See Example for how to use this interface.

Method overview

Methods

createINIParser()

Creates an INI parser, returning the nsIINIParser object that you can use to parse it.

nsIINIParser createINIParser(
  in nsILocalFile aINIFile
);

Parameters

aINIFile

The INI file to parse.

Return value

The nsIINIParser object you can use to parse the INI file.

Example

Obtaining a parser object

To obtain a parser for an INI file, you can use code that looks like this:

To get an nsIINIParser instance for an INI file, you may use the following code:

// create an nsILocalFile
var cl = "@mozilla.org/file/local;1";
var interf = Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile;
var file = Components.classes[cl].createInstance(interf);

// init the file with the path to your ini file
var path = "c:\\temp\\example.ini";
file.initWithPath(path);

// create the nsIINIParserFactory
var cl = "@mozilla.org/xpcom/ini-parser-factory;1";
var interf = Components.interfaces.nsIINIParserFactory;
var iniFact = Components.manager.getClassObjectByContractID(cl,interf);

// get the INIParser for the ini file
var iniParser = iniFact.createINIParser(file);

See also

• nsIINIParser
• nsILocalFile