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#ifndef nsID_h__
#define nsID_h__

#include <string.h>

#ifndef prtypes_h___
#include "prtypes.h"
#endif

#ifndef nsCom_h__
#include "nsCom.h"
#endif

/**
 * A "unique identifier". This is modeled after OSF DCE UUIDs.
 */

struct nsID {
  /**
   * @name Indentifier values
   */

  //@{
  PRUint32 m0;
  PRUint16 m1;
  PRUint16 m2;
  PRUint8 m3[8];
  //@}

  /**
   * @name Methods
   */

  //@{
  /**
   * Equivalency method. Compares this nsID with another.
   * @return <b>PR_TRUE</b> if they are the same, <b>PR_FALSE</b> if not.
   */

  inline PRBool Equals(const nsID& other) const {
    return (PRBool)
      ((((PRUint32*) &m0)[0] == ((PRUint32*) &other.m0)[0]) &&
       (((PRUint32*) &m0)[1] == ((PRUint32*) &other.m0)[1]) &&
       (((PRUint32*) &m0)[2] == ((PRUint32*) &other.m0)[2]) &&
       (((PRUint32*) &m0)[3] == ((PRUint32*) &other.m0)[3]));
  }

  /**
   * nsID Parsing method. Turns a {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
   * string into an nsID
   */
  NS_COM PRBool Parse(const char *aIDStr);

  /**
   * nsID string encoder. Returns an allocated string in 
   * {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} format. Caller should free string.
   */
  NS_COM char* ToString() const;
  //@}
};

/*
 * Class IDs
 */

typedef nsID nsCID;

// Define an CID
#define NS_DEFINE_CID(_name, _cidspec) \
  const nsCID _name = _cidspec

#define REFNSCID const nsCID&

#endif