initial entry into cvs of folder compaction classes for offline, NOT YET PART OF BUILD

mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgFolderCompactor.idl

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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIMsgFolder;
+interface nsIMsgDatabase;
+interface nsIFileSpec;
+
+
+[scriptable, uuid(2af7d7a2-e5b6-11d4-a5b7-0060b0fc04b7)]
+
+/*  Use this for any object that wants to handle compacting folders */
+
+interface nsIMsgFolderCompactor :  nsISupports
+{
+  void Init(in nsIMsgFolder folder, in string baseMsgUri, in nsIMsgDatabase db,
+                           in nsIFileSpec pathSpec);
+  // we probably want to add the ability to set an enumerator to determine which
+  // messages to copy over in the compaction process.
+  void StartCompacting();
+  void FinishCompact();
+};