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nsIPasswordManager

IID:173562F0-2173-11d5-A54C-0010A401EB10
Inherits From:nsISupports

An optional interface for clients accessing or removing logins that were collected by the password manager

This interface is implemented by the following components:

Properties

readonly nsISimpleEnumerator enumerator

Called to enumerate through each login in the password-manager list The objects enumerated over are of type nsIPassword

readonly nsISimpleEnumerator rejectEnumerator

Called to enumerate through each rejected site in the password-manager list These are sites for which the user has indicated that he doesn't want passwords saved. The objects enumerated over are of type nsIPassword, although the only member of that object that is relevent is the host (the user and password members are ignored).

Methods

void addReject ( AUTF8String host ) void addUser ( AUTF8String host , AString user , AString password ) void removeReject ( AUTF8String host ) void removeUser ( AUTF8String host , AString user )

void addReject ( AUTF8String host )

Called to add a host to the list of rejected hosts -- i.e., hosts for which the do-you-want-to-save dialog does appear

Arguments:
host: The host for which the dialog is to not appear

void addUser ( AUTF8String host , AString user , AString password )

Called to add an individual login to the list of saved logins

Arguments:
host: The host for which the login is being remembered
user: The username portion of the login
password: The password portion of the login

void removeReject ( AUTF8String host )

Called to remove a host from the list of rejected hosts -- i.e., hosts for which the do-you-want-to-save dialog does not appear

Arguments:
host: The host for which the dialog is to not appear

void removeUser ( AUTF8String host , AString user )

Called to remove an individual login from the list of save logins

Arguments:
host: The host for which the login is being remembered
user: The username portion of the login

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