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    nsIUpdateItem

    Describes an item managed by the extension system, providing metadata describing the item.
    1.0
    28
    Introduced
    Gecko 1.8
    Obsolete
    Gecko 2.0
    Inherits from: nsISupports Last changed in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)

    Warning: This interface is obsolete; instead of using the Extension Manager, you should use the Addon Manager.

    Method overview

    void init(in AString id, in AString version, in AString installLocationKey, in AString minAppVersion, in AString maxAppVersion, in AString name, in AString downloadURL, in AString xpiHash, in AString iconURL, in AString updateURL, in AString updateKey, in long type, in AString targetAppID);

    Attributes

    Attribute Type Description
    iconURL AString The URL of the icon that can be shown for this item. Read only.
    id AString The GUID of the item. Read only.
    installLocationKey AString The name of the Install Location where this item is installed. Read only.
    maxAppVersion AString The maximum version of the application that this item works with, in FVF format. Read only.
    minAppVersion AString The minimum version of the application that this item works with, in FVF format. Read only.
    name AString The name of this item. Read only.
    objectSource AString Returns a JS Object source representing an nsIUpdateItem. Read only.
    targetAppID AString

    The target application ID used for checking compatibility for this item.

    Note: Add-ons can specify a targetApplication id of [email protected] in their install manifest for compatibility with all apps using a specific release of the toolkit.
    Read only.
    type long The type of this item. Read only.
    updateKey AString The public key to verify updates for this item. This must be the public part of the key that was used to sign update manifests for this add-on. Read only.
    updateRDF AString The URL of the update RDF file for this item. Read only.
    version AString The Version of the item, in FVF format. Read only.
    xpiHash AString The string Hash for the XPI file. Can be null and if supplied must be in the format of "type:hash" (see the types in nsICryptoHash and nsIXPInstallManager.initManagerWithHashes(). Read only.
    xpiURL AString The URL of the XPI where this item can be downloaded. Read only.

    Constants

    Item type constants

    Constants representing types of update checks. Constants that callers can use to indicate the reason for an add-on update check. Internal code uses other constants in nsExtensionManager.js.in.

    Constant Gecko version Description
    1.8 1.8.1 1.9 1.9.1 1.9.2
    TYPE_APP 0x01  
    TYPE_EXTENSION 0x02  
    TYPE_THEME 0x04  
    TYPE_LOCALE 0x08  
    TYPE_MULTI_XPI 0x20  
    TYPE_ADDON TYPE_EXTENSION + TYPE_THEME + TYPE_LOCALE + TYPE_PLUGIN TYPE_EXTENSION + TYPE_THEME + TYPE_LOCALE  
    TYPE_ANY TYPE_APP + TYPE_ADDON 0xff  
    TYPE_PLUGIN 0x10    

    Methods

    init()

    Initializes the object.

    void init(
  in AString id,
  in AString version,
  in AString installLocationKey,
  in AString minAppVersion,
  in AString maxAppVersion,
  in AString name,
  in AString downloadURL,
  in AString xpiHash,
  in AString iconURL,
  in AString updateURL,
  in AString updateKey,
  in long type,
  in AString targetAppID
);
    Parameters
    id
    The item's GUID.
    version
    The item's version.
    installLocationKey
    The name of the install location at which the item is installed.
    minAppVersion
    The minimum application version with which the item is compatible.
    maxAppVersion
    The maximum application version with which the item is compatible.
    name
    The item's name
    downloadURL
    The URL from which the item is to be downloaded.
    xpiHash
    The string hash for the XPI file.
    iconURL
    The URL of the icon that can be shown for the item.
    updateURL
    The URL of the update RDF for the item.
    updateKey
    The public key to use to verify updates for the item.
    type
    The type of item; see Item type constants.
    targetAppID
    The application ID of the target application.

    Document Tags and Contributors

     Contributors to this page: Sheppy, Editmonkey
     Last updated by: Sheppy,