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#ifndef nsIContent_h___
#define nsIContent_h___
#include <stdio.h>
#include "nsCOMPtr.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "nsEvent.h"
#include "nsAString.h"
#include "nsContentErrors.h"
#include "nsPropertyTable.h"
// Forward declarations
class nsIAtom;
class nsIDocument;
class nsPresContext;
class nsVoidArray;
class nsIDOMEvent;
class nsIContent;
class nsISupportsArray;
class nsIDOMRange;
class nsINodeInfo;
class nsIEventListenerManager;
class nsIURI;
// IID for the nsIContent interface
#define NS_ICONTENT_IID \
{ 0x38824dfc, 0x5a2d, 0x4b86, \
{ 0x8c, 0x49, 0xcc, 0xbb, 0x70, 0x03, 0x47, 0x51 } }
/**
* A node of content in a document's content model. This interface
* is supported by all content objects.
*/
class nsIContent : public nsISupports {
public:
NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ICONTENT_IID)
nsIContent()
: mParentPtrBits(0) { }
/**
* DEPRECATED - Use GetCurrentDoc or GetOwnerDoc.
* Get the document for this content.
* @return the document
*/
virtual nsIDocument* GetDocument() const = 0;
/**
* Set the document for this content.
*
* @param aDocument the new document to set (could be null)
* @param aDeep whether to set the document on children
* @param aCompileEventHandlers whether to initialize the event handlers in
* the document (used by nsXULElement)
*/
virtual void SetDocument(nsIDocument* aDocument, PRBool aDeep,
PRBool aCompileEventHandlers) = 0;
/**
* Returns true if the content has an ancestor that is a document.
*
* @return whether this content is in a document tree
*/
virtual PRBool IsInDoc() const = 0;
/**
* Get the document that this content is currently in, if any. This will be
* null if the content has no ancestor that is a document.
*
* @return the current document
*/
nsIDocument *GetCurrentDoc() const
{
// XXX This should become:
// return IsInDoc() ? GetOwnerDoc() : nsnull;
return GetDocument();
}
/**
* Get the ownerDocument for this content.
*
* @return the ownerDocument
*/
virtual nsIDocument *GetOwnerDoc() const = 0;
/**
* Get the parent content for this content.
* @return the parent, or null if no parent
*/
nsIContent* GetParent() const
{
return NS_REINTERPRET_CAST(nsIContent *, mParentPtrBits & ~kParentBitMask);
}
/**
* Set the parent content for this content. (This does not add the child to
* its parent's child list.) This clobbers the low 2 bits of the parent
* pointer, so subclasses which use those bits should override this.
* @param aParent the new parent content to set (could be null)
*/
virtual void SetParent(nsIContent* aParent) = 0;
/**
* Get whether this content is C++-generated anonymous content
* @see nsIAnonymousContentCreator
* @return whether this content is anonymous
*/
virtual PRBool IsNativeAnonymous() const = 0;
/**
* Set whether this content is anonymous
* @see nsIAnonymousContentCreator
* @param aAnonymous whether this content is anonymous
*/
virtual void SetNativeAnonymous(PRBool aAnonymous) = 0;
/**
* Get the namespace that this element's tag is defined in
* @return the namespace
*/
virtual PRInt32 GetNameSpaceID() const = 0;
/**
* Get the tag for this element. This will always return a non-null
* atom pointer (as implied by the naming of the method).
*/
virtual nsIAtom *Tag() const = 0;
/**
* Get the NodeInfo for this element
* @return the nodes node info
*/
virtual nsINodeInfo * GetNodeInfo() const = 0;
/**
* Get the number of children
* @return the number of children
*/
virtual PRUint32 GetChildCount() const = 0;
/**
* Get a child by index
* @param aIndex the index of the child to get, or null if index out
* of bounds
* @return the child
*/
virtual nsIContent *GetChildAt(PRUint32 aIndex) const = 0;
/**
* Get the index of a child within this content
* @param aPossibleChild the child to get the index
* @return the index of the child, or -1 if not a child
*/
virtual PRInt32 IndexOf(nsIContent* aPossibleChild) const = 0;
/**
* Insert a content node at a particular index.
