nsIUpdateTimerManager in Firefox 2.0

Implemented by

@mozilla.org/updates/timer-manager;1

 An interface describing a global application service that allows long 
 duration (e.g. 1-7 or more days, weeks or months) timers to be registered
 and then fired.

[scriptable, uuid(0765c92c-6145-4253-9db4-594d8023087e)]

Methods

 Register an interval with the timer manager. The timer manager 
 periodically checks to see if the interval has expired and if it has
 calls the specified callback. This is persistent across application
 restarts and can handle intervals of long durations.
 @param   id
          An id that identifies the interval, used for persistence
 @param   callback
          A nsITimerCallback object that is notified when the interval
          expires
 @param   interval
          The length of time, in milliseconds, of the interval

void registerTimer(in AString id, in nsITimerCallback callback, in unsigned long interval)