nsIConsoleService
xpcom/base/nsiconsoleservice.idlscriptable the console service is the back-end for the error console, bundled with every mozilla application, and for firefox's web console and browser console.
... inherits from: nsisupports last changed in gecko 19 (firefox 19 / thunderbird 19 / seamonkey 2.16) implemented by: @mozilla.org/consoleservice;1 as a service: var consoleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice); method overview void getmessagearray([array, size_is(count)] out nsiconsolemessage messages, out uint32_t count);obsolete since gecko 19 void getmessagearray([optional] out uint32_t count, [retval, array, size_is(count)] out nsiconsolemessage messages); void logmessage(in nsiconsolemessage message); void logstringmessage(in wstring message); void registerlistener(in...
... examples retrieving the message array to retrieve the message array in gecko prior to version 19: function getconsolemessagearray() { var consoleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice); var array = {}; consoleservice.getmessagearray(array, {}); return array.value; } to retrieve the message array in gecko 19 or later: function getconsolemessagearray() { var consoleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice); return consoleservice.getmessagearray(); } to retriev...
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Index
429 nsiconsolelistener interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xpcom, xpcom interface reference called by the nsiconsoleservice when a message is posted to the console.
... listeners must first be attached to the service using nsiconsoleservice.registerlistener() 430 nsiconsolemessage interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xpcom, xpcom interface reference implementations may provide an object that can be query interfaced, nsisupports.queryinterface(), to provide more specific message information.
... 431 nsiconsoleservice interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xpcom, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference the console service is the back-end for the error console, bundled with every mozilla application, and for firefox's web console and browser console.

Session store API - Archive of obsolete content
r extension wants to be able to restore data when tabs are restored, you can install a listener like this: function myextensionhandlerestore(aevent) { var tab = event.originaltarget; /* the tab being restored */ var uri = tab.linkedbrowser.contentdocument.location; /* the tab's uri */ components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice) .logstringmessage("restoring tab: " + uri); }; document.addeventlistener("sstabrestoring", myextensionhandlerestore, false); simply replace the contents of the function myextensionhandlerestore() with whatever you need to do when the tab is restored.
... in this example, nsiconsoleservice is used to display a message to the console.

Components.utils.reportError
however you should use nsiconsoleservice for logging, as it logs the messages with normal severity, unlike reporterror.
... function mydump(amessage) { var consoleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice); consoleservice.logstringmessage("my component: " + amessage); } firefox 3: the error console will not display chrome errors by default.

nsIConsoleListener
inherits from: nsisupports last changed in gecko 1.7 method overview void observe(in nsiconsolemessage amessage); methods observe() called by the nsiconsoleservice when a message is posted to the console.
... listeners must first be attached to the service using nsiconsoleservice.registerlistener() void observe( in nsiconsolemessage amessage ); parameters amessage the nsiconsolemessage being posted.

nsIConsoleMessage
xpcom/base/nsiconsolemessage.idlscriptable this interface is a base interface for messages passed to or from the nsiconsoleservice.
... see also nsiconsoleservice ...

Chapter 5: Let's build a Firefox extension - Archive of obsolete content
listing 31: function to output messages to the error console function log(atext) { var console = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice); console.logstringmessage(atext); } components.utils.reporterror method another way to output text to the same error console is with the components.utils.reporterror method.

Setting up an extension development environment - Archive of obsolete content
you can use nsiconsoleservice instead of dump() from a privileged script.

Firefox addons developer guide - Archive of obsolete content
if you use the interface template when mentioning interfaces by name, mdc will automatically format them and generate links to their documentation, like this: nsiconsoleservice.

New Security Model for Web Services - Archive of obsolete content
reports errors (validation, wellformedness, file not found, etc.) to the console via nsiconsoleservice.

Building XULRunner with Python - Archive of obsolete content
window-watcher;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiwindowwatcher); wwatch.openwindow(null, "chrome://global/content/console.xul", "_blank", "chrome,dialog=no,all", null); } // dump to the js console (xulrunner -jsconsole) function jsdump(str) { components.classes['@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice) .logstringmessage(str); } function jserror(str) { components.utils.reporterror(str); } a final tip is to use task manager to check for a zombie xulrunner process after a crash.

Debugging a XULRunner Application - Archive of obsolete content
jsdump(str) (function defined below) will output str as a "message" with a speech bubble icon next to it: function jsdump(str) { components.classes['@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice) .logstringmessage(str); } for more information about the error console see the error console and browser console article.

MacFAQ - Archive of obsolete content
="0" height="0" persist="screenx screeny width height sizemode" > <!-- load the mozilla helpers --> <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://global/content/nsusersettings.js" /> <script><![cdata[ function debug(alogstring) { var mconsoleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiconsoleservice) mconsoleservice.logstringmessage("myxul: " + alogstring + "\n"); } function checkotherwindows() { var singletonwindowtype = nspreferences.copyunicharpref("toolkit.singletonwindowtype"); var windowmediator = components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiwindowmediator); var win = wi...

Creating a Login Manager storage module
getservice(ci.nsiconsoleservice); return this.__logservice; }, log: function (message) { dump("sampleloginmanager: " + message + "\n"); this._logservice.logstringmessage("sampleloginmanager: " + message); }, // logs function name and arguments for debugging stub: function(arguments) { var args = []; for (let i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) args.push(arguments[i]) this.log("called " + ar...

Services.jsm
appinfo nsixulappinfo nsixulruntime application information service appshell nsiappshellservice application shell service blocklist nsiblocklistservice blocklist service cache nsicacheservice cache service cache2 nsicachestorageservice cache storage service clipboard nsiclipboard clipboard console nsiconsoleservice error console service contentprefs nsicontentprefservice content preferences service cookies nsicookiemanager2 cookie manager 2 service cpmm nsimessagesender child process message manager4 crashmanager crashmanager.jsm dirsvc nsidirectoryservice nsiproperties directory service domstoragemanager nsidoms...