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diff --git a/editor/txmgr/nsITransactionManager.idl b/editor/txmgr/nsITransactionManager.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0587d5ca1 --- /dev/null +++ b/editor/txmgr/nsITransactionManager.idl @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ +/* 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" +#include "nsITransaction.idl" +#include "nsITransactionList.idl" +#include "nsITransactionListener.idl" + +%{ C++ + +#define NS_TRANSACTIONMANAGER_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/transactionmanager;1" + +%} C++ + +/** + * The nsITransactionManager interface. + * <P> + * This interface is implemented by an object that wants to + * manage/track transactions. + */ +[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(c77763df-0fb9-41a8-8074-8e882f605755)] +interface nsITransactionManager : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Calls a transaction's doTransaction() method, then pushes it on the + * undo stack. + * <P> + * This method calls the transaction's AddRef() method. + * The transaction's Release() method will be called when the undo or redo + * stack is pruned or when the transaction manager is destroyed. + * @param aTransaction the transaction to do. + */ + void doTransaction(in nsITransaction aTransaction); + + /** + * Pops the topmost transaction on the undo stack, calls its + * undoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the redo stack. + */ + void undoTransaction(); + + /** + * Pops the topmost transaction on the redo stack, calls its + * redoTransaction() method, then pushes it on the undo stack. + */ + void redoTransaction(); + + /** + * Clears the undo and redo stacks. + */ + void clear(); + + /** + * Clears the undo stack only. + */ + void clearUndoStack(); + + /** + * Clears the redo stack only. + */ + void clearRedoStack(); + + /** + * Turns on the transaction manager's batch mode, forcing all transactions + * executed by the transaction manager's doTransaction() method to be + * aggregated together until EndBatch() is called. This mode allows an + * application to execute and group together several independent transactions + * so they can be undone with a single call to undoTransaction(). + * @param aData An arbitrary nsISupports object that is associated with the + * batch. Can be retrieved from nsITransactionList. + */ + void beginBatch(in nsISupports aData); + + /** + * Turns off the transaction manager's batch mode. + * @param aAllowEmpty If true, a batch containing no children will be + * pushed onto the undo stack. Otherwise, ending a batch with no + * children will result in no transactions being pushed on the undo stack. + */ + void endBatch(in boolean aAllowEmpty); + + /** + * The number of items on the undo stack. + */ + readonly attribute long numberOfUndoItems; + + /** + * The number of items on the redo stack. + */ + readonly attribute long numberOfRedoItems; + + /** + * Sets the maximum number of transaction items the transaction manager will + * maintain at any time. This is commonly referred to as the number of levels + * of undo. + * @param aMaxCount A value of -1 means no limit. A value of zero means the + * transaction manager will execute each transaction, then immediately release + * all references it has to the transaction without pushing it on the undo + * stack. A value greater than zero indicates the max number of transactions + * that can exist at any time on both the undo and redo stacks. This method + * will prune the necessary number of transactions on the undo and redo + * stacks if the value specified is less than the number of items that exist + * on both the undo and redo stacks. + */ + attribute long maxTransactionCount; + + /** + * Combines the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) with the + * preceding undo transaction (if any) into a batch transaction. Thus, + * a call to undoTransaction() will undo both transactions. + */ + void batchTopUndo(); + + /** + * Removes the transaction at the top of the undo stack (if any) without + * transacting. + */ + void removeTopUndo(); + + /** + * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the + * undo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return + * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top + * of the undo stack. + */ + nsITransaction peekUndoStack(); + + /** + * Returns an AddRef'd pointer to the transaction at the top of the + * redo stack. Callers should be aware that this method could return + * return a null in some implementations if there is a batch at the top + * of the redo stack. + */ + nsITransaction peekRedoStack(); + + /** + * Returns the list of transactions on the undo stack. Note that the + * transaction at the top of the undo stack will actually be at the + * index 'n-1' in the list, where 'n' is the number of items in the list. + */ + nsITransactionList getUndoList(); + + /** + * Returns the list of transactions on the redo stack. Note that the + * transaction at the top of the redo stack will actually be at the + * index 'n-1' in the list, where 'n' is the number of items in the list. + */ + nsITransactionList getRedoList(); + + /** + * Adds a listener to the transaction manager's notification list. Listeners + * are notified whenever a transaction is done, undone, or redone. + * <P> + * The listener's AddRef() method is called. + * @param aListener the lister to add. + */ + void AddListener(in nsITransactionListener aListener); + + /** + * Removes a listener from the transaction manager's notification list. + * <P> + * The listener's Release() method is called. + * @param aListener the lister to remove. + */ + void RemoveListener(in nsITransactionListener aListener); +}; + |