gecko-dev/netwerk/base/public/nsIURL.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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#include "nsIURI.idl"
/**
* The nsIURL interface provides convenience methods that further
* break down the path portion of nsIURI:
*
* http://directory/fileBaseName.fileExtension?query
* http://directory/fileBaseName.fileExtension#ref
* http://directory/fileBaseName.fileExtension;param
* \ \ /
* \ -----------------------
* \ | /
* \ fileName /
* ----------------------------
* |
* filePath
*
* @status UNDER_REVIEW
*/
[scriptable, uuid(d6116970-8034-11d3-9399-00104ba0fd40)]
interface nsIURL : nsIURI
{
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The path attribute is broken down into the following attributes:
// filePath, param, query, and ref:
/**
* Returns a path including the directory and file portions of a
* URL. E.g. The filePath of "http://foo/bar.html#baz" is
* "/foo/bar.html".
*/
attribute string filePath;
/**
* Returns the parameters specified after the ; in the URL.
*
*/
attribute string param;
/**
* Returns the query portion (the part after the "?") of the URL.
* If there isn't one, an empty string is returned.
*/
attribute string query;
/**
* Returns the reference portion (the part after the "#") of the URL.
* If there isn't one, an empty string is returned.
*/
attribute string ref;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The filePath attribute is further broken down into the following
// attributes: directory, file:
/**
* Returns the directory portion of a URL.
* If the URL denotes a path to a directory and not a file,
* e.g. http://foo/bar/, then the Directory attribute accesses
* the complete /foo/bar/ portion, and the FileName is the
* empty string. If the trailing slash is omitted, then the
* Directory is /foo/ and the file is bar (i.e. this is a
* syntactic, not a semantic breakdown of the Path).
* And hence dont rely on this for something to be a definitely
* be a file. But you can get just the leading directory portion
* for sure.
*/
attribute string directory;
/**
* Returns the file name portion of a URL.
* If the URL denotes a path to a directory and not a file,
* e.g. http://foo/bar/, then the Directory attribute accesses
* the complete /foo/bar/ portion, and the FileName is the
* empty string. Note that this is purely based on searching
* for the last trailing slash. And hence dont rely on this to
* be a definite file.
*/
attribute string fileName;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The fileName attribute is further broken down into the following
// attributes: fileName, fileExtension:
attribute string fileBaseName;
/**
* Returns the file extension portion of a filename in a url.
* If a file extension does not exist, the empty string is returned.
*/
attribute string fileExtension;
/**
* Returns the query portion (the part after the "?") of the URL
* without unescaping the string.
* If there isn't one, an empty string is returned.
*/
readonly attribute string escapedQuery;
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* Protocol writers can obtain a default nsIURL implementation by calling the
* component manager with NS_STANDARDURL_CID. The implementation returned will
* implement only the set of accessors specified by nsIURL. After obtaining the
* instance from the component manager, the Init routine must be called on the
* new instance to initialize it from the user's URL spec.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(8793370a-311f-11d4-9876-00c04fa0cf4a)]
interface nsIStandardURL : nsISupports
{
/**
* blah:foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah:/foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
* blah://foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah:///foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
*/
const unsigned long URLTYPE_STANDARD = 1;
/**
* blah:foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah:/foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah://foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah:///foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
*/
const unsigned long URLTYPE_AUTHORITY = 2;
/**
* blah:foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
* blah:/foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
* blah://foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
* blah:///foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
*/
const unsigned long URLTYPE_NO_AUTHORITY = 3;
void init(in unsigned long urlType,
in long defaultPort,
in string initialSpec,
in nsIURI initialBaseURI);
};