nsIUpdatePatch

toolkit/mozapps/update/nsIUpdateService.idlScriptable

An interface that describes an object representing a patch file that can be downloaded and applied to a version of this application so that it can be updated.

1.0

Introduced

Gecko 1.8

Inherits from: nsISupports Last changed in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)

Method overview

nsIDOMElement serialize(in nsIDOMDocument updates);

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`finalURL`	`AString`	The final `URL` this patch was being downloaded from.
`hashFunction`	`AString`	The hash function to use when determining the integrity of the patch file.
`hashValue`	`AString`	The value of the hash function named in `hashFunction` that should be computed if the file is not corrupt.
`selected`	`boolean`	`true` if this patch is currently selected as the patch to be downloaded and installed for this update transaction. `false` if another update is selected.
`size`	`unsigned long`	The size of the patch file in bytes.
`state`	`AString`	The state of this patch.
`type`	`AString`	The type of patch represented by the object: "partial" A binary difference between two application versions. "complete" A complete patch containing all the replacement files to update to the new version.
`URL`	`AString`	The URL from which the patch was downloaded.

Methods

serialize()

Serializes the patch object into a DOM element.

nsIDOMElement serialize(
  in nsIDOMDocument updates
);

Parameters

updates: The DOM document into which to serialize the patch.

Return value

The patch object serialized into an nsIDOMElement.