IWebScriptObject.idl   [plain text]

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#ifndef DO_NO_IMPORTS
import "oaidl.idl";
import "ocidl.idl";
#endif

/*!
    @class WebScriptObject
    @discussion WebScriptObjects are used to wrap script objects passed from
    script environments to Objective-C.  WebScriptObjects cannot be created
    directly.  In normal uses of WebKit, you gain access to the script
    environment using the "windowScriptObject" method on WebView.
    
    The following KVC methods are commonly used to access properties of the
    WebScriptObject:
    
    - (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key
    - (id)valueForKey:(NSString *)key
    
    As it possible to remove attributes from web script objects the following
    additional method augments the basic KVC methods:
    
    - (void)removeWebScriptKey:(NSString *)name;
    
    Also the sparse array access allowed in web script objects doesn't map well to NSArray, so
    the following methods can be used to access index based properties:
    
    - (id)webScriptValueAtIndex:(unsigned int)index;
    - (void)setWebScriptValueAtIndex:(unsigned int)index value:(id)value;

    @interface WebScriptObject : NSObject
*/
[
    object,
    oleautomation,
    uuid(7022340A-649C-43fc-9214-85CA7D3BE3C7),
    pointer_default(unique)
]
interface IWebScriptObject : IUnknown
{
    /*!
        @method throwException:
        @discussion Throws an exception in the current script execution context.
        @result Either NO if an exception could not be raised, YES otherwise.
        + (BOOL)throwException:(NSString *)exceptionMessage;
    */
    HRESULT throwException([in] BSTR exceptionMessage, [out, retval] BOOL* result);

    /*!
        @method callWebScriptMethod:withArguments:
        @param name The name of the method to call in the script environment.
        @param args The arguments to pass to the script environment.
        @discussion Calls the specified method in the script environment using the
        specified arguments.
        @result Returns the result of calling the script method.
        - (id)callWebScriptMethod:(NSString *)name withArguments:(NSArray *)args;
    */
    HRESULT callWebScriptMethod([in] BSTR name, [in, size_is(cArgs)] const VARIANT args[], [in] int cArgs, [out, retval] VARIANT* result);

    /*!
        @method evaluateWebScript:
        @param script The script to execute in the target script environment.
        @discussion The script will be executed in the target script environment.  The format
        of the script is dependent of the target script environment.
        @result Returns the result of evaluating the script in the script environment.
        - (id)evaluateWebScript:(NSString *)script;
    */
    HRESULT evaluateWebScript([in] BSTR script, [out, retval] VARIANT* result);

    /*!
        @method removeWebScriptKey:
        @param name The name of the property to remove.
        @discussion Removes the property from the object in the script environment.
        - (void)removeWebScriptKey:(NSString *)name;
    */
    HRESULT removeWebScriptKey([in] BSTR name);

    /*!
        @method toString
        @discussion Converts the target object to a string representation.  The coercion
        of non string objects type is dependent on the script environment.
        @result Returns the string representation of the object.
        - (NSString *)stringRepresentation;
    */
    HRESULT stringRepresentation([out, retval] BSTR* stringRepresentation);

    /*!
        @method propertyAtIndex:
        @param index The index of the property to return.  Index based access is dependent 
        @discussion Gets the value of the property at the specified index.
        @result The value of the property.
        - (id)webScriptValueAtIndex:(unsigned int)index;
    */
    HRESULT webScriptValueAtIndex([in] unsigned int index, [out, retval] VARIANT* result);

    /*!
        @method setPropertyAtIndex:value:
        @param index The index of the property to set.
        @param value The value of the property to set.
        @discussion Sets the property value at the specified index.
        - (void)setWebScriptValueAtIndex:(unsigned int)index value:(id)value;
    */
    HRESULT setWebScriptValueAtIndex([in] unsigned int index, [in] VARIANT val);

    /*!
        @method setException:
        @param description The description of the exception.
        @discussion Raises an exception in the script environment in the context of the
        current object.
        - (void)setException: (NSString *)description;
    */
    HRESULT setException([in] BSTR description);
}