/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- * * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or * implied. See the License for the specific language governing * rights and limitations under the License. * * 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) 2001 Netscape Communications Corporation. All * Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): */ /* There are several ways to open a new window in Mozilla: directly, using nsAppShellService; indirectly, using the Open method on an extant window, the OpenWindow method on the nsWindowWatcher service, and this WindowCreator. I think that's all of them, for petessake. But the conditions under which each should be used are definite, if not clear, and there is no overlap. Basically, you should never use nsAppShellService. That's the basic method that all others boil down to, and it creates partially initialized windows. Trust the other means of opening windows to use nsAppShellService and then finish the new window's initialization. nsAppShellService is also strictly a Mozilla-only service; it's unavailable (or should be) to embedding apps. So it's not merely inadvisable but also illegal for any code that may execute in an embedding context to use that service. Unless you're writing window opening code yourself, you want to use the Open method on an extant window, or lacking one of those, the OpenWindow method on the nsWindowWatcher service. (The former calls through to the latter.) Both methods are equally at home in Mozilla and embedding contexts. They differentiate between which kind of window to open in different ways, depending on whether there is an extant window. Lacking an extant window, it's this object, the nsWindowCreator, that allows new window creation and properly distinguishes between Mozilla and embedding contexts. This source file contains the Mozilla version, which calls through to nsAppShellService. */ #include "nsCOMPtr.h" #include "nsAppShellCIDs.h" #include "nsIAppShellService.h" #include "nsIInterfaceRequestor.h" #include "nsIServiceManager.h" #include "nsIXULWindow.h" #include "nsIWebBrowserChrome.h" #include "nsWindowCreator.h" static NS_DEFINE_CID(kAppShellServiceCID, NS_APPSHELL_SERVICE_CID); nsWindowCreator::nsWindowCreator() { NS_INIT_REFCNT(); } nsWindowCreator::~nsWindowCreator() { } NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(nsWindowCreator, nsIWindowCreator) NS_IMETHODIMP nsWindowCreator::CreateChromeWindow(nsIWebBrowserChrome *aParent, PRUint32 aChromeFlags, nsIWebBrowserChrome **_retval) { NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(_retval); *_retval = 0; /* There is no valid way to get from an nsIWebBrowserChrome interface to the corresponding nsXULWindow, so we can't really service a request to make a window with a parent. This shouldn't be a problem, since convention suggests this method only be used when there is no parent window (otherwise, just call Open() on the parent). However, we should say something, just to be sure: */ NS_ASSERTION(!aParent, "window creator reached with non-null parent"); if (aParent) return NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG; /* And you really shouldn't be making dependent windows without a parent. But unparented modal (and therefore dependent) windows happen in our codebase, so we allow it after some bellyaching: */ if (aChromeFlags & nsIWebBrowserChrome::CHROME_DEPENDENT) NS_WARNING("dependent window created without a parent"); nsCOMPtr appShell(do_GetService(kAppShellServiceCID)); if (!appShell) return NS_ERROR_FAILURE; nsCOMPtr newWindow; appShell->CreateTopLevelWindow(0, 0, PR_FALSE, PR_FALSE, aChromeFlags, NS_SIZETOCONTENT, NS_SIZETOCONTENT, getter_AddRefs(newWindow)); nsCOMPtr thing(do_QueryInterface(newWindow)); if (thing) thing->GetInterface(NS_GET_IID(nsIWebBrowserChrome), (void **) _retval); return *_retval ? NS_OK : NS_ERROR_FAILURE; }