nsIWeakReference
| IID: | 9188bc85-f92e-11d2-81ef-0060083a0bcf |
| Inherits From: | nsISupports |
| Status: | FROZEN |
An instance of nsIWeakReference is a proxy object that cooperates with its referent to give clients a non-owning, non-dangling reference. Clients own the proxy, and should generally manage it with an nsCOMPtr (see the type nsWeakPtr for a typedef name that stands out) as they would any other XPCOM object. The QueryReferent member function provides a (hopefully short-lived) owning reference on demand, through which clients can get useful access to the referent, while it still exists.
Methods
void QueryReferent ( nsIIDRef uuid , out nsQIResult* result )
void QueryReferent ( nsIIDRef uuid , out nsQIResult* result )
QueryReferent queries the referent, if it exists, and like QueryInterface, produces an owning reference to the desired interface. It is designed to look and act exactly like (a proxied) QueryInterface. Don't hold on to the produced interface permanently; that would defeat the purpose of using a non-owning nsIWeakReference in the first place.
- Arguments:
- uuid
- result
References
This interface is passed as an argument to the following methods:
nsIWebBrowser.addWebBrowserListener, nsIWebBrowser.removeWebBrowserListener
This interface is returned from the following methods:
nsISupportsWeakReference.GetWeakReference
Reference documentation is generated from Mozilla's source.