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/* -*- Mode: C++; 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 "domstubs.idl"

interface nsISupports;
interface nsIXULTemplateResult;

/**
 * A rule filter may be used to add additional filtering of results to a rule.
 * The filter is used to further reject results from matching the template's
 * rules, beyond what the template syntax can do itself, thus allowing for
 * more complex result filtering. The rule filter is applied after the rule
 * syntax within the template.
 *
 * Only one filter may apply to each rule within the template and may be
 * assigned using the template builder's addRuleFilter method.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(819cd1ed-8010-42e1-a8b9-778b726a1ff3)]
interface nsIXULTemplateRuleFilter : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Evaluate a result and return true if the result is accepted by this
   * filter, or false if it is rejected. Accepted results will have output
   * generated for them for the rule. Rejected results will not, but they
   * may still match another rule.
   *
   * @param aRef the result to examine
   * @param aRule the rule node
   *
   * @return true if the rule matches
   */
  boolean match(in nsIXULTemplateResult aRef, in nsIDOMNode aRule);
};