pyxpidl
the pyxpidl tool suite has been built to replace the older xpidl tool which, in the past, was used to turn xpidl files into c++ headers and xpcom typelibs (xpt files). the newer utility has the advantage of not needing any code to be compiled in order to use it, and let us remove a bunch of old code from the tree. pyxpidl has been in use for a while, but replaced xpidl in the gecko sdk starting in gecko 9.0. using pyxpidl pyxpidl is in the sdk in the sdkdir/sdk/bin/ directory. unlike xpidl, which combined all the functions into a single utility, pyxpidl is comprised of two utilities: header.py, which generates c++ headers from idl, and typelib.py, which generates xpt files. pyxpidl requires a directory to cache certain information in. you can use a temporary directory or the current ...
...ry or the current directory or whatever works best for you. ...
...c++ headers to generate c++ headers, use the header.py utility: sdkdir/sdk/bin/header.py --cachedir=<path> -o <outputfilename.h> <filename.idl> generating typelibs generating typelib files is done using the typelib.py utility: sdkdir/sdk/bin/typelib.py --cachedir=<path> -o <outputfilename.xpt> <filename.idl> comparing pyxpidl to xpidl this table provides a mapping of old xpidl options to pyxpidl. ...
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XPIDL Syntax
ist of potential features which are parseable but may not result in expected code: struct, union, and enumerated types array declarators (appears to be supported in xpidl_header.c but not xpidl_typelib.c) exception declarations module declarations variable arguments (that makes the abnf get more wonky) sequence types max-length strings fixed-point numbers "any" and "long double" types. ...

xpidl
xpidl is a tool for generating xpcom interface information, based on xpidl interface description files. it generates: c++ header files (.h), with a commented template for full c++ implementation of the interface xpconnect typelib files (.xpt), with runtime type information to dynamically call xpcom objects through xpconnect note: starting in gecko 9.0, xpidl has been replaced with pyxpidl in the gecko sdk. pyxpidl has been used for some time now, but now this older tool has been fully retired. xpidl is based on the libidl idl compiler from the gnome project. the libidl compiler depends on glib, also from the gnome project. the xpidl compiler is now part of the build process, allowing us to generate headers used by the xpcom components. please check the build documentation for fur...

XPIDL
and machine-independent way. idls make it possible to define interfaces which can then be processed by tools to autogenerate language-dependent interface specifications. xpidl is expected to converge towards webidl in the future. note: starting in gecko 9.0, the older xpidl utility, which was previously used to generate c++ header files, typelib information, and so forth has been replaced with pyxpidl in the gecko sdk. pyxpidl has been used for some time now, but now the older tool has been fully retired. writing xpidl interface files xpidl closely resembles omg idl, with extended syntax to handle iids and additional types. some examples are in the xpcom/base and xpcom/ds directories of the mozilla tree. xpidl:syntax (now up to date again) xpidl syntax (out of date) xpidl author's guid...