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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* 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/. */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIFile;
+interface nsIComponentManager;
+
+/**
+ * The nsIModule interface.
+ */
+
+[scriptable, uuid(7392D032-5371-11d3-994E-00805FD26FEE)]
+interface nsIModule : nsISupports
+{
+    /** 
+     * Object Instance Creation
+     *
+     * Obtains a Class Object from a nsIModule for a given CID and IID pair.  
+     * This class object can either be query to a nsIFactory or a may be 
+     * query to a nsIClassInfo.
+     *
+     * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
+     * @param aClass    : ClassID of object instance requested
+     * @param aIID      : IID of interface requested
+     * 
+     */
+    void getClassObject(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
+                        in nsCIDRef aClass,
+                        in nsIIDRef aIID,
+                        [retval, iid_is(aIID)] out nsQIResult aResult);
+
+
+    /**
+     * One time registration callback
+     *
+     * When the nsIModule is discovered, this method will be
+     * called so that any setup registration can be preformed.
+     *
+     * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
+     * @param aLocation : The location of the nsIModule on disk
+     * @param aLoaderStr: Opaque loader specific string
+     * @param aType     : Loader Type being used to load this module 
+     */
+    void registerSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
+                      in nsIFile aLocation,
+                      in string aLoaderStr, 
+                      in string aType);
+    /**
+     * One time unregistration callback
+     *
+     * When the nsIModule is being unregistered, this method will be
+     * called so that any unregistration can be preformed
+     *
+     * @param aCompMgr   : The global component manager
+     * @param aLocation  : The location of the nsIModule on disk
+     * @param aLoaderStr : Opaque loader specific string
+     * 
+     */
+   void unregisterSelf(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr, 
+                        in nsIFile aLocation,
+                        in string  aLoaderStr);
+
+   /** 
+    * Module load management
+    * 
+    * @param aCompMgr  : The global component manager
+    *
+    * @return indicates to the caller if the module can be unloaded.
+    * 		Returning PR_TRUE isn't a guarantee that the module will be
+    *		unloaded. It constitues only willingness of the module to be
+    *		unloaded.  It is very important to ensure that no outstanding 
+    *       references to the module's code/data exist before returning 
+    *       PR_TRUE. 
+    *		Returning PR_FALSE guaratees that the module won't be unloaded.
+    */
+    boolean canUnload(in nsIComponentManager aCompMgr);
+};
+
+