gecko-dev/netwerk/cache/nsICacheSession.idl

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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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* The Original Code is nsICacheSession.idl, released
* February 23, 2001.
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* Gordon Sheridan <gordon@netscape.com>
* Patrick Beard <beard@netscape.com>
* Darin Fisher <darin@netscape.com>
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsICache.idl"
interface nsICacheEntryDescriptor;
interface nsICacheListener;
[scriptable, uuid(1dd7708c-de48-4ffe-b5aa-cd218c762887)]
interface nsICacheSession : nsISupports
{
/**
* Expired entries will be doomed or evicted if this attribute is set to
* true. If false, expired entries will be returned (useful for offline-
* mode and clients, such as HTTP, that can update the valid lifetime of
* cached content). This attribute defaults to true.
*/
attribute boolean doomEntriesIfExpired;
/**
* A cache session can only give out one descriptor with WRITE access
* to a given cache entry at a time. Until the client calls MarkValid on
* its descriptor, other attempts to open the same cache entry will block.
*/
/**
* Synchronous cache access. This returns a unique descriptor each
* time it is called, even if the same key is specified. When
* called by multiple threads for write access, only one writable
* descriptor will be granted. If 'blockingMode' is set to false, it will
* return NS_ERROR_CACHE_WAIT_FOR_VALIDATION rather than block when another
* descriptor has been given WRITE access but hasn't validated the entry yet.
*/
nsICacheEntryDescriptor openCacheEntry(in ACString key,
in nsCacheAccessMode accessRequested,
in boolean blockingMode);
/**
* Asynchronous cache access. Does not block the calling thread. Instead,
* the listener will be notified when the descriptor is available. If
* 'noWait' is set to true, the listener will be notified immediately with
* status NS_ERROR_CACHE_WAIT_FOR_VALIDATION rather than queuing the request
* when another descriptor has been given WRITE access but hasn't validated
* the entry yet.
*/
void asyncOpenCacheEntry(in ACString key,
in nsCacheAccessMode accessRequested,
in nsICacheListener listener,
[optional] in boolean noWait);
/**
* Evict all entries for this session's clientID according to its storagePolicy.
*/
void evictEntries();
/**
* Return whether any of the cache devices implied by the session storage policy
* are currently enabled for instantiation if they don't already exist.
*/
boolean isStorageEnabled();
/**
* Asynchronously doom an entry specified by the key. Listener will be
* notified about the status of the operation. Null may be passed if caller
* doesn't care about the result.
*/
void doomEntry(in ACString key, in nsICacheListener listener);
};