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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* 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 nsIFile;
+interface nsIComponentManager;
+
+/**
+ * The nsIModule interface.
+ */
+
+[scriptable, uuid(7392D032-5371-11d3-994E-00805FD26FEE)]
+interface nsIModule : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Object Instance Creation
+ *
+ * Obtains a Class Object from a nsIModule for a given CID and IID pair.
+ * This class object can either be query to a nsIFactory or a may be
+ * query to a nsIClassInfo.
+ *
+ * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
+ * @param aClass : ClassID of object instance requested
+ * @param aIID : IID of interface requested
+ *
+ */
+ void getClassObject(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
+ in nsCIDRef aClass,
+ in nsIIDRef aIID,
+ [retval, iid_is(aIID)] out nsQIResult aResult);
+
+
+ /**
+ * One time registration callback
+ *
+ * When the nsIModule is discovered, this method will be
+ * called so that any setup registration can be preformed.
+ *
+ * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
+ * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
+ * @param aLoaderStr: Opaque loader specific string
+ * @param aType : Loader Type being used to load this module
+ */
+ void registerSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
+ in nsIFile aLocation,
+ in string aLoaderStr,
+ in string aType);
+ /**
+ * One time unregistration callback
+ *
+ * When the nsIModule is being unregistered, this method will be
+ * called so that any unregistration can be preformed
+ *
+ * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
+ * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
+ * @param aLoaderStr : Opaque loader specific string
+ *
+ */
+ void unregisterSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr,
+ in nsIFile aLocation,
+ in string aLoaderStr);
+
+ /**
+ * Module load management
+ *
+ * @param aCompMgr : The global component manager
+ *
+ * @return indicates to the caller if the module can be unloaded.
+ * Returning PR_TRUE isn't a guarantee that the module will be
+ * unloaded. It constitues only willingness of the module to be
+ * unloaded. It is very important to ensure that no outstanding
+ * references to the module's code/data exist before returning
+ * PR_TRUE.
+ * Returning PR_FALSE guaratees that the module won't be unloaded.
+ */
+ boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
+};
+
+