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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; 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/. */
+
+/*
+// <pre>
+*/
+#ifndef PREFAPI_H
+#define PREFAPI_H
+
+#include "nscore.h"
+#include "PLDHashTable.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+// 1 MB should be enough for everyone.
+static const uint32_t MAX_PREF_LENGTH = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
+// Actually, 4kb should be enough for everyone.
+static const uint32_t MAX_ADVISABLE_PREF_LENGTH = 4 * 1024;
+
+typedef union
+{
+ char* stringVal;
+ int32_t intVal;
+ bool boolVal;
+} PrefValue;
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// The Init function initializes the preference context and creates
+// the preference hashtable.
+// </font>
+*/
+void PREF_Init();
+
+/*
+// Cleanup should be called at program exit to free the
+// list of registered callbacks.
+*/
+void PREF_Cleanup();
+void PREF_CleanupPrefs();
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// Preference flags, including the native type of the preference. Changing any of these
+// values will require modifying the code inside of PrefTypeFlags class.
+// </font>
+*/
+
+enum class PrefType {
+ Invalid = 0,
+ String = 1,
+ Int = 2,
+ Bool = 3,
+};
+
+// Keep the type of the preference, as well as the flags guiding its behaviour.
+class PrefTypeFlags
+{
+public:
+ PrefTypeFlags() : mValue(AsInt(PrefType::Invalid)) {}
+ explicit PrefTypeFlags(PrefType aType) : mValue(AsInt(aType)) {}
+ PrefTypeFlags& Reset() { mValue = AsInt(PrefType::Invalid); return *this; }
+
+ bool IsTypeValid() const { return !IsPrefType(PrefType::Invalid); }
+ bool IsTypeString() const { return IsPrefType(PrefType::String); }
+ bool IsTypeInt() const { return IsPrefType(PrefType::Int); }
+ bool IsTypeBool() const { return IsPrefType(PrefType::Bool); }
+ bool IsPrefType(PrefType type) const { return GetPrefType() == type; }
+
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetPrefType(PrefType aType) {
+ mValue = mValue - AsInt(GetPrefType()) + AsInt(aType);
+ return *this;
+ }
+ PrefType GetPrefType() const {
+ return (PrefType)(mValue & (AsInt(PrefType::String) |
+ AsInt(PrefType::Int) |
+ AsInt(PrefType::Bool)));
+ }
+
+ bool HasDefault() const { return mValue & PREF_FLAG_HAS_DEFAULT; }
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetHasDefault(bool aSetOrUnset) { return SetFlag(PREF_FLAG_HAS_DEFAULT, aSetOrUnset); }
+
+ bool HasStickyDefault() const { return mValue & PREF_FLAG_STICKY_DEFAULT; }
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetHasStickyDefault(bool aSetOrUnset) { return SetFlag(PREF_FLAG_STICKY_DEFAULT, aSetOrUnset); }
+
+ bool IsLocked() const { return mValue & PREF_FLAG_LOCKED; }
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetLocked(bool aSetOrUnset) { return SetFlag(PREF_FLAG_LOCKED, aSetOrUnset); }
+
+ bool HasUserValue() const { return mValue & PREF_FLAG_USERSET; }
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetHasUserValue(bool aSetOrUnset) { return SetFlag(PREF_FLAG_USERSET, aSetOrUnset); }
+
+private:
+ static uint16_t AsInt(PrefType aType) { return (uint16_t)aType; }
+
+ PrefTypeFlags& SetFlag(uint16_t aFlag, bool aSetOrUnset) {
+ mValue = aSetOrUnset ? mValue | aFlag : mValue & ~aFlag;
+ return *this;
+ }
+
+ // Pack both the value of type (PrefType) and flags into the same int. This is why
+ // the flag enum starts at 4, as PrefType occupies the bottom two bits.
+ enum {
+ PREF_FLAG_LOCKED = 4,
+ PREF_FLAG_USERSET = 8,
+ PREF_FLAG_CONFIG = 16,
+ PREF_FLAG_REMOTE = 32,
+ PREF_FLAG_LILOCAL = 64,
+ PREF_FLAG_HAS_DEFAULT = 128,
+ PREF_FLAG_STICKY_DEFAULT = 256,
+ };
+ uint16_t mValue;
+};
+
+struct PrefHashEntry : PLDHashEntryHdr
+{
+ PrefTypeFlags prefFlags; // This field goes first to minimize struct size on 64-bit.
