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#ifndef nsIScriptContext_h__
#define nsIScriptContext_h__

#include "nscore.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "jsapi.h"

class nsIScriptGlobalObject;

#define NS_ISCRIPTCONTEXT_IID \
{ /* 8f6bca7d-ce42-11d1-b724-00600891d8c9 */ \
0x8f6bca7d, 0xce42, 0x11d1, \
  {0xb7, 0x24, 0x00, 0x60, 0x08, 0x91, 0xd8, 0xc9} }

/**
 * It is used by the application to initialize a runtime and run scripts.
 * A script runtime would implement this interface.
 * <P><I>It does have a bit too much java script information now, that
 * should be removed in a short time. Ideally this interface will be
 * language neutral</I>
 */
class nsIScriptContext : public nsISupports {
public:
  /**
   * Execute a script.
   *
   * @param aScript a string representing the script to be executed
   * @param aScriptSize the length of aScript
   * @param aRetValue return value 
   *
   * @return true if the script was valid and got executed
   *
   **/
  virtual PRBool              EvaluateString(const char *aScript, 
                                             PRUint32 aScriptSize, 
                                             jsval *aRetValue) = 0;

  /**
   * Return the global object.
   *
   **/
  virtual nsIScriptGlobalObject*  GetGlobalObject() = 0;

  /**
   * Return the native script context
   *
   **/
  virtual void*                   GetNativeContext() = 0;

  /**
   * Init all DOM classes.
   *
   **/
  virtual nsresult                InitClasses() = 0;

  /**
   * Init this context.
   *
   * @param aGlobalObject the gobal object
   *
   * @return NS_OK if context initialization was successful
   *
   **/
  virtual nsresult            InitContext(nsIScriptGlobalObject *aGlobalObject) = 0;
};

/**
 * Return a new Context
 *
 */
extern "C" NS_DOM NS_CreateContext(nsIScriptGlobalObject *aGlobal, nsIScriptContext **aContext);

#endif // nsIScriptContext_h__