The nsICommandLineRunner is an extension of nsICommandLine used to initialize command lines and run them by processing the comand line handlers.

toolkit/components/commandlines/public/nsICommandLineRunner.idlScriptable
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Inherits from: nsICommandLine

Method overview

void init(in long argc, in nsCharPtrArray argv, in nsIFile workingDir, in unsigned long state);
void run();
void setWindowContext(in nsIDOMWindow aWindow);

Attributes

Attribute Type Description
helpText AUTF8String Process and combine the help text provided by each command-line handler. Read only.

Methods

init()

Called with the argc/argv combination passed to main. It assumes a native character set. On Windows the character set is UTF-8, not the native codepage.

void init(
  in long argc,
  in nsCharPtrArray argv,
  in nsIFile workingDir,
  in unsigned long state
);
Parameters
argc
The number of arguments being passed.
argv
An array storing pointers to the arguments
workingDir
Directory where the command will run. This is used to resolve file and URI paths.
state
The type of command line being processed. This is an nsICommandLine state flag.

run()

Processes the command-line handlers in the proper order, and calls nsICommandLineHandler.handle() on each.

void run();
Parameters

None.

Exceptions thrown
NS_ERROR_ABORT
Thrown when the handler aborts. All other errors thrown by handlers will be silently ignored.

setWindowContext()

Sets the windowContext parameter.

void setWindowContext(
  in nsIDOMWindow aWindow
);
Parameters
aWindow
The DOM window object which will be set. It is an nsIDOMWindow object.