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- /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
- * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
- * License.
- *
- * The Original Code is Mozilla XPCOM Dictionary.
- *
- * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
- * Digital Creations 2, Inc.
- * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2000
- * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Contributor(s):
- * Martijn Pieters <mj@digicool.com> (original author)
- *
- * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
- * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
- * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
- * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
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- * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
- * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
- * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
- *
- * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
-
- /*
- * Simple dictionary implementation.
- * Version: $Revision: 1.2 $
- *
- * $Id: nsIDictionary.idl,v 1.2 2004/04/18 22:14:12 gerv%gerv.net Exp $
- */
-
- #include "nsISupports.idl"
-
- /**
- * A simple mutable table of objects, accessed by key.
- */
- [scriptable, uuid(1dd0cb45-aea3-4a52-8b29-01429a542863)]
- interface nsIDictionary: nsISupports {
- /**
- * Check if a given key is present in the dictionary.
- *
- * @param key Key to check for
- * @return true if present, false if absent.
- */
- boolean hasKey(in string key);
-
- /**
- * Retrieve all keys in the dictionary.
- *
- * @return array of all keys, unsorted.
- */
- void getKeys(out PRUint32 count,
- [retval, array, size_is(count)] out string keys);
-
- /**
- * Find the value indicated by the key.
- *
- * @param key The lookup key indicating the value.
- * @return Value indicated by key. If the key doesn't exist,
- * NS_ERROR_FAILURE will be returned.
- */
- nsISupports getValue(in string key);
-
- /**
- * Add the key-value pair to the dictionary.
- * If the key is already present, replace the old value
- * with the new.
- *
- * @param key The key by which the value can be accessed
- * @param value The value to be stored.
- */
- void setValue(in string key, in nsISupports value);
-
- /**
- * Delete the indicated key-value pair.
- *
- * @param key The key indicating the pair to be removed.
- * @return The removed value. If the key doesn't exist,
- * NS_ERROR_FAILURE will be returned.
- */
- nsISupports deleteValue(in string key);
-
- /**
- * Delete all key-value pairs from the dictionary.
- */
- void clear();
- };
-
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-