pjs/extensions/xforms/nsIXFormsControl.idl

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#include "nsIXFormsContextControl.idl"

interface nsIDOMNode;
interface nsIDOMElement;
%{C++
  #include "nsCOMArray.h"
%}

[ptr] native nsCOMArrayPtr(nsCOMArray<nsIDOMNode>);

/**
 * Interface implemented by all XForms form control classes.
 */
[uuid(8377c845-5d55-4eee-9a76-0f86751dcbc8)]
interface nsIXFormsControl : nsIXFormsContextControl
{
  /**
   * Tries to move focus to form control and returns true if succeeded.
   */
  boolean tryFocus();

  /**
   * The instance node that the control is bound to.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode boundNode;

  /**
   * The instance nodes that the control depend on.
   *
   * In other words, all the instance nodes that could influence which node
   * the control is bound to (mBoundNode). For example:
   * If a node has @ref="/share[@owner = /me]", it depends on all /share
   * nodes, all @owned attributes on /share nodes, and all /me nodes.
   */
  readonly attribute nsCOMArrayPtr dependencies;

  /**
   * Get the element that should receive events for the control.
   *
   * @todo This should not be necessary, we should send directly to the
   * control (XXX)
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMElement element;

  /** According to sec 4.1 in the spec, only certain controls are allowed to
   *  be targets of the interaction and notification events.  The controls
   *  that inherit from nsXFormsControlStub that SHOULDN'T get these events
   *  need to override IsEventTarget() and return PR_FALSE
   */
  boolean isEventTarget();
};