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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIChannel.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIInterfaceRequestor;
interface nsILoadGroup;

[scriptable, uuid(15fd6940-8ea7-11d3-93ad-00104ba0fd40)]
interface nsIProtocolHandler : nsISupports
{
    readonly attribute string scheme;

    readonly attribute long defaultPort;

    /**
     * Makes a URI object that is suitable for loading by this protocol.
     * In the usual case (when only the accessors provided by nsIURI are 
     * needed), this method just constructs a standard URI using the
     * component manager with kStandardURLCID.
     */
    nsIURI newURI(in string aSpec, in nsIURI aBaseURI);

    /**
     * Constructs a new channel for this protocol handler. 
     *
     * @param originalURI - Specifies the original URI which caused the creation
     * of this channel. This can occur when the construction of one channel
     * (e.g. for resource:) causes another channel to be created on its behalf
     * (e.g. a file: channel), or if a redirect occurs, causing the current
     * URL to become different from the original URL. If NULL, the aURI parameter
     * will be used as the originalURI instead.
     */
    nsIChannel newChannel(in nsIURI aURI);
};

%{C++

#define NS_NETWORK_PROTOCOL_CONTRACTID               "@mozilla.org/network/protocol;1"
#define NS_NETWORK_PROTOCOL_CONTRACTID_PREFIX        NS_NETWORK_PROTOCOL_CONTRACTID "?name="
#define NS_NETWORK_PROTOCOL_CONTRACTID_PREFIX_LENGTH 37     // nsCRT::strlen(NS_NETWORK_PROTOCOL_CONTRACTID_PREFIX)

// Unknown Protocol Error
#define NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL  NS_ERROR_GENERATE_FAILURE(NS_ERROR_MODULE_NETWORK, 18)

%}