gecko-dev/xpcom/ds/nsIINIParser.idl

/* 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/. */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIUTF8StringEnumerator;
interface nsIFile;

[scriptable, uuid(7eb955f6-3e78-4d39-b72f-c1bf12a94bce)]
interface nsIINIParser : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Enumerates the [section]s available in the INI file.
   */
  nsIUTF8StringEnumerator getSections();

  /**
   * Enumerates the keys available within a section.
   */
  nsIUTF8StringEnumerator getKeys(in AUTF8String aSection);

  /**
   * Get the value of a string for a particular section and key.
   */
  AUTF8String getString(in AUTF8String aSection, in AUTF8String aKey);
};

[scriptable, uuid(b67bb24b-31a3-4a6a-a5d9-0485c9af5a04)]
interface nsIINIParserWriter : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Windows and the NSIS installer code sometimes expect INI files to be in
   * UTF-16 encoding. On Windows only, this flag to writeFile can be used to
   * change the encoding from its default UTF-8.
   */
  const unsigned long WRITE_UTF16 = 0x1;

  /**
   * Set the value of a string for a particular section and key.
   */
  void setString(in AUTF8String aSection, in AUTF8String aKey, in AUTF8String aValue);

  /**
   * Write to the INI file.
   */
  void writeFile([optional] in nsIFile aINIFile,
                 [optional] in unsigned long aFlags);
};

[scriptable, uuid(ccae7ea5-1218-4b51-aecb-c2d8ecd46af9)]
interface nsIINIParserFactory : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Create an iniparser instance from a local file.
   */
  nsIINIParser createINIParser(in nsIFile aINIFile);
};