gecko-dev/content/base/public/nsIXMLHttpRequest.idl
bzbarsky%mit.edu 86cdacb339 Clean up event dispatch code in XMLHttpRequest, make onreadystatechange an
EventListener, fire upload progress events.  Bug 198595 and bug 312213, patch
by me for the cleanup and onreadystatechange and by Rob Adams
<readams@readams.net> for the upload progress changes, r=sicking, sr=peterv
2006-05-05 17:01:53 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIDOMDocument;
interface nsIDOMEventListener;
interface nsIChannel;
interface nsIVariant;
/**
* Mozilla's XMLHttpRequest is modelled after Microsoft's IXMLHttpRequest
* object. The goal has been to make Mozilla's version match Microsoft's
* version as closely as possible, but there are bound to be some differences.
*
* In general, Microsoft's documentation for IXMLHttpRequest can be used.
* Mozilla's interface definitions provide some additional documentation. The
* web page to look at is http://www.mozilla.org/xmlextras/
*
* Mozilla's XMLHttpRequest object can be created in JavaScript like this:
* new XMLHttpRequest()
* compare to Internet Explorer:
* new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
*
* From JavaScript, the methods and properties visible in the XMLHttpRequest
* object are a combination of nsIXMLHttpRequest and nsIJSXMLHttpRequest;
* there is no need to differentiate between those interfaces.
*
* From native code, the way to set up onload and onerror handlers is a bit
* different. Here is a comment from Johnny Stenback <jst@netscape.com>:
*
* The mozilla implementation of nsIXMLHttpRequest implements the interface
* nsIDOMEventTarget and that's how you're supported to add event listeners.
* Try something like this:
*
* nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMEventTarget> target(do_QueryInterface(myxmlhttpreq));
*
* target->AddEventListener(NS_LITERAL_STRING("load"), mylistener,
* PR_FALSE)
*
* where mylistener is your event listener object that implements the
* interface nsIDOMEventListener.
*
* The 'onload', 'onerror', and 'onreadystatechange' attributes moved to
* nsIJSXMLHttRequest, but if you're coding in C++ you should avoid using
* those. Though actually, if you use addEventListener from C++ weird things
* will happen too, since the result will depend on what JS happens to be on
* the stack when you do it....
*/
[scriptable, uuid(7b3b3c62-9d53-4abc-bc89-c33ce78f439f)]
interface nsIXMLHttpRequest : nsISupports
{
/**
* The request uses a channel in order to perform the
* request. This attribute represents the channel used
* for the request. NULL if the channel has not yet been
* created.
*
* In a multipart request case, this is the initial channel, not the
* different parts in the multipart request.
*
* Mozilla only. Requires elevated privileges to access.
*/
readonly attribute nsIChannel channel;
/**
* The response to the request is parsed as if it were a
* text/xml stream. This attributes represents the response as
* a DOM Document object. NULL if the request is unsuccessful or
* has not yet been sent.
*/
readonly attribute nsIDOMDocument responseXML;
/**
* The response to the request as text.
* NULL if the request is unsuccessful or
* has not yet been sent.
*/
readonly attribute AString responseText;
/**
* The status of the response to the request for HTTP requests.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long status;
/**
* The string representing the status of the response for
* HTTP requests.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String statusText;
/**
* If the request has been sent already, this method will
* abort the request.
*/
void abort();
/**
* Returns all of the response headers as a string for HTTP
* requests.
*
* Note that this will return all the headers from the *current*
* part of a multipart request, not from the original channel.
*
* @returns A string containing all of the response headers.
* NULL if the response has not yet been received.
*/
string getAllResponseHeaders();
/**
* Returns the text of the header with the specified name for
* HTTP requests.
*
* @param header The name of the header to retrieve
* @returns A string containing the text of the header specified.
* NULL if the response has not yet been received or the
* header does not exist in the response.
*/
ACString getResponseHeader(in AUTF8String header);
/**
* Native (non-script) method to initialize a request. Note that
* the request is not sent until the <code>send</code> method
* is invoked.
*
* Will abort currently active loads.
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* @param method The HTTP method, for example "POST" or "GET". Ignored
* if the URL is not a HTTP(S) URL.
* @param url The URL to which to send the request.
* @param async Whether the request is synchronous or asynchronous
* i.e. whether send returns only after the response
* is received or if it returns immediately after
* sending the request. In the latter case, notification
* of completion is sent through the event listeners.
* This argument must be true if the multipart
* attribute has been set to true, or an exception will
* be thrown.
* @param user A username for authentication if necessary.
* @param password A password for authentication if necessary.
*/
[noscript] void openRequest(in AUTF8String method,
in AUTF8String url,
in boolean async,
in AString user,
in AString password);
/**
* Meant to be a script-only method for initializing a request.
* The parameters are similar to the ones detailed in the
* description of <code>openRequest</code>, but the last
* 3 are optional.
*
* Will abort currently active loads.
