gecko-dev/widget/nsIClipboardHelper.idl

/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
 *
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIClipboard.idl"

%{ C++
#include "nsString.h" // needed for AString -> nsAString, unfortunately
%}

interface nsIDOMDocument;

/**
 * helper service for common uses of nsIClipboard.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(836316a9-6834-45e7-92af-5a4b9bd01a31)]
interface nsIClipboardHelper : nsISupports
{

  /**
   * copy string to given clipboard
   *
   * @param aString, the string to copy to the clipboard
   * @param aDoc, the source document for the string, if available
   * @param aClipboardID, the ID of the clipboard to copy to
   *        (eg. kSelectionClipboard -- see nsIClipboard.idl)
   */
  void copyStringToClipboard(in AString aString, [optional] in nsIDOMDocument aDoc, in long aClipboardID);

  /**
   * copy string to (default) clipboard
   *
   * @param aString, the string to copy to the clipboard
   * @param aDoc, the source document for the string, if available
   */
  void copyString(in AString aString, [optional] in nsIDOMDocument aDoc);

};