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/**
 * This file contains helper methods for dealing with XPCOM iterators (arrays
 * and enumerators) in js-friendly ways.
 */

var EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["fixIterator", "toXPCOMArray"];

let Ci = Components.interfaces;

/**
 * This function will take a variety of xpcom iterators designed for c++ and
 * turns them into a nice JavaScript style object that can be iterated using
 * for...in
 *
 * Currently, we support the following types of xpcom iterators:
 *   nsISupportsArray
 *   nsIEnumerator
 *   nsISimpleEnumerator
 *
 *   @param aEnum  the enumerator to convert
 *   @param aIface (optional) an interface to QI each object to prior to
 *                 returning
 *
 *   @note This does *not* return an Array object.  It returns an object that
 *         can be used in for...in contexts only.  To create such an array, use
 *         var array = [a for each (a in fixIterator(xpcomEnumerator))];
 */
function fixIterator(aEnum, aIface) {
  let face = aIface || Ci.nsISupports;
  // Figure out which kind of iterator we have
  if (aEnum instanceof Ci.nsISupportsArray) {
    let iter = function() {
      let count = aEnum.Count();
      for (let i = 0; i < count; i++)
        yield aEnum.QueryElementAt(i, face);
    }
    return { __iterator__: iter };
  }
  
  // Now try nsIEnumerator
  if (aEnum instanceof Ci.nsIEnumerator) {
    let done = false;
    let iter = function() {
      while (!done) {
        try {
          yield aEnum.currentItem().QueryInterface(face);
          aEnum.next();
        } catch(ex) {
          done = true;
        }
      }
    };
    return { __iterator__: iter };
  }
  
  // how about nsISimpleEnumerator? this one is nice and simple
  if (aEnum instanceof Ci.nsISimpleEnumerator) {
    let iter = function () {
      while (aEnum.hasMoreElements())
        yield aEnum.getNext().QueryInterface(face);
    }
    return { __iterator__: iter };
  }
}

/**
 * This function takes a javascript Array object and returns an xpcom array
 * of the desired type. It will *not* work if you extend Array.prototype.
 *
 * @param aArray      the array to convert to an xpcom array
 * @param aInterface  the type of xpcom array to convert
 *
 * @note The returned array is *not* dynamically updated.  Changes made to the
 *       js array after a call to this function will not be reflected in the
 *       xpcom array.
 */
function toXPCOMArray(aArray, aInterface) {
  if (aInterface.equals(Ci.nsISupportsArray)) {
    let supportsArray = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/supports-array;1"]
                                  .createInstance(Ci.nsISupportsArray);
    for each (let item in aArray) {
      supportsArray.AppendElement(item);
    }
    return supportsArray;
  }
  if (aInterface.equals(Ci.nsIMutableArray)) {
    let mutableArray = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/array;1"]
                                 .createInstance(Ci.nsIMutableArray);
    for each (let item in aArray) {
      mutableArray.appendElement(item, false);
    }
    return mutableArray;
  }

  throw "no supports for interface conversion";
}
