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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */
+/* 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"
+
+[ptr] native PRThread(PRThread);
+
+interface nsIThread;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for creating and locating nsIThread instances.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(1be89eca-e2f7-453b-8d38-c11ba247f6f3)]
+interface nsIThreadManager : nsISupports
+{
+  /**
+   * Default number of bytes reserved for a thread's stack, if no stack size
+   * is specified in newThread(). 0 means use platform default.
+   */
+  const unsigned long DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new thread (a global, user PRThread).
+   *
+   * @param creationFlags
+   *   Reserved for future use.  Pass 0.
+   * @param stackSize
+   *   Number of bytes to reserve for the thread's stack.
+   *
+   * @returns
+   *   The newly created nsIThread object.
+   */
+  nsIThread newThread(in unsigned long creationFlags, [optional] in unsigned long stackSize);
+
+  /**
+   * Get the nsIThread object (if any) corresponding to the given PRThread.
+   * This method returns null if there is no corresponding nsIThread.
+   *
+   * @param prthread
+   *   The PRThread of the nsIThread being requested.
+   *
+   * @returns
+   *   The nsIThread object corresponding to the given PRThread or null if no
+   *   such nsIThread exists.
+   */
+  [noscript] nsIThread getThreadFromPRThread(in PRThread prthread);
+
+  /**
+   * Get the main thread.
+   */
+  readonly attribute nsIThread mainThread;
+
+  /**
+   * Get the current thread.  If the calling thread does not already have a
+   * nsIThread associated with it, then a new nsIThread will be created and
+   * associated with the current PRThread.
+   */
+  readonly attribute nsIThread currentThread;
+
+  /**
+   * This attribute is true if the calling thread is the main thread of the
+   * application process.
+   */
+  readonly attribute boolean isMainThread;
+};