This superscedes the old plugin API (npapi.h, npupp.h), and * eliminates the need for glue files: npunix.c, npwin.cpp and npmac.cpp that * get linked with the plugin. You will however need to link with the "backward * adapter" (badapter.cpp) in order to allow your plugin to run in pre-5.0 * browsers. * *
See nsplugin.h for an overview of how this interface fits with the * overall plugin architecture. */ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #ifndef nsIPluginInstance_h___ #define nsIPluginInstance_h___ #include "nsplugindefs.h" #include "nsIEventHandler.h" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Plugin Instance Interface /** * The nsIPluginInstance interface is the minimum interface plugin developers * need to support in order to implement a plugin instance. The plugin manager * may QueryInterface for more specific types, e.g. nsILiveConnectPluginInstance. * * (Corresponds to NPP object.) * * The old NPP_Destroy call has been factored into two plugin instance * methods: * * Stop -- called when the plugin instance is to be stopped (e.g. by * displaying another plugin manager window, causing the page containing * the plugin to become removed from the display). * * Destroy -- called once, before the plugin instance peer is to be * destroyed. This method is used to destroy the plugin instance. */ class nsIPluginInstance : public nsIEventHandler { public: /** * Initializes a newly created plugin instance, passing to it the plugin * instance peer which it should use for all communication back to the browser. * * @param peer - the corresponding plugin instance peer * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD Initialize(nsIPluginInstancePeer* peer) = 0; /** * Returns a reference back to the plugin instance peer. This method is * used whenever the browser needs to obtain the peer back from a plugin * instance. The implementation of this method should be sure to increment * the reference count on the peer by calling AddRef. * * @param resultingPeer - the resulting plugin instance peer * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD GetPeer(nsIPluginInstancePeer* *resultingPeer) = 0; /** * Called to instruct the plugin instance to start. This will be called after * the plugin is first created and initialized, and may be called after the * plugin is stopped (via the Stop method) if the plugin instance is returned * to in the browser window's history. * * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD Start(void) = 0; /** * Called to instruct the plugin instance to stop, thereby suspending its state. * This method will be called whenever the browser window goes on to display * another page and the page containing the plugin goes into the window's history * list. * * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD Stop(void) = 0; /** * Called to instruct the plugin instance to destroy itself. This is called when * it become no longer possible to return to the plugin instance, either because * the browser window's history list of pages is being trimmed, or because the * window containing this page in the history is being closed. * * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD Destroy(void) = 0; /** * Called when the window containing the plugin instance changes. * * (Corresponds to NPP_SetWindow.) * * @param window - the plugin window structure * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD SetWindow(nsPluginWindow* window) = 0; #ifndef NEW_PLUGIN_STREAM_API /** * Called when a new plugin stream must be constructed in order for the plugin * instance to receive a stream of data from the browser. * * (Corresponds to NPP_NewStream.) * * @param peer - the plugin stream peer, representing information about the * incoming stream, and stream-specific callbacks into the browser * @param result - the resulting plugin stream * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD NewStream(nsIPluginStreamPeer* peer, nsIPluginStream* *result) = 0; #endif /** * Called to instruct the plugin instance to print itself to a printer. * * (Corresponds to NPP_Print.) * * @param platformPrint - platform-specific printing information * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD Print(nsPluginPrint* platformPrint) = 0; #ifndef NEW_PLUGIN_STREAM_API /** * Called to notify the plugin instance that a URL request has been * completed. (See nsIPluginManager::GetURL and nsIPluginManager::PostURL). * * (Corresponds to NPP_URLNotify.) * * @param url - the requested URL * @param target - the target window name * @param reason - the reason for completion * @param notifyData - the notify data supplied to GetURL or PostURL * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD URLNotify(const char* url, const char* target, nsPluginReason reason, void* notifyData) = 0; #endif /** * Returns the value of a variable associated with the plugin instance. * * @param variable - the plugin instance variable to get * @param value - the address of where to store the resulting value * @result - NS_OK if this operation was successful */ NS_IMETHOD GetValue(nsPluginInstanceVariable variable, void *value) = 0; }; #define NS_IPLUGININSTANCE_IID \ { /* ebe00f40-0199-11d2-815b-006008119d7a */ \ 0xebe00f40, \ 0x0199, \ 0x11d2, \ {0x81, 0x5b, 0x00, 0x60, 0x08, 0x11, 0x9d, 0x7a} \ } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #endif /* nsIPluginInstance_h___ */