nsIWifiMonitor

netwerk/wifi/nsIWifiMonitor.idlScriptable

This interface can be used to be alerted when the list of available WiFi access points changes.

1.0

Introduced

Gecko 1.9.1

Inherits from: nsISupports Last changed in Gecko 1.9.1 (Firefox 3.5 / Thunderbird 3.0 / SeaMonkey 2.0)

This is used, for example, by Geolocation to use WiFi access points for location detection.

Implemented by @mozilla.org/wifi/monitor;1 as a service:

var wifiMonitor = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/wifi/monitor;1"]
                  .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWifiMonitor);

Method overview

void startWatching(in nsIWifiListener aListener);

void stopWatching(in nsIWifiListener aListener);

Starts listening for changes to the WiFi access point list.

void startWatching(
  in nsIWifiListener aListener
);

aListener: The nsIWifiListener object to receive notifications when the WiFi access point list changes.

Stops listening for changes to the WiFi access point list.

void stopWatching(
  in nsIWifiListener aListener
);

aListener: The nsIWifiListener object to stop receiving notifications on.