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nsIVariant

IID:6c9eb060-8c6a-11d5-90f3-0010a4e73d9a
Inherits From:nsISupports

This interface is implemented by the following components:

Properties

readonly PRUint16 dataType

Methods

[noscript] ACString getAsACString ( ) [notxpcom] nsresult getAsArray ( out PRUint16 type , out nsIID iid , out PRUint32 count , out voidPtr* ptr ) [noscript] AString getAsAString ( ) [noscript] AUTF8String getAsAUTF8String ( ) [noscript] PRBool getAsBool ( ) [noscript] char getAsChar ( ) [noscript] DOMString getAsDOMString ( ) [noscript] double getAsDouble ( ) [noscript] float getAsFloat ( ) [notxpcom] nsresult getAsID ( out nsID retval ) [noscript] PRInt16 getAsInt16 ( ) [noscript] PRInt32 getAsInt32 ( ) [noscript] PRInt64 getAsInt64 ( ) [noscript] PRUint8 getAsInt8 ( ) [noscript] void getAsInterface ( out nsIIDPtr iid , out nsQIResult* iface ) [noscript] nsISupports getAsISupports ( ) [noscript] char* getAsString ( ) [noscript] void getAsStringWithSize ( out PRUint32 size , out char* str ) [noscript] PRUint16 getAsUint16 ( ) [noscript] PRUint32 getAsUint32 ( ) [noscript] PRUint64 getAsUint64 ( ) [noscript] PRUint8 getAsUint8 ( ) [noscript] PRUnichar getAsWChar ( ) [noscript] PRUnichar* getAsWString ( ) [noscript] void getAsWStringWithSize ( out PRUint32 size , out PRUnichar* str )

ACString getAsACString ( )

[notxpcom] nsresult getAsArray ( out PRUint16 type , out nsIID iid , out PRUint32 count , out voidPtr* ptr )

Arguments:
type
iid
count
ptr

AString getAsAString ( )

AUTF8String getAsAUTF8String ( )

PRBool getAsBool ( )

char getAsChar ( )

DOMString getAsDOMString ( )

double getAsDouble ( )

float getAsFloat ( )

[notxpcom] nsresult getAsID ( out nsID retval )

Arguments:
retval

PRInt16 getAsInt16 ( )

PRInt32 getAsInt32 ( )

PRInt64 getAsInt64 ( )

PRUint8 getAsInt8 ( )

void getAsInterface ( out nsIIDPtr iid , out nsQIResult* iface )

Arguments:
iid
iface

nsISupports getAsISupports ( )

char* getAsString ( )

void getAsStringWithSize ( out PRUint32 size , out char* str )

Arguments:
size
str

PRUint16 getAsUint16 ( )

PRUint32 getAsUint32 ( )

PRUint64 getAsUint64 ( )

PRUint8 getAsUint8 ( )

PRUnichar getAsWChar ( )

PRUnichar* getAsWString ( )

void getAsWStringWithSize ( out PRUint32 size , out PRUnichar* str )

Arguments:
size
str

References

This interface is the type of the following properties:

fuelIAnnotations.names, fuelIApplication.windows, fuelIBookmarkFolder.children, fuelIExtensions.all, fuelIPreference.value, fuelIPreferenceBranch.all, fuelIWindow.tabs, nsIDOMCanvasRenderingContext2D.fillStyle, nsIDOMCanvasRenderingContext2D.strokeStyle, nsIDOMModalContentWindow.returnValue, nsIProperty.value, nsITaggingService.allTags

This interface is passed as an argument to the following methods:

fuelIAnnotations.set, fuelIPreferenceBranch.getValue, fuelIPreferenceBranch.setValue, fuelISessionStorage.get, fuelISessionStorage.set, nsIAnnotationService.setItemAnnotation, nsIAnnotationService.setPageAnnotation, nsIContentPrefObserver.onContentPrefSet, nsIContentPrefService.setPref, nsIDOM3Node.setUserData, nsIDOMDOMConfiguration.canSetParameter, nsIDOMDOMConfiguration.setParameter, nsIDOMDataContainerEvent.setData, nsIDOMUserDataHandler.handle, nsIDOMWindowInternal.showModalDialog, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.aggregateTransactions, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.createFolder, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.createItem, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.createLivemark, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.tagURI, nsIPlacesTransactionsService.untagURI, nsITaggingService.tagURI, nsITaggingService.untagURI, nsIWritablePropertyBag.setProperty, nsIWritableVariant.setFromVariant, nsIXMLHttpRequest.send, nsIXPConnect.variantToJS, nsIXSLTProcessor.setParameter

This interface is returned from the following methods:

fuelIAnnotations.get, fuelIPreferenceBranch.getValue, fuelISessionStorage.get, mozIStorageAggregateFunction.onFinal, mozIStorageFunction.onFunctionCall, nsIAnnotationService.getItemAnnotation, nsIAnnotationService.getPageAnnotation, nsIContentPrefService.getPref, nsIDOM3Node.getUserData, nsIDOM3Node.setUserData, nsIDOMDOMConfiguration.getParameter, nsIDOMDataContainerEvent.getData, nsIDOMWindowInternal.showModalDialog, nsIPropertyBag.getProperty, nsIPropertyBag2.get, nsITaggingService.getURIsForTag, nsIXPConnect.JSToVariant, nsIXSLTProcessor.getParameter

Reference documentation is generated from Mozilla's source.