gecko-dev/netwerk/cache/public/nsICacheEntryDescriptor.idl
darin%netscape.com 763397309e [not part of the build] Changes to make the new cache use PRUint32's for
time instead of PRTime's.  r=gordon
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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
* IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* rights and limitations under the License.
*
* The Original Code is nsICacheEntryDescriptor.idl, released
* February 10, 2001.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
* Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 2001 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
* Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
* Gordon Sheridan <gordon@netscape.com>
* Patrick Beard <beard@netscape.com>
* Darin Fisher <darin@netscape.com>
*/
#include "nsICacheVisitor.idl"
#include "nsICache.idl"
interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
interface nsICacheListener;
interface nsITransport;
interface nsIFile;
[scriptable, uuid(49c1a11d-f5d2-4f09-8262-551e64908ada)]
interface nsICacheEntryDescriptor : nsICacheEntryInfo
{
/**
* Set the time at which the cache entry should be considered invalid (in
* seconds since the Epoch).
*/
void setExpirationTime(in PRUint32 expirationTime);
/**
* Set the cache entry data size. This will fail if the cache entry
* IS stream based.
*/
void setDataSize(in unsigned long size);
/**
* Get a transport to the cache data. This will fail if the cache entry
* IS NOT stream based.
*/
readonly attribute nsITransport transport;
/**
* Get/set the cache data element. This will fail if the cache entry
* IS stream based. The cache entry holds a strong reference to this
* object. The object will be released when the cache entry is destroyed.
*/
attribute nsISupports cacheElement;
/**
* Get the access granted to this descriptor. See nsICache.idl for the
* definitions of the access modes and a thorough description of their
* corresponding meanings.
*/
readonly attribute nsCacheAccessMode accessGranted;
/**
* Get/set the storage policy of the cache entry. See nsICache.idl for
* the definitions of the storage policies.
*/
attribute nsCacheStoragePolicy storagePolicy;
/**
* Get the disk file associated with the cache entry.
*/
readonly attribute nsIFile file;
/**
* Get/set security info on the cache entry for this descriptor. This fails
* if the storage policy is not STORE_IN_MEMORY.
*/
attribute nsISupports securityInfo;
/**
* Doom the cache entry this descriptor references in order to slate it for
* removal. Once doomed a cache entry cannot be undoomed.
*
* A descriptor with WRITE access can doom the cache entry and choose to
* fail pending requests. This means that pending requests will not get
* a cache descriptor. This is meant as a tool for clients that wish to
* instruct pending requests to skip the cache.
*/
void doom();
void doomAndFailPendingRequests(in nsresult status);
/**
* A writer must validate this cache object before any readers are given
* a descriptor to the object.
*/
void markValid();
/**
* Explicitly close the descriptor (optional).
*/
void close();
/**
* Methods for accessing meta data. Meta data is a table of key/value
* string pairs. The strings do not have to conform to any particular
* charset, but they must be null terminated.
*/
string getMetaDataElement(in string key);
void setMetaDataElement(in string key, in string value);
nsISimpleEnumerator getMetaDataEnumerator(); /* todo */
};