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author | Matt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain> | 2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500 |
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committer | Matt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain> | 2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500 |
commit | 5f8de423f190bbb79a62f804151bc24824fa32d8 (patch) | |
tree | 10027f336435511475e392454359edea8e25895d /xpcom/base/nsIMessageLoop.idl | |
parent | 49ee0794b5d912db1f95dce6eb52d781dc210db5 (diff) | |
download | uxp-5f8de423f190bbb79a62f804151bc24824fa32d8.tar.gz |
Add m-esr52 at 52.6.0
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diff --git a/xpcom/base/nsIMessageLoop.idl b/xpcom/base/nsIMessageLoop.idl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b10d1c5761 --- /dev/null +++ b/xpcom/base/nsIMessageLoop.idl @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +/* -*- 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 "nsISupports.idl" + +interface nsIRunnable; + +/** + * This service allows access to the current thread's Chromium MessageLoop + * instance, with some extra sugar added. If you're calling from C++, it may + * or may not make sense for you to use this interface. If you're calling from + * JS, you don't have a choice! + * + * Right now, you can only call PostIdleTask(), and the wrath of khuey is + * stopping you from adding other methods. + * + * nsIMessageLoop's contractid is "@mozilla.org/message-loop;1". + */ +[scriptable, uuid(3E8C58E8-E52C-43E0-8E66-669CA788FF5F)] +interface nsIMessageLoop : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Posts a task to be run when this thread's message loop is idle, or after + * ensureRunsAfterMS milliseconds have elapsed. (That is, the task is + * guaranteed to run /eventually/.) + * + * Note that if the event loop is busy, we will hold a reference to the task + * until ensureRunsAfterMS milliseconds have elapsed. Be careful when + * specifying long timeouts and tasks which hold references to windows or + * other large objects, because you can leak memory in a difficult-to-detect + * way! + */ + void postIdleTask(in nsIRunnable task, in uint32_t ensureRunsAfterMS); +}; |