*
* @param aKid the content to insert
* @param aIndex the index it is being inserted at (the index it will have
* after it is inserted)
* @param aNotify whether to notify the document that the insert has
* occurred
* @param aDeepSetDocument whether to set document on all children of aKid
*/
virtual nsresult InsertChildAt(nsIContent* aKid, PRUint32 aIndex,
PRBool aNotify, PRBool aDeepSetDocument) = 0;
/**
* Append a content node to the end of the child list.
*
* @param aKid the content to append
* @param aNotify whether to notify the document that the replace has
* occurred
* @param aDeepSetDocument whether to set document on all children of aKid
*/
virtual nsresult AppendChildTo(nsIContent* aKid, PRBool aNotify,
PRBool aDeepSetDocument) = 0;
/**
* Remove a child from this content node.
*
* @param aIndex the index of the child to remove
* @param aNotify whether to notify the document that the replace has
* occurred
*/
virtual nsresult RemoveChildAt(PRUint32 aIndex, PRBool aNotify) = 0;
/**
* Returns an atom holding the name of the attribute of type ID on
* this content node (if applicable). Returns null for non-element
* content nodes.
*/
virtual nsIAtom *GetIDAttributeName() const = 0;
/**
* Normalizes an attribute name and returns it as a nodeinfo if an attribute
* with that name exists. This method is intended for character case
* conversion if the content object is case insensitive (e.g. HTML). Returns
* the nodeinfo of the attribute with the specified name if one exists or
* null otherwise.
*
* @param aStr the unparsed attribute string
* @return the node info. May be nsnull.
*/
virtual already_AddRefed<nsINodeInfo> GetExistingAttrNameFromQName(const nsAString& aStr) const = 0;
/**
* Set attribute values. All attribute values are assumed to have a
* canonical string representation that can be used for these
* methods. The SetAttr method is assumed to perform a translation
* of the canonical form into the underlying content specific
* form.
*
* @param aNameSpaceID the namespace of the attribute
* @param aName the name of the attribute
* @param aValue the value to set
* @param aNotify specifies how whether or not the document should be
* notified of the attribute change.
*/
nsresult SetAttr(PRInt32 aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aName,
const nsAString& aValue, PRBool aNotify)
{
return SetAttr(aNameSpaceID, aName, nsnull, aValue, aNotify);
}
/**
* Set attribute values. All attribute values are assumed to have a
* canonical String representation that can be used for these
* methods. The SetAttr method is assumed to perform a translation
* of the canonical form into the underlying content specific
* form.
*
* @param aNameSpaceID the namespace of the attribute
* @param aName the name of the attribute
* @param aPrefix the prefix of the attribute
* @param aValue the value to set
* @param aNotify specifies how whether or not the document should be
* notified of the attribute change.
*/
virtual nsresult SetAttr(PRInt32 aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aName,
nsIAtom* aPrefix, const nsAString& aValue,
PRBool aNotify) = 0;
/**
* Get the current value of the attribute. This returns a form that is
* suitable for passing back into SetAttr.
*
* @param aNameSpaceID the namespace of the attr
* @param aName the name of the attr
* @param aResult the value (may legitimately be the empty string) [OUT]
* @throws NS_CONTENT_ATTR_NOT_THERE if the attribute is not set and has no
* default value
* @throws NS_CONTENT_ATTR_NO_VALUE if the attribute exists but has no value
* @throws NS_CONTENT_ATTR_HAS_VALUE if the attribute exists and has a
* non-empty value (==NS_OK)
*/
virtual nsresult GetAttr(PRInt32 aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aName,
nsAString& aResult) const = 0;
/**
* Determine if an attribute has been set (empty string or otherwise).
*
* @param aNameSpaceId the namespace id of the attribute
* @param aAttr the attribute name
* @return whether an attribute exists
*/
virtual PRBool HasAttr(PRInt32 aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aName) const = 0;
/**
* Remove an attribute so that it is no longer explicitly specified.
*
* @param aNameSpaceID the namespace id of the attribute
* @param aAttr the name of the attribute to unset
* @param aNotify specifies whether or not the document should be
* notified of the attribute change
*/
virtual nsresult UnsetAttr(PRInt32 aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aAttr,
PRBool aNotify) = 0;
/**
* Get the namespace / name / prefix of a given attribute.
