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Embedding Gecko API

nsIDirectoryServiceProvider

This interface is used by Directory Service to get file locations. It is scriptable.

Methods
getFile

Provides DirectoryService with a prop on the first request or on every request if the prop is not persistent.

Syntax: 

nsIFile nsIDirectoryServiceProvider::getFile(
	in string prop, out PRBool persistent)

Parameters:

prop: The symbolic name of the file.
persistent: [out] If TRUE, the returned file will be cached by Directory Service. Subsequent requests for this prop will bypass the provider and use the cache. If FALSE, the provider will be asked for this prop each time it is requested.

Returns:

The file represented by the property.
Written by:Ellen Evans | Comments, questions, complaints? Bug 143387
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