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Preface
- Who Should Read This Book
- Organization of the Tutorial
- Following Along with the Examples
- Conventions
- Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1 What Is XPCOM?
- The XPCOM Solution
- Gecko
- Components
- Interfaces
- Interfaces and Encapsulation
- The nsISupports Base Interface
- XPCOM Identifiers
- CID
- Contract ID
- Factories
- XPIDL and Type Libraries
- XPCOM Services
- XPCOM Types
- Method Types
- Reference Counting
- Status Codes
- Variable mappings
- Common XPCOM Error Codes
CHAPTER 2 Using XPCOM Components
- Component Examples
- Cookie Manager
- The WebBrowserFind Component
- The WebLock Component
- Component Use in Mozilla
- Finding Mozilla Components
- Using XPCOM Components in Your C++
- XPConnect: Using XPCOM Components From Script
CHAPTER 3 Component Internals
- Creating Components in C++
- XPCOM Initialization
- XPCOM Registry Manifests
- Registration Methods in XPCOM
- Autoregistration
- The Shutdown Process
- Three parts of a XPCOM Component Library
- XPCOM Glue
- The Glue Library
- XPCOM String Classes
CHAPTER 4 Tutorial : Creating the Component Code
- What We'll Be Working On
- Component Registration
- The regxpcom Program
- Registration Alternatives
- Overview of the WebLock Module Source
- Digging In: Required Includes and Constants
- Identifiers in XPCOM
- Coding for the Registration Process
- The Registration Methods
- Creating an Instance of Your Component
- webLock1.cpp
CHAPTER 5 Tutorial: Using XPCOM Utilities To Make Things Easier
- XPCOM Macros
- Generic XPCOM Module Macros
- Common Implementation Macros
- Declaration Macros
- weblock2.cpp
- String Classes in XPCOM
- Using Strings
- nsEmbedString and nsEmbedCString
- Smart Pointers
CHAPTER 6 Tutorial: Starting WebLock
- Getting Called at Startup
- Registering for Notifications
- Getting Access to the Category Manager
- Providing Access to WebLock
- Creating the WebLock Programming Interface
- Defining the Weblock Interface in XPIDL
- The XPIDL Syntax
- Scriptable Interfaces
- Subclassing nsISupports
- The Web Locking Interface
- Implementing WebLock
- Declaration Macros
- Representing Return Values in XPCOM
- XPIDL Code Generation
- Getting the WebLock Service from a Client
- Implementing the iWebLock Interface
- The Directory Service
- Modifying Paths with nsIFile
- Manipulating Files with nsIFile
- Using nsILocalFile for Reading Data
- Processing the White List Data
- iWebLock Method by Method
- Lock and Unlock
- AddSite
- RemoveSite
- SetSites
- GetNext
- GetSites
- HasMoreElements
CHAPTER 7 Tutorial: Finishing the Component
- Using Frozen Interfaces
- Copying Interfaces into Your Build Environment
- Implementing the nsIContentPolicy Interface
- Receiving Notifications
- Implementing the nsIContentPolicy
- Uniform Resource Locators
- Checking the White List
- Creating nsIURI Objects
CHAPTER 8 Tutorial: Building the WebLock UI
- User Interface Package List
- Client Code Overview
- XUL
- The XUL Document
- The Locking UI
- Site Adding UI
- weblock.xul
- Overlaying New User Interface Into Mozilla
- webLockOverlay.xul
- Other Resources
- weblock.css
- Image Resources
CHAPTER 9 Tutorial: Packaging WebLock
- Component Installation Overview
- Archiving Resources
- The WebLock Installation Script
- The WebLock Trigger Script
- Distributing Your Component
Appendix A: Setting up the Gecko SDK
- Downloading and Setting the SDK
- Building a Microsoft Visual C++ Project
- Creating a New Project
- Adding the Gecko SDK to the Project Settings
- A Makefile for Unix
Appendix B: XPCOM API Reference
- XPCOM Core
- nsISupports
- nsIInterfaceRequestor
- nsIWeakReference
- nsIMemory
- nsIProgrammingLanguage
- XPCOM Components
- nsIComponentManager
- nsIFactory
- nsIModule
- nsIComponentRegistrar
- nsIServiceManager
- nsIClassInfo
- XPCOM Data Structures
- nsICategoryManager
- nsIObserver
- nsIObserverService
- nsIProperties
- nsISimpleEnumerator
- nsISupportsPrimitives
- XPCOM I/O
- nsIDirectoryServiceProvider
- nsIDirectoryServiceProvider2
- nsIDirectoryService
- nsIFile
- nsIInputStream
- nsILocalFile
- nsIOutputStream
- XPCOM Startup/Shutdown
Appendix C: Resources
- WebLock Resources
- Gecko Resources
- XPCOM Resources
- General Development Resources
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