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nsPluginsDir.h
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#ifndef nsPluginsDir_h_
#define nsPluginsDir_h_

#include "nsError.h"
#include "nsIFile.h"

/**
 * nsPluginsDir is nearly obsolete. Directory Service should be used instead.
 * It exists for the sake of one static function.
 */

class nsPluginsDir {
public:
	/**
	 * Determines whether or not the given file is actually a plugin file.
	 */
	static PRBool IsPluginFile(nsIFile* file);
};

struct PRLibrary;

struct nsPluginInfo {
	char* fName;				// name of the plugin
	char* fDescription;			// etc.
	PRUint32 fVariantCount;
	char** fMimeTypeArray;
	char** fMimeDescriptionArray;
	char** fExtensionArray;
	char* fFileName;
	char* fFullPath;
	char* fVersion;
};

/**
 * Provides cross-platform access to a plugin file. Deals with reading
 * properties from the plugin file, and loading the plugin's shared
 * library. Insulates core nsIPluginHost implementations from these
 * details.
 */
class nsPluginFile {
  PRLibrary* pLibrary;
  nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> mPlugin;
public:
	/**
	 * If spec corresponds to a valid plugin file, constructs a reference
	 * to a plugin file on disk. Plugins are typically located using the
	 * nsPluginsDir class.
	 */
	nsPluginFile(nsIFile* spec);
	virtual ~nsPluginFile();

	/**
	 * Loads the plugin into memory using NSPR's shared-library loading
	 * mechanism. Handles platform differences in loading shared libraries.
	 */
	nsresult LoadPlugin(PRLibrary **outLibrary);

	/**
	 * Obtains all of the information currently available for this plugin.
	 * Has a library outparam which will be non-null if a library load was required.
	 */
	nsresult GetPluginInfo(nsPluginInfo &outPluginInfo, PRLibrary **outLibrary);

  /**
	 * Should be called after GetPluginInfo to free all allocated stuff
	 */
	nsresult FreePluginInfo(nsPluginInfo &PluginInfo);
};

#endif /* nsPluginsDir_h_ */
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