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-==Javascript Preferences Class==+Moved [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Code_snippets:Javascript_Preferences_Class to MDC]
-This class encapsulates many of the commonly used features of Mozilla's preferences-related interfaces into a single class. Sample usage is shown in the leading comments.+
-<pre>+[[Category:Redirects]]
-/**************************************************************************+
- * preferences.js - a javascript class which provides a safe wrapper *+
- * around nsIPrefService. *+
- * *+
- * It keeps code clean by centralizing the use of *+
- * nsIPrefService, translating exceptions into null or *+
- * false return values (as appropriate), typechecking *+
- * all values, and other good things. *+
- * *+
- * author: eric h. jung (grimholtz@yahoo.com) *+
- * version: 0.1 *+
- * date: 07 March 2005 *+
- * *+
- * Usage: Include this file in your code then -- *+
- * *+
- * var prefs = new PrefsWrapper("extensions.myextension."); *+
- * prefs.setXXX("foo.bar", fooBarPref); *+
- * // Note you can optionally provide a default value for all *+
- * // getters. If the pref doesn't exist in either the current or *+
- * // default preference tree, the default value will be *+
- * // returned. *+
- * var fooBarPref = prefs.getXXX("foo.bar"); *+
- * var fooBarBarPref = prefs.getXXX("foo.bar.bar", "my default"); *+
- * *+
- * Read the comments of each function to see what it returns and when. *+
- * For details about Mozilla preferences, see *+
- * http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dev_:_Using_preferences *+
- * *+
- **************************************************************************/+
- +
- +
-/**+
- * Constructor+
- */+
-function PrefsWrapper(branch) {+
- this._prefsService = this._prefsService.getBranch(branch);+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Retrieves the state of an individual boolean preference.+
- * Returns true/false if the preference exists in either the current or +
- * default preference tree. Returns the default argument+
- * if the preference does not exist in either of those trees, or is not of boolean type.+
- * If no default argument is specified, null is returned in its place.+
- */+
-function getBool(prefName, defawlt) {+
- try {+
- return this._prefsService.getPrefType(prefName) == this._prefsService.PREF_BOOL ?+
- this._prefsService.getBoolPref(prefName) : defawlt;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return defawlt;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Retrieves the state of an individual string preference.+
- * Returns the value of the preference if it exists in either the current or+
- * default preference tree. Returns the default argument+
- * if the preference does not exist in either of those trees, or is not of string type.+
- * If no default argument is specified, null is returned in its place.+
- */+
-function getChar(prefName, defawlt) {+
- try {+
- return this._prefsService.getPrefType(prefName) == this._prefsService.PREF_STRING ?+
- this._prefsService.getCharPref(prefName) : defawlt;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return defawlt;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Retrieves the state of an individual integer preference.+
- * Returns the value of the preferenceif it exists in either the current or+
- * default preference tree. Returns the default argument+
- * if the preference does not exist in either of those trees, or is not of integer type.+
- * If no default argument is specified, null is returned in its place.+
- */+
-function getInt(prefName, defawlt) {+
- try {+
- return this._prefsService.getPrefType(prefName) == this._prefsService.PREF_INT ?+
- this._prefsService.getIntPref(prefName) : defawlt;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return defawlt;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Retrieves the state of an individual Unicode string preference.+
- * Returns the value of the preference if it exists in either the current or+
- * default preference tree. Returns the default argument+
- * if the preference does not exist in either of those trees, or is not of string type.+
- * If no default argument is specified, null is returned in its place.+
- */+
-function getUnicodeChar(prefName, defawlt) {+
- try {+
- return this._prefsService.getPrefType(prefName) == this._prefsService.PREF_STRING ?+
- this._prefsService.getComplexValue(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString).data : defawlt;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return defawlt;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Retrieves the state of an individual localized string preference.+
- * Returns the value of the preference if it exists in either the current or+
- * default preference tree. Returns the default argument+
- * if the preference does not exist in either of those trees, or is not of string type.+
- * If no default argument is specified, null is returned in its place.+
- */+
-function getLocalizedChar(prefName, defawlt) {+
- try {+
- return this._prefsService.getPrefType(prefName) == this._prefsService.PREF_STRING ?+
- this._prefsService.getComplexValue(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data : defawlt;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return defawlt;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Set the state of an individual boolean preference.+
- * Returns true if the value was successfully set; false if it wasn't set.+
- * _b_ can be a boolean, or case-insensensitive versions of+
- * "yes", "no", "true", or "false".+
- */+
-function setBool(prefName, b) {+
- if (typeof(b) == "boolean") {+
- this._prefsService.setBoolPref(prefName, b);+
- return true;+
- }+
- else {+
- try {+
- b = b.toLowerCase();+
- this._prefsService.setBoolPref(prefName, ("true" == b || "yes" == b));+
- return true;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- // toLowerCase() doesn't work and+
- // b isn't type boolean+
- return false;+
- }+
- }+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Set the state of an individual string preference.+
- * Returns true if the value was successfully set; false if it wasn't set.+
- */+
-function setChar(prefName, str) {+
- if (typeof(str) == "string") {+
- this._prefsService.setCharPref(prefName, str);+
- return true;+
- }+
- return false;+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Set the state of an individual integer preference.+
- * Returns true if the value was successfully set; false if it wasn't set.+
- */+
-function setInt(prefName, i) {+
- if (!isNaN(i) && String(i).indexOf(".") == -1) {+
- this._prefsService.setIntPref(prefName, i);+
- return true;+
- }+
- return false;+
-}+
- +
-/**+
- * Set the state of an individual Unicode string preference.+
- * Returns true if the value was successfully set; false if it wasn't set.+
- * The second argument, value, is a string which can contain non-ascii characters.+
- */+
-function setUnicodeChar(prefName, value) {+
- try {+
- var str = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/supports-string;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString);+
- str.data = value;+
- this._prefsService.setComplexValue(prefName, Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString, str);+
- return true;+
- }+
- catch (e) {+
- return false;+
- }+
-}+
- +
-PrefsWrapper.prototype._prefsService =+
- Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService);+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.setInt = setInt;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.setChar = setChar;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.setBool = setBool;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.setUnicodeChar = setUnicodeChar;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.getInt = getInt;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.getChar = getChar;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.getBool = getBool;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.getUnicodeChar = getUnicodeChar;+
-PrefsWrapper.prototype.getLocalizedChar = getLocalizedChar;+
-</pre>+

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