NS_ShutdownXPCOM
« xpcom api reference summary the ns_shutdownxpcom function terminates use of xpcom in the calling process.
... #include "nsxpcom.h" nsresult ns_shutdownxpcom( nsiservicemanager* asvcmanager ); parameters asvcmanager [in] the nsiservicemanager instance that was returned by ns_initxpcom2 (or ns_initxpcom3) or null.
... return values the ns_shutdownxpcom function returns ns_ok if successful.

NS_InitXPCOM2
the resulting interface pointer is addref'd upon return and must either be release'd explicitly or passed to ns_shutdownxpcom when the application is finished with xpcom.
...this error may also occur if xpcom is being initialized after ns_shutdownxpcom has been called.
... see also ns_initxpcom3, ns_shutdownxpcom ...

NS_InitXPCOM3
the resulting interface pointer is addref'd upon return and must either be release'd explicitly or passed to ns_shutdownxpcom when the application is finished with xpcom.
...this error may also occur if xpcom is being initialized after ns_shutdownxpcom has been called.
... see also ns_initxpcom2, ns_shutdownxpcom ...

Component Internals
the shutdown process when the application is ready to shutdown xpcom, it calls ns_shutdownxpcom.
... ns_shutdownxpcom returns and the application may exit normally.

Index
138 ns_shutdownxpcom functions, functions:frozen, xpcom, xpcom api reference the ns_shutdownxpcom function terminates use of xpcom in the calling process.

NS_GetComponentManager
remarks the object returned is a singleton that is valid until ns_shutdownxpcom is called.

NS_GetComponentRegistrar
remarks the object returned is a singleton that is valid until ns_shutdownxpcom is called.

NS_GetMemoryManager
remarks the object returned is a singleton that is valid until ns_shutdownxpcom is called.

NS_GetServiceManager
remarks the object returned is a singleton that is valid until ns_shutdownxpcom is called.

Core XPCOM functions
ns_newlocalfilethe ns_newlocalfile function creates an instance of nsilocalfile that provides a platform independent representation of a file path.ns_newnativelocalfilethe ns_newnativelocalfile function creates an instance of nsilocalfile that provides a platform independent representation of a file path.ns_reallocreallocates a block of memory using the xpcom memory manager.ns_shutdownxpcomthe ns_shutdownxpcom function terminates use of xpcom in the calling process.nsresultthe nsresult data type is a strongly-typed enum used to represent a value returned by an xpcom function; these are typically error or status codes.