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// A service to maintain the last error state on a per thread basis.
//
// This is similar in spirit to the Win32 API's SetLastError() and
// GetLastError() functions. It would not really be necessary if XPCOM
// currently had rich exceptions, but it does not.
//
// Usage:
//  - XPCOM methods should specify if they call setLastError() (on error
//    and/or success).
//  - User code can then query getLastError() if a calling function
//    returns a failure code or raises an exception.
//

#include "nsISupports.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(3DF4D9EF-FA13-4d30-B537-A1E0B9F2CAE6)]
interface koILastErrorService : nsISupports {
    // Set the last error for the calling thread.
    //  "code" is some arbitrary error number that might be useful for
    //      those calling getLastError, if it is not intended to be used
    //      then zero (0) should be used.
    //  "message" is a description of the error.
    void setLastError(in PRUint32 code, in wstring message);

    // Get the last error for the calling thread.
    // If no error has ever been set for this thread then (0, '') is
    // returned.
    void getLastError(out PRUint32 code, out wstring message);

    // Convenience functions because XPCOM methods with multiple out
    // parameters are a pain to use in JavaScript.
    PRUint32 getLastErrorCode();
    wstring getLastErrorMessage();
};

