XPIDL
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XPIDL is an Interface Description Language used to specify XPCOM interface classes.
Interface Description Languages (IDL) are used to describe interfaces in a language- and machine-independent way. IDLs make it possible to define interfaces which can then be processed by tools to autogenerate language-dependent interface specifications.
One of these tools is xpidl, which is used to generate C++ header files, typelib information, and much more.
Writing XPIDL interface files
XPIDL closely resembles OMG IDL, with extended syntax to handle IIDs and additional types. Some examples are in the xpcom/base
and xpcom/ds
directories of the Mozilla tree.
- XPIDL syntax (Out of date)
- XPIDL:Syntax (XPIDL EBNF)
- XPIDL Author's Guide (Mostly up-to-date)
Resources
- Some unsorted notes including a keyword list
- xpidl is a tool for generating C++ headers, Java interfaces, XPConnect typelibs, and HTML documentation from XPIDL files
- A Google groups post with instructions on how to use variable-length argument lists using XPIDL.
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