Hi John,
I'm basically trying to get to the class factories for components.
I'm assuming I need nsIComponentManager (a service?) and need to go through
the service manager for this. Of course, if there is an exported function
that would do this, I could bypass the servicemanager.
Sincerely,
D
"John Bandhauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> D Fuller wrote:
> >
> > Where is the IDL for nsIServiceManager? I've only found a C++ header
file.
> > How would one not using C++ go about obtaining a reference to it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > D
>
> nsIServiceManager is not expressed in idl and not directly
> callable from anything other than C++ code. It is declared in
> nsIServiceManager.h (which you have apparently found). In JS you
> can create services using
> Components.classes["yourContractID"].getService().
>
> http://mozilla.org/scriptable/components_object.html#_classes
>
> I'm not certain how other xpcom language mappings do this.
>
> Is this what you need? Or are you trying to do something else?
>
> John.
