37370 - Switch command-line-handler to use category manager instead of a ProgID naming scheme.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, defect, P3)

Description

[Martijn Pieters]

Currently a command-line-argument-handler component needs to have a specific
ProgID for the command-line handler to be able to find it.

The jsconsole command-line-argument-handler for example _has_ to be named
'component://netscape/commandlinehandler/general-startup-jsconsole'. See bug
#37275 for more info on why this is now regarded as wrong.

Instead, a command-line-argument0handler needs to register itself with the
category manager. JS example:

  var catman = Components.classes['mozilla.categorymanager.1']
      .getService(Components.interfaces.nsICategoryManager);
  catman.addCategoryEntry('command-line-argument-handlers', 'jsconsole',
      JSCONSOLESERVICE_PROGID, true, true);

Where JSCONSOLESERVICE_PROGID can be any string, but preferably conforming to
the new naming scheme. I choose 'org.mozilla.general-startup.jsconsole.1' for
now.

I realize that the category manager is being used now as well, just not in the
way the IDL states it should be used.

Comment 1

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

moving to m18.

Comment 2

[Dawn Endico]

moving to browser product and adding arch keyword

Comment 3

[selmer (gone)]

This doesn't seem critical to the release.

Comment 4

[leger]

Updating QA Contact

Comment 5

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

accepting all "future" bugs to get them off my "new" bug radar.

Comment 6

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Does this really belong in the "XPIDL" component?

Comment 7

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This got fixed with bug 276588.