1755481 - Correct documentation of `nsIClipboard::getData`

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, enhancement)

Comment 1

[Mirko Brodesser (:mbrodesser) -- not reading bugmails currently]

Attachment: Bug 1755481: correct documentation of `nsIClipboard::getData`. r=mccr8

Before, it was confusing. One could have assumed that the method gets
the data for all flavors.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/00f6bd7aa727
rename `nsIClipboard::getData` to `nsIClipboard::getSomeData` and document it. r=mccr8

Comment 3

[Norisz Fay [:noriszfay]]

Backed out for causing multiple clipboard related failures

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Push with failures

Failure log 1 // Failure log 2 // Failure log 3

Failure line 1: TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | accessible/tests/mochitest/editabletext/test_2.html | uncaught exception - TypeError: Services.clipboard.getData is not a function at getTextFromClipboard@chrome://mochitests/content/a11y/accessible/tests/mochitest/common.js:852:22

Failure line 2: TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | toolkit/components/reader/test/browser_readerMode.js | Uncaught exception in test - at resource://specialpowers/SpecialPowersChild.jsm:1746 - TypeError: Services.clipboard.getData is not a function

Failure line 3: TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | dom/tests/mochitest/general/test_clipboard_events.html | Failed "Failed to initial set/get clipboard text" due to "TypeError: Services.clipboard.getData is not a function"

Comment 4

[Marian-Vasile Laza]

Also bc2 Failure Log

Comment 5

[Mirko Brodesser (:mbrodesser) -- not reading bugmails currently]

Thanks for the ni?-request and the backout. I'm testing the fix.

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/25761f33bc0e
correct documentation of `nsIClipboard::getData`. r=mccr8

Comment 7

[Natalia Csoregi [:nataliaCs]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/25761f33bc0e