*
* @param aIndex the index of the attribute name
* @param aNameSpace the name space ID of the attribute name [OUT]
* @param aName the attribute name [OUT]
* @param aPrefix the attribute prefix [OUT]
*
*/
virtual nsresult GetAttrNameAt(PRUint32 aIndex, PRInt32* aNameSpaceID,
nsIAtom** aName, nsIAtom** aPrefix) const = 0;
/**
* Get the number of all specified attributes.
*
* @return the number of attributes
*/
virtual PRUint32 GetAttrCount() const = 0;
/**
* Inform content of range ownership changes. This allows content
* to do the right thing to ranges in the face of changes to the content
* model.
* RangeRemove -- informs content that it no longer owns a range endpoint
* GetRangeList -- returns the list of ranges that have one or both endpoints
* within this content item
*/
/**
* Inform content that it owns one or both range endpoints
* @param aRange the range the content owns
*/
virtual nsresult RangeAdd(nsIDOMRange* aRange) = 0;
/**
* Inform content that it no longer owns either range endpoint
* @param aRange the range the content no longer owns
*/
virtual void RangeRemove(nsIDOMRange* aRange) = 0;
/**
* Get the list of ranges that have either endpoint in this content
* item.
* @return the list of ranges owned partially by this content. The
* nsVoidArray is owned by the content object and its lifetime is
* controlled completely by the content object.
*/
virtual const nsVoidArray *GetRangeList() const = 0;
/**
* Handle a DOM event for this piece of content. This method is responsible
* for handling and controlling all three stages of events, capture, local
* and bubble. It also does strange things to anonymous content which whiz
* right by this author's head.
*
* Here are some beginning explanations:
* - if in INIT or CAPTURE mode, it must pass the event to its parent in
* CAPTURE mode (this happens before the event is fired, therefore the
* firing of events will occur from the root up to the target).
* - The event is fired to listeners.
* - If in INIT or BUBBLE mode, it passes the event to its parent in BUBBLE
* mode. This means that the events will be fired up the chain starting
* from the target to the ancestor.
*
* NOTE: if you are extending nsGenericElement and have to do a default
* action, call super::HandleDOMEvent() first and check for
* aEventStatus != nsEventStatus_eIgnore and make sure you are not in CAPTURE
* mode before proceeding.
*
* XXX Go comment that method, Will Robinson.
* @param aPresContext the current presentation context
* @param aEvent the event that is being propagated
* @param aDOMEvent a special event that may contain a modified target. Pass
* in null here or aDOMEvent if you are in HandleDOMEvent already;
* don't worry your pretty little head about it.
* @param aFlags flags that describe what mode we are in. Generally
* NS_EVENT_FLAG_CAPTURE, NS_EVENT_FLAG_BUBBLE and NS_EVENT_FLAG_INIT
* are the ones that matter.
* @param aEventStatus the status returned from the function. Generally
* nsEventStatus_eIgnore
*/
virtual nsresult HandleDOMEvent(nsPresContext* aPresContext,
nsEvent* aEvent, nsIDOMEvent** aDOMEvent,
PRUint32 aFlags,
nsEventStatus* aEventStatus) = 0;
/**
* Get a unique ID for this piece of content.
* This ID is used as a key to store state information
* about this content object and its associated frame object.
* The state information is stored in a dictionary that is
* manipulated by the frame manager (nsIFrameManager) inside layout.
* An opaque pointer to this dictionary is passed to the session
* history as a handle associated with the current document's state
*
* These methods are DEPRECATED, DON'T USE THEM!!!
*
*/
virtual PRUint32 ContentID() const = 0;
/**
* Set the unique content ID for this content.
* @param aID the ID to set
*/
virtual void SetContentID(PRUint32 aID)
{
}
/**
* Set the focus on this content. This is generally something for the event
* state manager to do, not ordinary people. Ordinary people should do
* something like nsGenericHTMLElement::SetElementFocus(). This method is
* the end result, the point where the content finds out it has been focused.
*
* All content elements are potentially focusable.
