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+/* global Services, APP_STARTUP, APP_SHUTDOWN */
+/* exported startup, shutdown, install, uninstall */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var bgProcess;
+Components.utils['import']('resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm');
+
+function startup(data, reason) {
+	bgProcess = function(ev) {
+		if (ev) {
+			this.removeEventListener('load', bgProcess);
+		}
+
+		bgProcess = Services.appShell.hiddenDOMWindow.document;
+		bgProcess = bgProcess.documentElement.appendChild(
+			bgProcess.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'iframe')
+		);
+		bgProcess.setAttribute('src', 'chrome://ublock/content/background.html');
+	};
+
+	if (reason === APP_STARTUP) {
+		Services.ww.registerNotification({
+			observe: function(subject) {
+				Services.ww.unregisterNotification(this);
+				subject.addEventListener('load', bgProcess);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	else {
+		bgProcess();
+	}
+}
+
+function shutdown(data, reason) {
+	if (reason !== APP_SHUTDOWN) {
+		bgProcess.parentNode.removeChild(bgProcess);
+	}
+}
+
+function install() {
+	// https://bugzil.la/719376
+	Services.strings.flushBundles();
+}
+
+function uninstall() {}
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