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/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
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#ifndef nsISupportsBase_h__
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#define nsISupportsBase_h__
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* IID for the nsISupports interface
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* {00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
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* To maintain binary compatibility with COM's IUnknown, we define the IID
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* of nsISupports to be the same as that of COM's IUnknown.
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#define NS_ISUPPORTS_IID \
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{ 0x00000000, 0x0000, 0x0000, \
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{0xc0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x46} }
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* Reference count values
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* This is the return type for AddRef() and Release() in nsISupports.
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* IUnknown of COM returns an unsigned long from equivalent functions.
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* The following ifdef exists to maintain binary compatibility with
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#if defined(XP_WIN) && PR_BYTES_PER_LONG == 4
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typedef unsigned long nsrefcnt;
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typedef PRUint32 nsrefcnt;
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* Basic component object model interface. Objects which implement
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* this interface support runtime interface discovery (QueryInterface)
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* and a reference counted memory model (AddRef/Release). This is
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* modelled after the win32 IUnknown API.
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class NS_NO_VTABLE nsISupports {
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* A run time mechanism for interface discovery.
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* @param aIID [in] A requested interface IID
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* @param aInstancePtr [out] A pointer to an interface pointer to
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* @return <b>NS_OK</b> if the interface is supported by the associated
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* instance, <b>NS_NOINTERFACE</b> if it is not.
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* <b>NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER</b> if <i>aInstancePtr</i> is <b>NULL</b>.
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NS_IMETHOD QueryInterface(REFNSIID aIID, void** aInstancePtr) = 0;
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* Increases the reference count for this interface.
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* The associated instance will not be deleted unless
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* the reference count is returned to zero.
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* @return The resulting reference count.
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NS_IMETHOD_(nsrefcnt) AddRef(void) = 0;
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* Decreases the reference count for this interface.
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* Generally, if the reference count returns to zero,
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* the associated instance is deleted.
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* @return The resulting reference count.
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NS_IMETHOD_(nsrefcnt) Release(void) = 0;