nsISerializationHelper.idl 955 B

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  1. /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
  2. /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  3. * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  4. * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
  5. #include "nsISupports.idl"
  6. /**
  7. * Simple scriptable serialization helper. Can be used as a service.
  8. */
  9. interface nsISerializable;
  10. [scriptable, uuid(31654c0f-35f3-44c6-b31e-37a11516e6bc)]
  11. interface nsISerializationHelper : nsISupports
  12. {
  13. /**
  14. * Serialize the object to a base64 string. This string can be later passed
  15. * as an input to deserializeObject method.
  16. */
  17. ACString serializeToString(in nsISerializable serializable);
  18. /**
  19. * Takes base64 encoded string that cointains serialization of a single
  20. * object. Most commonly, input is result of previous call to
  21. * serializeToString.
  22. */
  23. nsISupports deserializeObject(in ACString input);
  24. };