nsIUpdateChecker Interface

 An interface describing an object that knows how to check for updates.

[scriptable, uuid(877ace25-8bc5-452a-8586-9c1cf2871994)]

Constants

 Constants for the |stopChecking| function that tell the Checker how long
 to stop checking:

 CURRENT_CHECK:     Stops the current (active) check only
 CURRENT_SESSION:   Stops all checking for the current session
 ANY_CHECKS:        Stops all checking, any session from now on
                    (disables update checking preferences)

const unsigned short CURRENT_CHECK = 1

const unsigned short CURRENT_SESSION = 2

const unsigned short ANY_CHECKS = 3

Methods

 Checks for available updates, notifying a listener of the results.
 @param   listener
          An object implementing nsIUpdateCheckListener which is notified
          of the results of an update check.
 @param   force
          Forces the checker to check for updates, regardless of the
          current value of the user's update settings. This is used by
          any piece of UI that offers the user the imperative option to
          check for updates now, regardless of their update settings.
          force will not work if the system administrator has locked
          the app.update.enabled preference.

void checkForUpdates(in nsIUpdateCheckListener listener, in boolean force)

 Ends any pending update check.
 @param   duration
          A value representing the set of checks to stop doing.

void stopChecking(in unsigned short duration)