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Mozilla/mozilla/grendel/storage/mdb/nsIMdbObject.java
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/* -*- Mode: java; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
* IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* rights and limitations under the License.
*
* The Original Code is the Grendel mail/news client.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
* Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1997 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
* Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
*
* Created: Mauro Botelho <mabotelh@email.com>, 20 Mar 1999.
*/
package grendel.storage.mdb;
/** nsIMdbObject: base class for all message db class interfaces
**
** factory: all nsIMdbObjects from the same code suite have the same factory
**
** refcounting: both strong and weak references, to ensure strong refs are
** acyclic, while weak refs can cause cycles. CloseMdbObject() is
** called when (strong) use counts hit zero, but clients can call this close
** method early for some reason, if absolutely necessary even though it will
** thwart the other uses of the same object. Note that implementations must
** cope with close methods being called arbitrary numbers of times. The COM
** calls to AddRef() and release ref map directly to strong use ref calls,
** but the total ref count for COM objects is the sum of weak & strong refs.
*/
public interface nsIMdbObject { // msg db base class
// { ===== begin nsIMdbObject methods =====
// { ----- begin attribute methods -----
public boolean IsFrozenMdbObject(nsIMdbEnv ev);
// same as nsIMdbPort::GetIsPortReadonly() when this object is inside a port.
// } ----- end attribute methods -----
// { ----- begin factory methods -----
public nsIMdbFactory GetMdbFactory(nsIMdbEnv ev);
// } ----- end factory methods -----
public int CloseMdbObject(nsIMdbEnv ev); // called at strong refs zero
public boolean IsOpenMdbObject(nsIMdbEnv ev);
// } ----- end ref counting -----
}