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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIDOMWindow;
+
+/**
+ * nsIBrowserGlue is a dirty and rather fluid interface to host shared utility 
+ * methods used by browser UI code, but which are not local to a browser window.
+ * The component implementing this interface is meant to be a singleton
+ * (service) and should progressively replace some of the shared "glue" code 
+ * scattered in browser/base/content (e.g. bits of utilOverlay.js, 
+ * contentAreaUtils.js, globalOverlay.js, browser.js), avoiding dynamic 
+ * inclusion and initialization of a ton of JS code for *each* window.
+ * Dued to its nature and origin, this interface won't probably be the most
+ * elegant or stable in the mozilla codebase, but its aim is rather pragmatic:
+ * 1) reducing the performance overhead which affects browser window load;
+ * 2) allow global hooks (e.g. startup and shutdown observers) which survive
+ * browser windows to accomplish browser-related activities, such as shutdown
+ * sanitization (see bug #284086)
+ *
+ */ 
+
+[scriptable, uuid(b0e7c156-d00c-4605-a77d-27c7418f23ae)]
+interface nsIBrowserGlue : nsISupports
+{
+  /** 
+   * Deletes privacy sensitive data according to user preferences
+   *
+   * @param aParentWindow an optionally null window which is the parent of the 
+   *        sanitization dialog
+   *
+   */
+  void sanitize(in nsIDOMWindow aParentWindow);
+};