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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* A class factory allows the creation of nsISupports derived
* components without specifying a concrete base class.
*/
[scriptable, object, uuid(1bb40a56-9223-41e6-97d4-da97bdeb6a4d)]
interface nsIFactory : nsISupports {
/**
* Creates an instance of a component.
*
* @param iid The IID of the interface being requested in
* the component which is being currently created.
* @param result [out] Pointer to the newly created instance, if successful.
* @throws NS_NOINTERFACE - Interface not accessible.
* NS_ERROR* - Method failure.
*/
void createInstance(in nsIIDRef iid,
[retval, iid_is(iid)] out nsQIResult result);
};