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diff --git a/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/docs/xul-app.md b/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/docs/xul-app.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..597af56 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/addon-sdk-1.5/packages/api-utils/docs/xul-app.md @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +<!-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + - License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. --> + +<!-- contributed by Drew Willcoxon [adw@mozilla.com] --> + +The `xul-app` module provides facilities for introspecting the application on +which your program is running. + +With the exception of `ids`, each of these properties exposes the attribute of +the same name on the [`nsIXULAppInfo`][nsIXULAppInfo] interface. For more +information, see the [MDC documentation][]. + +[nsIXULAppInfo]: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/xpcom/system/nsIXULAppInfo.idl +[MDC documentation]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIXULAppInfo + +<api name="ID"> +@property {string} + The GUID of the host application. For example, for Firefox this value is + `"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}"`. +</api> + +<api name="name"> +@property {string} + The host application name. For example, `"Firefox"`. +</api> + +<api name="version"> +@property {string} + The host application version. +</api> + +<api name="platformVersion"> +@property {string} + The Gecko/XULRunner platform version. +</api> + +<api name="ids"> +@property {object} + A mapping of application names to their IDs. For example, + `ids["Firefox"] == "{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}"`. +</api> + +<api name="is"> +@function + Checks whether the host application is the given application. +@param name {string} + A host application name. +@returns {boolean} + True if the host application is `name` and false otherwise. +</api> + +<api name="isOneOf"> +@function + Checks whether the host application is one of the given applications. +@param names {array} + An array of host application names. +@returns {boolean} + True if the host application is one of the `names` and false otherwise. +</api> + +<api name="versionInRange"> +@function + Compares a given version to a version range. See the [MDC documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Toolkit_version_format#Comparing_versions) + for details on version comparisons. +@param version {string} + The version to compare. +@param lowInclusive {string} + The lower bound of the version range to compare. The range includes this + bound. +@param highExclusive {string} + The upper bound of the version range to compare. The range does not include + this bound. +@returns {boolean} + True if `version` falls in the given range and false otherwise. +</api> |