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#ifndef nsXPTCUtils_h__
#define nsXPTCUtils_h__

#include "xptcall.h"

#ifdef VBOX

#define NS_DECLARE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(the_iid)                         \
  template <class Dummy>                                                \
  struct COMTypeInfo                                                    \
  {                                                                     \
    static const nsIID kIID NS_HIDDEN;                                  \
  };                                                                    \
  static const nsIID& GetIID() {return COMTypeInfo<int>::kIID;}


#define NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR2(the_interface, the_iid)           \
  template <class Dummy>                                                \
  const nsIID the_interface::COMTypeInfo<Dummy>::kIID NS_HIDDEN = the_iid;


class nsIXPTCProxy : public nsISupports
{
public:
    NS_IMETHOD CallMethod(PRUint16 aMethodIndex,
                          const XPTMethodDescriptor *aInfo,
                          nsXPTCMiniVariant *aParams) = 0;
};

/**
 * This is a typedef to avoid confusion between the canonical
 * nsISupports* that provides object identity and an interface pointer
 * for inheriting interfaces that aren't known at compile-time.
 */
typedef nsISupports nsISomeInterface;

/**
 * Get a proxy object to implement the specified interface.
 *
 * @param aIID    The IID of the interface to implement.
 * @param aOuter  An object to receive method calls from the proxy object.
 *                The stub forwards QueryInterface/AddRef/Release to the
 *                outer object. The proxy object does not hold a reference to
 *                the outer object; it is the caller's responsibility to
 *                ensure that this pointer remains valid until the stub has
 *                been destroyed.
 * @param aStub   Out parameter for the new proxy object. The object is
 *                not addrefed. The object never destroys itself. It must be
 *                explicitly destroyed by calling
 *                NS_DestroyXPTCallStub when it is no longer needed.
 */
XPTC_PUBLIC_API(nsresult)
NS_GetXPTCallStub(REFNSIID aIID, nsIXPTCProxy* aOuter,
                  nsISomeInterface* *aStub);

/**
 * Destroys an XPTCall stub previously created with NS_GetXPTCallStub.
 */
XPTC_PUBLIC_API(void)
NS_DestroyXPTCallStub(nsISomeInterface* aStub);


#endif


/**
 * A helper class that initializes an xptcall helper at construction
 * and releases it at destruction.
 */
class nsAutoXPTCStub : protected nsIXPTCProxy
{
public:
  nsISomeInterface* mXPTCStub;

protected:
  nsAutoXPTCStub() : mXPTCStub(nsnull) { }

  nsresult
  InitStub(const nsIID& aIID)
  {
    return NS_GetXPTCallStub(aIID, this, &mXPTCStub);
  }

  ~nsAutoXPTCStub()
  {
    if (mXPTCStub)
      NS_DestroyXPTCallStub(mXPTCStub);
  }
};

#endif // nsXPTCUtils_h__