*
* @param aPresContext the pres context
* @see nsGenericHTMLElement::SetElementFocus()
*/
virtual void SetFocus(nsPresContext* aPresContext)
{
}
/**
* Remove the focus on this content. This is generally something for the
* event state manager to do, not ordinary people. Ordinary people should do
* something like nsGenericHTMLElement::SetElementFocus(). This method is
* the end result, the point where the content finds out it has been focused.
*
* All content elements are potentially focusable.
*
* @param aPresContext the pres context
* @see nsGenericHTMLElement::SetElementFocus()
*/
virtual void RemoveFocus(nsPresContext* aPresContext)
{
}
/**
* Check if this content is focusable and in the current tab order.
* Note: most callers should use nsIFrame::IsFocusable() instead as it
* checks visibility and other layout factors as well.
* Tabbable is indicated by a nonnegative tabindex & is a subset of focusable.
* For example, only the selected radio button in a group is in the
* tab order, unless the radio group has no selection in which case
* all of the visible, non-disabled radio buttons in the group are
* in the tab order. On the other hand, all of the visible, non-disabled
* radio buttons are always focusable via clicking or script.
* Also, depending on either the accessibility.tabfocus pref or
* a system setting (nowadays: Full keyboard access, mac only)
* some widgets may be focusable but removed from the tab order.
* @param [inout, optional] aTabIndex the computed tab index
* In: default tabindex for element (-1 nonfocusable, == 0 focusable)
* Out: computed tabindex
* @param [optional] aTabIndex the computed tab index
* < 0 if not tabbable
* == 0 if in normal tab order
* > 0 can be tabbed to in the order specified by this value
* @return whether the content is focusable via mouse, kbd or script.
*/
virtual PRBool IsFocusable(PRInt32 *aTabIndex = nsnull)
{
if (aTabIndex)
*aTabIndex = -1; // Default, not tabbable
return PR_FALSE;
}
/**
* Sets content node with the binding responsible for our construction (and
* existence). Used by anonymous content (XBL-generated). null for all
* explicit content.
*
* @param aContent the new binding parent
*/
virtual nsresult SetBindingParent(nsIContent* aContent) = 0;
/**
* Gets content node with the binding responsible for our construction (and
* existence). Used by anonymous content (XBL-generated). null for all
* explicit content.
*
* @return the binding parent
*/
virtual nsIContent *GetBindingParent() const = 0;
/**
* Bit-flags to pass (or'ed together) to IsContentOfType()
*/
enum {
/** text elements */
eTEXT = 0x00000001,
/** dom elements */
eELEMENT = 0x00000002,
/** html elements */
eHTML = 0x00000004,
/** form controls */
eHTML_FORM_CONTROL = 0x00000008,
/** XUL elements */
eXUL = 0x00000010,
/** xml processing instructions */
ePROCESSING_INSTRUCTION = 0x00000020,
/** svg elements */
eSVG = 0x00000040,
/** comment nodes */
eCOMMENT = 0x00000080
};
/**
* API for doing a quick check if a content object is of a given
* type, such as HTML, XUL, Text, ... Use this when you can instead of
* checking the tag.
*
* @param aFlags what types you want to test for (see above, eTEXT, eELEMENT,
* eHTML, eHTML_FORM_CONTROL, eXUL)
* @return whether the content matches ALL flags passed in
*/
virtual PRBool IsContentOfType(PRUint32 aFlags) const = 0;
/**
* Get the event listener manager, the guy you talk to to register for events
* on this element.
* @param aResult the event listener manager [OUT]
*/
virtual nsresult GetListenerManager(nsIEventListenerManager** aResult) = 0;
/**
* Get the base URI for any relative URIs within this piece of
* content. Generally, this is the document's base URI, but certain
* content carries a local base for backward compatibility.
*
* @return the base URI
*/
virtual already_AddRefed<nsIURI> GetBaseURI() const = 0;
/**
* This method is called when the parser finishes creating the element. This
* particularly means that it has done everything you would expect it to have
* done after it encounters the > at the end of the tag (for HTML or XML).
* This includes setting the attributes, setting the document / form, and
* placing the element into the tree at its proper place.
