nsISerializationHelper.idl (955B)
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 6 #include "nsISupports.idl" 7 8 /** 9 * Simple scriptable serialization helper. Can be used as a service. 10 */ 11 12 interface nsISerializable; 13 14 [scriptable, uuid(31654c0f-35f3-44c6-b31e-37a11516e6bc)] 15 interface nsISerializationHelper : nsISupports 16 { 17 /** 18 * Serialize the object to a base64 string. This string can be later passed 19 * as an input to deserializeObject method. 20 */ 21 ACString serializeToString(in nsISerializable serializable); 22 23 /** 24 * Takes base64 encoded string that cointains serialization of a single 25 * object. Most commonly, input is result of previous call to 26 * serializeToString. 27 */ 28 nsISupports deserializeObject(in ACString input); 29 };