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(6fb46b32-9aa1-4d81-aa54-d57a414948c3)]
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;

  /**
   * Binds the control to the model. Only handles attaching to the model
   * (including reattaching from any old model).
   *
   * @note It can also set the boundNode, but does not do a proper node
   * binding, as in setting up dependencies, attaching index() listeners, etc.
   *
   * @param setBoundNode     Set boundNode too?
   */
  void bindToModel(in boolean setBoundNode);

  /**
   * 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 @owner 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();

  /**
   * Is true when the control is getting its instance data node binding from a
   * model bind element, ie. it has a |bind| attribute.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean usesModelBinding;

  /**
   * Is true when the control uses single node binding.  Will return false
   * when the control uses node-set binding (i.e. repeat and itemset).
   */
  readonly attribute boolean usesSingleNodeBinding;

  /**
   * These represent the default intrinsic states for controls when they are
   * enabled and disabled.
   */
  readonly attribute long defaultIntrinsicState;
  readonly attribute long disabledIntrinsicState;

  /**
   * This method is used to force the control to recalculate its bound node
   * and to refresh.  Used primarily internally to correct situations where DOM
   * manipulations have gotten things out of balance.
   */
  void rebindAndRefresh();

  /**
   * The keeper of the aborted bind list, if any, that this control is
   * currently listed on.
   *
   * In other words, if this control tried to bind and couldn't, we added it
   * to the appropriate context control's aborted bind list so that this control
   * could bind as soon as the context control is able to bind.  But if this
   * control is removed from the DOM before it has a chance to be processed,
   * we should remove it from the list so that it can be cleaned up
   * appropriately.
   */
  attribute nsIXFormsContextControl abortedBindListContainer;
};