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* @param method The HTTP method - either "POST" or "GET". Ignored
* if the URL is not a HTTP URL.
* @param url The URL to which to send the request.
* @param async (optional) Whether the request is synchronous or
* asynchronous i.e. whether send returns only after
* the response is received or if it returns immediately after
* sending the request. In the latter case, notification
* of completion is sent through the event listeners.
* The default value is true.
* This argument must be true if the multipart
* attribute has been set to true, or an exception will
* be thrown.
* @param user (optional) A username for authentication if necessary.
* The default value is the empty string
* @param password (optional) A password for authentication if necessary.
* The default value is the empty string
*/
void open(in AUTF8String method, in AUTF8String url);
/**
* Sends the request. If the request is asynchronous, returns
* immediately after sending the request. If it is synchronous
* returns only after the response has been received.
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* @param body Either an instance of nsIDOMDocument, nsIInputStream
* or a string (nsISupportsString in the native calling
* case). This is used to populate the body of the
* HTTP request if the HTTP request method is "POST".
* If the parameter is a nsIDOMDocument, it is serialized.
* If the parameter is a nsIInputStream, then it must be
* compatible with nsIUploadChannel.setUploadStream, and a
* Content-Length header will be added to the HTTP request
* with a value given by nsIInputStream.available. Any
* headers included at the top of the stream will be
* treated as part of the message body. The MIME type of
* the stream should be specified by setting the Content-
* Type header via the setRequestHeader method before
* calling send.
*/
void send(in nsIVariant body);
/**
* Sets a HTTP request header for HTTP requests. You must call open
* before setting the request headers.
*
* @param header The name of the header to set in the request.
* @param value The body of the header.
*/
void setRequestHeader(in AUTF8String header, in AUTF8String value);
/**
* The state of the request.
*
* Possible values:
* 0 UNINITIALIZED open() has not been called yet.
* 1 LOADING send() has not been called yet.
* 2 LOADED send() has been called, headers and status are available.
* 3 INTERACTIVE Downloading, responseText holds the partial data.
* 4 COMPLETED Finished with all operations.
*/
readonly attribute long readyState;
/**
* Override the mime type returned by the server (if any). This may
* be used, for example, to force a stream to be treated and parsed
* as text/xml, even if the server does not report it as such. This
* must be done before the <code>send</code> method is invoked.
*
* @param mimetype The type used to override that returned by the server
* (if any).
*/
void overrideMimeType(in AUTF8String mimetype);
/**
* Set to true if the response is expected to be a stream of
* possibly multiple (XML) documents. If set to true, the content
* type of the initial response must be multipart/x-mixed-replace or
* an error will be triggerd. All requests must be asynchronous.
*
* This enables server push. For each XML document that's written to
* this request, a new XML DOM document is created and the onload
* handler is called inbetween documents. Note that when this is
* set, the onload handler and other event handlers are not reset
* after the first XML document is loaded, and the onload handler
* will be called as each part of the response is received.
*/
attribute boolean multipart;
};
[scriptable, uuid(261676b4-d508-43bf-b099-74635a0ee2e9)]
interface nsIJSXMLHttpRequest : nsISupports {
/**
* Meant to be a script-only mechanism for setting a load event listener.
* The attribute is expected to be JavaScript function object. When
* the load event occurs, the function is invoked.
* This attribute should not be used from native code!!
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* Mozilla only.
*/
attribute nsIDOMEventListener onload;
/**
* Meant to be a script-only mechanism for setting an error event listener.
* The attribute is expected to be JavaScript function object. When
* the error event occurs, the function is invoked.
* This attribute should not be used from native code!!
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* Mozilla only.
*/
attribute nsIDOMEventListener onerror;
/**
* Meant to be a script-only mechanism for setting a progress event listener.
* The attribute is expected to be JavaScript function object. When
* the error event occurs, the function is invoked.
* This attribute should not be used from native code!!
* This event listener may be called multiple times during the open request.
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* Mozilla only.
*/
attribute nsIDOMEventListener onprogress;
/**
* Meant to be a script-only mechanism for setting an upload progress event
* listener.
* This attribute should not be used from native code!!
* This event listener may be called multiple times during the upload..
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*
* Mozilla only.
*/
attribute nsIDOMEventListener onuploadprogress;
/**
* Meant to be a script-only mechanism for setting a callback function.
* The attribute is expected to be JavaScript function object. When the
* readyState changes, the callback function will be called.
* This attribute should not be used from native code!!
*
* After the initial response, all event listeners will be cleared.
* Call open() before setting new event listeners.
*/
attribute nsIDOMEventListener onreadystatechange;
};
%{ C++
#define NS_XMLHTTPREQUEST_CID \
{ /* d164e770-4157-11d4-9a42-000064657374 */ \
0xd164e770, 0x4157, 0x11d4, \
{0x9a, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00, 0x64, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74} }
#define NS_XMLHTTPREQUEST_CONTRACTID \
"@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlhttprequest;1"
%}