+ const char *key;
+ PrefValue defaultPref;
+ PrefValue userPref;
+};
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// Set the various types of preferences. These functions take a dotted
+// notation of the preference name (e.g. "browser.startup.homepage").
+// Note that this will cause the preference to be saved to the file if
+// it is different from the default. In other words, these are used
+// to set the _user_ preferences.
+//
+// If set_default is set to true however, it sets the default value.
+// This will only affect the program behavior if the user does not have a value
+// saved over it for the particular preference. In addition, these will never
+// be saved out to disk.
+//
+// Each set returns PREF_VALUECHANGED if the user value changed
+// (triggering a callback), or PREF_NOERROR if the value was unchanged.
+// </font>
+*/
+nsresult PREF_SetCharPref(const char *pref,const char* value, bool set_default = false);
+nsresult PREF_SetIntPref(const char *pref,int32_t value, bool set_default = false);
+nsresult PREF_SetBoolPref(const char *pref,bool value, bool set_default = false);
+
+bool PREF_HasUserPref(const char* pref_name);
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// Get the various types of preferences. These functions take a dotted
+// notation of the preference name (e.g. "browser.startup.homepage")
+//
+// They also take a pointer to fill in with the return value and return an
+// error value. At the moment, this is simply an int but it may
+// be converted to an enum once the global error strategy is worked out.
+//
+// They will perform conversion if the type doesn't match what was requested.
+// (if it is reasonably possible)
+// </font>
+*/
+nsresult PREF_GetIntPref(const char *pref,
+ int32_t * return_int, bool get_default);
+nsresult PREF_GetBoolPref(const char *pref, bool * return_val, bool get_default);
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// These functions are similar to the above "Get" version with the significant
+// difference that the preference module will alloc the memory (e.g. XP_STRDUP) and
+// the caller will need to be responsible for freeing it...
+// </font>
+*/
+nsresult PREF_CopyCharPref(const char *pref, char ** return_buf, bool get_default);
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// bool function that returns whether or not the preference is locked and therefore
+// cannot be changed.
+// </font>
+*/
+bool PREF_PrefIsLocked(const char *pref_name);
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// Function that sets whether or not the preference is locked and therefore
+// cannot be changed.
+// </font>
+*/
+nsresult PREF_LockPref(const char *key, bool lockIt);
+
+PrefType PREF_GetPrefType(const char *pref_name);
+
+/*
+ * Delete a branch of the tree
+ */
+nsresult PREF_DeleteBranch(const char *branch_name);
+
+/*
+ * Clears the given pref (reverts it to its default value)
+ */
+nsresult PREF_ClearUserPref(const char *pref_name);
+
+/*
+ * Clears all user prefs
+ */
+nsresult PREF_ClearAllUserPrefs();
+
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// The callback function will get passed the pref_node which triggered the call
+// and the void * instance_data which was passed to the register callback function.
+// Return a non-zero result (nsresult) to pass an error up to the caller.
+// </font>
+*/
+/* Temporarily conditionally compile PrefChangedFunc typedef.
+** During migration from old libpref to nsIPref we need it in
+** both header files. Eventually prefapi.h will become a private
+** file. The two types need to be in sync for now. Certain
+** compilers were having problems with multiple definitions.
+*/
+#ifndef have_PrefChangedFunc_typedef
+typedef void (*PrefChangedFunc) (const char *, void *);
+#define have_PrefChangedFunc_typedef
+#endif
+
+/*
+// <font color=blue>
+// Register a callback. This takes a node in the preference tree and will
+// call the callback function if anything below that node is modified.
+// Unregister returns PREF_NOERROR if a callback was found that
+// matched all the parameters; otherwise it returns PREF_ERROR.
+// </font>
+*/
+void PREF_RegisterCallback(const char* domain,
+ PrefChangedFunc callback, void* instance_data );
+nsresult PREF_UnregisterCallback(const char* domain,
+ PrefChangedFunc callback, void* instance_data );
+
+/*
+ * Used by nsPrefService as the callback function of the 'pref' parser
+ */
+void PREF_ReaderCallback( void *closure,
+ const char *pref,
+ PrefValue value,
+ PrefType type,
+ bool isDefault,
+ bool isStickyDefault);
+
+
+/*
+ * Callback whenever we change a preference
+ */
+typedef void (*PrefsDirtyFunc) ();
+void PREF_SetDirtyCallback(PrefsDirtyFunc);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif