Re: RegisterFactory vs. RegisterFactoryLocation

Christian Biesinger wrote:
> Hello!
> What exactly is the difference between RegisterFactory and 
> RegisterFactoryLocation? What does the latter do that the former doesn't?

One registers an instance of a nsIFactory.  The other registers a file 
location of a component.  See nsIComponentRegistrar.idl.

> Can I change existing code to use RegisterFactory instead of 
> RegisterFactoryLocation and will it still work?

Depends on exactly what you are trying to do.  Do you already have a 
nsIFactory?  If so, converting to registerFactoryLocation() doesn't make 
too much sense.