gecko-dev/uriloader/exthandler/nsIExternalHelperAppService.idl

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/* The external helper app service is used for finding and launching
   platform specific external applications for a given mime content type.
 */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIStreamListener;
interface nsIFile;


[scriptable, uuid(663CC0AA-42EA-11d4-98D0-001083010E9B)]
interface nsIExternalHelperAppService : nsISupports
{
  // canHandleContent: determines if we have an external helper application for a given mime type
  // aMimeContentType --> the specified mime type we are attempting to get a helper application for
  // aUri --> the url for the data we are trying to load. The implementor may need this in order to figure 
  // out the file extension of the document.
  // returns TRUE if we have such an app and FALSE otherwise.
  boolean canHandleContent (in string aMimeContentType, in nsIURI aUri); 

  // doContent: binds an external helper application to a stream listener. The caller should pump data
  // into the returned stream listener. When the OnStopRequest is issued, the stream listener implementation
  // will launch the helper app with this data.
  // aMimeContentType --> the content type of the incoming data
  // aURI --> the URI corresponding to the incoming data
  // aWindowContext --> use GetInterface to retrieve properties like the dom window or parent window...
  //                    the service might need this in order to bring up dialogs.
  // aAbortProcess --> set to TRUE by the helper service if the caller should just forget about loading the document
  //                   (typically this occurs if the helper app just wants the URI to run and not the data)
  // returns a nsIStreamListener which the caller should pump the data into.
  nsIStreamListener doContent (in string aMimeContentType, in nsIURI aURI, 
                               in nsISupports aWindowContext, out boolean aAbortProcess); 
};

// this is a private interface shared between external app handlers and the platform specific
// external helper app service
[scriptable, uuid(491D04D5-449C-11d4-98D0-001083010E9B)]
interface nsPIExternalAppLauncher : nsISupports
{
  // launchAppWithTempFile --> used by the handler to actually launch the helper application
  // aTempFile --> the file which contains the data we want the helper app to use when it is launched
  // aAppCookie --> a cookie that was given to the app handler when it was created by the OS specific
  //                external helper app service. This cookie contains all the information the service
  //                needs to know about the application in order to launch it. It's content differs by
  //                platform.
  void launchAppWithTempFile(in nsIFile aTempFile, in nsISupports aAppCookie);
};