/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
 *
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 * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
 * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
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 *
 * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
 * Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
 * Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
 * Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s): 
 */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

%{C++

#include "nsIEnumerator.h"
#include "nsISupportsArray.h"
#include "nsIInputStream.h"
#include "nsIOutputStream.h"
#include "nsIProperties.h"
#include "nsID.h"
#include "nsString.h"

%}

[ptr] native nsStringPtr(nsString);

[scriptable, uuid(283EE646-1AEF-11D4-98B3-00C04fA0CE9A)]
interface nsIPropertyElement : nsISupports {

  [noscript]  void        SetKey(in nsStringPtr aKey);
  [noscript]  void        SetValue(in nsStringPtr aValue);
              wstring     getKey();
              wstring     getValue();

};


%{C++

//{283EE645-1AEF-11D4-98B3-00C04fA0CE9A}
#define NS_IPROPERTYELEMENT_CID \
{	0x283ee645, 0x1aef, 0x11d4, \
  { 0x98, 0xb3, 0x0, 0xc0, 0x4f, 0xa0, 0xce, 0x9a } }
static NS_DEFINE_CID(kPropertyElementCID, NS_IPROPERTYELEMENT_CID);

// {1A180F60-93B2-11d2-9B8B-00805F8A16D9}
#define NS_IPERSISTENTPROPERTIES_IID \
{ 0x1a180f60, 0x93b2, 0x11d2, \
  { 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0x16, 0xd9 } }

#define NS_IPERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CID \
{ 0x2245e573, 0x9464, 0x11d2, \
  { 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0x16, 0xd9 } }
static NS_DEFINE_CID(kPersistentPropertiesCID, NS_IPERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CID);

#define NS_PERSISTENTPROPERTIES_PROGID "component://netscape/persistent-properties"
#define NS_PERSISTENTPROPERTIES_CLASSNAME "Persistent Properties"

class nsIPersistentProperties : public nsIProperties
{
public:
  static const nsIID& GetIID() { static nsIID iid = NS_IPERSISTENTPROPERTIES_IID; return iid; }

  NS_IMETHOD Load(nsIInputStream* aIn) = 0;
  NS_IMETHOD Save(nsIOutputStream* aOut, const nsString& aHeader) = 0;
  NS_IMETHOD Subclass(nsIPersistentProperties* aSubclass) = 0;	

  /**
   * Enumerates the properties in the supplied enumerator.
   * @return NS_ERROR_FAILURE if no properties to enumerate
   */
  NS_IMETHOD EnumerateProperties(nsIBidirectionalEnumerator** aResult) = 0;
  NS_IMETHOD SimpleEnumerateProperties(nsISimpleEnumerator** aResult) = 0;

  // XXX these 2 methods will be subsumed by the ones from 
  // nsIProperties once we figure this all out
  NS_IMETHOD GetStringProperty(const nsString& aKey, nsString& aValue) = 0;
  NS_IMETHOD SetStringProperty(const nsString& aKey, nsString& aNewValue,
                               nsString& aOldValue) = 0;
};

%}