*
* For container elements, this is called *before* any of the children are
* created or added into the tree.
*
* NOTE: this is currently only called for input and button, in the HTML
* content sink. If you want to call it on your element, modify the content
* sink of your choice to do so. This is an efficiency measure.
*
* If you also need to determine whether the parser is the one creating your
* element (through createElement() or cloneNode() generally) then add a
* boolean aFromParser to the NS_NewXXX() constructor for your element and
* have the parser pass true. See nsHTMLInputElement.cpp and
* nsHTMLContentSink::MakeContentObject().
*
* DO NOT USE THIS METHOD to get around the fact that it's hard to deal with
* attributes dynamically. If you make attributes affect your element from
* this method, it will only happen on initialization and JavaScript will not
* be able to create elements (which requires them to first create the
* element and then call setAttribute() directly, at which point
* DoneCreatingElement() has already been called and is out of the picture).
*/
virtual void DoneCreatingElement()
{
}
/**
* This method is called when the parser begins creating the element's
* children, if any are present.
*
* This is only called for XTF elements currently.
*/
virtual void BeginAddingChildren()
{
}
/**
* This method is called when the parser finishes creating the element's children,
* if any are present.
*
* NOTE: this is currently only called for textarea, select, applet, and
* object elements in the HTML content sink. If you want
* to call it on your element, modify the content sink of your
* choice to do so. This is an efficiency measure.
*
* If you also need to determine whether the parser is the one creating your
* element (through createElement() or cloneNode() generally) then add a
* boolean aFromParser to the NS_NewXXX() constructor for your element and
* have the parser pass true. See nsHTMLInputElement.cpp and
* nsHTMLContentSink::MakeContentObject().
*/
virtual void DoneAddingChildren()
{
}
/**
* For HTML textarea, select, applet, and object elements, returns
* PR_TRUE if all children have been added OR if the element was not
* created by the parser. Returns PR_TRUE for all other elements.
*/
virtual PRBool IsDoneAddingChildren()
{
return PR_TRUE;
}
/* Methods for manipulating content node properties. For documentation on
* properties, see nsPropertyTable.h.
*/
virtual void* GetProperty(nsIAtom *aPropertyName,
nsresult *aStatus = nsnull) const
{ if (aStatus) *aStatus = NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; return nsnull; }
virtual nsresult SetProperty(nsIAtom *aPropertyName,
void *aValue,
NSPropertyDtorFunc aDtor = nsnull)
{ return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
virtual nsresult DeleteProperty(nsIAtom *aPropertyName)
{ return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
virtual void* UnsetProperty(nsIAtom *aPropertyName,
nsresult *aStatus = nsnull)
{ if (aStatus) *aStatus = NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; return nsnull; }
#ifdef DEBUG
/**
* List the content (and anything it contains) out to the given
* file stream. Use aIndent as the base indent during formatting.
* Returns NS_OK unless a file error occurs.
*/
virtual void List(FILE* out = stdout, PRInt32 aIndent = 0) const = 0;
/**
* Dump the content (and anything it contains) out to the given
* file stream. Use aIndent as the base indent during formatting.
* Returns NS_OK unless a file error occurs.
*/
virtual void DumpContent(FILE* out = stdout, PRInt32 aIndent = 0,
PRBool aDumpAll = PR_TRUE) const = 0;
#endif
enum ETabFocusType {
//eTabFocus_textControlsMask = (1<<0), // unused - textboxes always tabbable
eTabFocus_formElementsMask = (1<<1), // non-text form elements
eTabFocus_linksMask = (1<<2), // links
eTabFocus_any = 1 + (1<<1) + (1<<2) // everything that can be focused
};
// Tab focus model bit field:
static PRInt32 sTabFocusModel;
// accessibility.tabfocus_applies_to_xul pref - if it is set to true,
// the tabfocus bit field applies to xul elements.
static PRBool sTabFocusModelAppliesToXUL;
protected:
typedef PRWord PtrBits;
// Subclasses may use the low two bits of mParentPtrBits to store other data
enum { kParentBitMask = 0x3 };
PtrBits mParentPtrBits;
};
#endif /* nsIContent_h___ */