/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIMsgSearchValidityTable.idl"

typedef long nsMsgSearchValidityScope;

[scriptable, uuid(6A352055-DE6E-49d2-A256-89E0B9EC405E)]
interface nsIMsgSearchValidityManager : nsISupports {
    nsIMsgSearchValidityTable getTable(in nsMsgSearchValidityScope scope);

    /**
     * Given a search attribute (which is an internal numerical id), return
     * the string name that you can use as a key to look up the localized
     * string in the search-attributes.properties file.
     *
     * @param aSearchAttribute  attribute type from interface nsMsgSearchAttrib
     *
     * @return                  localization-friendly string representation
     *                          of the attribute
     */
    AString getAttributeProperty(in nsMsgSearchAttribValue aSearchAttribute);
};