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authorMatt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain>2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500
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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; 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"
+
+interface nsITimerCallback;
+
+/**
+ * An interface describing a global application service that allows long
+ * duration (e.g. 1-7 or more days, weeks or months) timers to be registered
+ * and then fired.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(0765c92c-6145-4253-9db4-594d8023087e)]
+interface nsIUpdateTimerManager : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Register an interval with the timer manager. The timer manager
+ * periodically checks to see if the interval has expired and if it has
+ * calls the specified callback. This is persistent across application
+ * restarts and can handle intervals of long durations.
+ * @param id
+ * An id that identifies the interval, used for persistence
+ * @param callback
+ * A nsITimerCallback object that is notified when the interval
+ * expires
+ * @param interval
+ * The length of time, in seconds, of the interval
+ *
+ * Note: to avoid having to instantiate a component to call registerTimer
+ * the component can intead register an update-timer category with comma
+ * separated values as a single string representing the timer as follows.
+ *
+ * _xpcom_categories: [{ category: "update-timer",
+ * value: "contractID," +
+ * "method," +
+ * "id," +
+ * "preference," +
+ * "interval" }],
+ * the values are as follows
+ * contractID : the contract ID for the component.
+ * method : the method used to instantiate the interface. This should be
+ * either getService or createInstance depending on your
+ * component.
+ * id : the id that identifies the interval, used for persistence.
+ * preference : the preference to for timer interval. This value can be
+ * optional by specifying an empty string for the value.
+ * interval : the default interval in seconds for the timer.
+ */
+ void registerTimer(in AString id,
+ in nsITimerCallback callback,
+ in unsigned long interval);
+};