629462 - Add a MailServices module

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

Toolkit has a Services module, and it would be nice to have a separate module for mailnews-specific services.

Comment 1

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

Attachment: patch, v1

The module will be available in all mail windows. I haven't switched any users over, though.

Comment 2

[Günter]

Abbreviation are OK .. as with 
   (MailServices, "ab","@mozilla.org/abmanager;1","nsIAbManager");
(everyone will expect addressbook here),
but 
   (MailServices, "mfn","@mozilla.org/messenger/msgnotificationservice;1", "nsIMsgFolderNotificationService");

"mfn"  seems not that good,
how about  "foldernotify"
?

Comment 3

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> "mfn"  seems not that good,
> how about  "foldernotify"
> ?

Yep, I'm worried about that too, but "foldernotify" doesn't seem to capture the fact that the service can be used for both messages and folders. Unless someone suggests something better, I'll probably go with something like mfnotification.

Comment 4

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Comment on attachment 507595 [details] [diff] [review]
patch, v1

These generally look fine to me. I think mfn is probably as reasonable as anything else.

Comment 5

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/b278f56d68d2

Comment 6

[Rain [:rain1] (inactive)]

Can we have a dev doc for this? Something similar to <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript_code_modules/Services.jsm> would be great.