nsIPlugin
| IID: | df773070-0199-11d2-815b-006008119d7a |
| Inherits From: | nsIFactory |
The nsIPlugin interface is the minimum interface plugin developers need to support in order to implement a plugin. The plugin manager may QueryInterface for more specific plugin types, e.g. nsILiveConnectPlugin.
The old NPP_New plugin operation is now subsumed by two operations:
CreateInstance -- called once, after the plugin instance is created. This method is used to initialize the new plugin instance (although the actual plugin instance object will be created by the plugin manager).
NsIPluginInstance::Start -- called when the plugin instance is to be started. This happens in two circumstances: (1) after the plugin instance is first initialized, and (2) after a plugin instance is returned to (e.g. by going back in the window history) after previously being stopped by the Stop method.
Methods
void createPluginInstance ( nsISupports outer , nsIIDRef IID , char* pluginMIMEType , out nsQIResult* result )
void getMIMEDescription ( out constCharPtr* MIMEDescription )
void getValue ( nsPluginVariable variable , voidPtr* value )
void initialize ( )
void shutdown ( )
void createPluginInstance ( nsISupports outer , nsIIDRef IID , char* pluginMIMEType , out nsQIResult* result )
Creates a new plugin instance, based on a MIME type. This allows different impelementations to be created depending on the specified MIME type.
- Arguments:
- outer
- IID
- pluginMIMEType
- result
void getMIMEDescription ( out constCharPtr* MIMEDescription )
Returns the MIME description for the plugin. The MIME description is a colon-separated string containg the plugin MIME type, plugin data file extension, and plugin name, e.g.:
"application/x-simple-plugin:smp:Simple LiveConnect Sample Plug-in"
(Corresponds to NPP_GetMIMEDescription.)
- Arguments:
- MIMEDescription: - the resulting MIME description
void getValue ( nsPluginVariable variable , voidPtr* value )
Returns the value of a variable associated with the plugin.
(Corresponds to NPP_GetValue.)
- Arguments:
- variable: - the plugin variable to get
- value: - the address of where to store the resulting value
Initializes the plugin and will be called before any new instances are created. It is passed browserInterfaces on which QueryInterface may be used to obtain an nsIPluginManager, and other interfaces.
Called when the browser is done with the plugin factory, or when the plugin is disabled by the user.
(Corresponds to NPP_Shutdown.)
References
This interface is passed as an argument to the following methods:
nsIClassicPluginFactory.createPlugin, nsIPluginHost.getPluginFactory, nsIPluginManager2.notifyStatusChange
Reference documentation is generated from Mozilla's source.
