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#ifndef nsIScriptExternalNameSet_h__
#define nsIScriptExternalNameSet_h__

#include "nscore.h"
#include "nsString.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"

#define NS_ISCRIPTEXTERNALNAMESET_IID \
  {0xa6cf90da, 0x15b3, 0x11d2,        \
  {0x93, 0x2e, 0x00, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0xdd, 0x32}}

class nsIScriptContext;

/**
 * This interface represents a set of names or symbols
 * that should be added to the "global" namespace of a
 * script context. A name set is registered with the
 * name set registry (see <code>nsIScriptNameSetRegistry</code>)
 * at application initialization time. The 
 * <code>AddNameSet</code> method is invoked for each
 * new script context so that a name set can add its
 * global symbols to the name space manager
 * (see <code>nsIScriptNameSpaceManager</code>) of the
 * script context.
 */
class nsIScriptExternalNameSet : public nsISupports {
public:

  NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ISCRIPTEXTERNALNAMESET_IID);
  /**
   * Called to tell the name set to do any class initialization
   * it needs to
   */
  NS_IMETHOD InitializeClasses(nsIScriptContext* aScriptContext) = 0;

  /**
   * Called to tell the name set to add its names to the
   * namespace manager of the context.
   */
  NS_IMETHOD AddNameSet(nsIScriptContext* aScriptContext) = 0;
};

#endif /* nsIScriptExternalNameSet_h__ */