nsIPropertyBag2

This interface extends nsIPropertyBag with some methods for getting properties in specific formats.
Inherits from: nsIPropertyBag Last changed in Gecko 1.0

Method overview

nsIVariant get(in AString prop);
ACString getPropertyAsACString(in AString prop);
AString getPropertyAsAString(in AString prop);
AUTF8String getPropertyAsAUTF8String(in AString prop);
boolean getPropertyAsBool(in AString prop);
double getPropertyAsDouble(in AString prop);
PRInt32 getPropertyAsInt32(in AString prop);
PRInt64 getPropertyAsInt64(in AString prop);
void getPropertyAsInterface(in AString prop, in nsIIDRef iid, [iid_is(iid), retval] out nsQIResult result);
PRUint32 getPropertyAsUint32(in AString prop);
PRUint64 getPropertyAsUint64(in AString prop);
PRBool hasKey(in AString prop);

Methods

get()

This method returns null if the value does not exist, or exists but is null.

nsIVariant get(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as an nsIVariant.

getPropertyAsACString()

ACString getPropertyAsACString(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as an ACString.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsAString()

AString getPropertyAsAString(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a String.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsAUTF8String()

AUTF8String getPropertyAsAUTF8String(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as an AUTF8String.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsBool()

boolean getPropertyAsBool(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a Boolean.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsDouble()

double getPropertyAsDouble(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a Double.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsInt32()

PRInt32 getPropertyAsInt32(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a PRInt32.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsInt64()

PRInt64 getPropertyAsInt64(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a PRInt64.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsInterface()

This method returns null if the value exists, but is null.

void getPropertyAsInterface(
  in AString prop,
  in nsIIDRef iid,
  [iid_is(iid), retval] out nsQIResult result
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
iid
The interface type to be returned.
result
The resulting interface pointer.

getPropertyAsUint32()

PRUint32 getPropertyAsUint32(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a PRUint32.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

getPropertyAsUint64()

PRUint64 getPropertyAsUint64(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to return the value of.
Return value

The property value as a PRUint64.

Note: Accessing a property of a different type may attempt conversion to this type.

hasKey()

Check for the existence of a key.

PRBool hasKey(
  in AString prop
);
Parameters
prop
Property to check for key existence.
Return value

true if a key for the property exists, false if it does not.

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