStatefulFrame_h
#define _nsIStatefulFrame_h

#include "nsContentUtils.h"
#include "nsQueryFrame.h"

class nsPresState;

class nsIStatefulFrame
{
 public:
  NS_DECL_QUERYFRAME_TARGET(nsIStatefulFrame)

  // Save the state for this frame.  If this method succeeds, the caller is
  // responsible for deleting the resulting state when done with it.
  NS_IMETHOD SaveState(nsPresState** aState) = 0;

  // Restore the state for this frame from aState
  NS_IMETHOD RestoreState(nsPresState* aState) = 0;

  // Generate a key for this stateful frame
  NS_IMETHOD GenerateStateKey(nsIContent* aContent,
                              nsIDocument* aDocument,
                              nsACString& aKey)
  {
    return nsContentUtils::GenerateStateKey(aContent, aDocument, aKey);
  };
};

#endif /* _nsIStatefulFrame_h */