gecko-dev/netwerk/cookie/public/nsICookieService.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIPrompt;
interface nsIChannel;

/**
 * nsICookieService
 *
 * Provides methods for setting and getting cookies in the context of a
 * page load.  See nsICookieManager for methods to manipulate the cookie
 * database directly.  This separation of interface is mainly historical.
 *
 * This service broadcasts the following notifications when the cookie
 * list is changed, or a cookie is rejected:
 *
 * topic  : "cookie-changed"
 *          broadcast whenever the cookie list changes in some way. there
 *          are four possible data strings for this notification; one
 *          notification will be broadcast for each change, and will involve
 *          a single cookie.
 * subject: an nsICookie2 interface pointer representing the cookie object
 *          that changed.
 * data   : "deleted"
 *          a cookie was deleted. the subject is the deleted cookie.
 *          "added"
 *          a cookie was added. the subject is the added cookie.
 *          "changed"
 *          a cookie was changed. the subject is the new cookie.
 *          "cleared"
 *          the entire cookie list was cleared. the subject is null.
 *
 * topic  : "cookie-rejected"
 *          broadcast whenever a cookie was rejected from being set as a
 *          result of user prefs.
 * subject: an nsIURI interface pointer representing the URI that attempted
 *          to set the cookie.
 * data   : none.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(011C3190-1434-11d6-A618-0010A401EB10)]
interface nsICookieService : nsISupports
{
  /*
   * Get the complete cookie string associated with the URI.
   *
   * @param aURI
   *        the URI of the document for which cookies are being queried.
   * @param aChannel
   *        the channel used to load the document.  this parameter may be null,
   *        but it is strongly recommended that a non-null value be provided to
   *        ensure that the cookie privacy preferences are honored.
   *
   * @return the resulting cookie string
   */
  string getCookieString(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIChannel aChannel);

  /*
   * Get the complete cookie string associated with the URI.
   *
   * XXX this function is redundant and will most likely be removed in a future
   * revision of this interface.  GetCookieString will query the documentURI
   * property off of nsIHttpChannelInternal if supported, so GetCookieString
   * can be used in place of this method.
   *
   * @param aURI
   *        the URI of the document for which cookies are being queried.
   * @param aFirstURI
   *        the URI that the user originally typed in or clicked on to initiate
   *        the load of the document referenced by aURI.
   * @param aChannel
   *        the channel used to load the document.  this parameter may be null,
   *        but it is strongly recommended that a non-null value be provided to
   *        ensure that the cookie privacy preferences are honored.
   *
   * @return the resulting cookie string
   */
  string getCookieStringFromHttp(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIURI aFirstURI, in nsIChannel aChannel);

  /*
   * Set the cookie string associated with the URI.
   *
   * @param aURI
   *        the URI of the document for which cookies are being set.
   * @param aPrompt
   *        the prompt to use for all user-level cookie notifications.
   * @param aCookie
   *        the cookie string to set.
   * @param aChannel
   *        the channel used to load the document.  this parameter may be null,
   *        but it is strongly recommended that a non-null value be provided to
   *        ensure that the cookie privacy preferences are honored.
   *
   * XXX should be able to allow null aPrompt, since nsIPrompt can be queryied
   * from aChannel.
   */
  void setCookieString(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIPrompt aPrompt, in string aCookie, in nsIChannel aChannel);

  /*
   * Set the cookie string and expires associated with the URI.
   *
   * XXX this function is redundant and will most likely be removed in a future
   * revision of this interface.  SetCookieString will query the documentURI
   * property off of nsIHttpChannelInternal if supported, and SetCookieString
   * could also query the Date header from the channel if aChannel supports
   * nsIHttpChannel.
   *
   * @param aURI
   *        the URI of the document for which cookies are being set.
   * @param aFirstURI
   *        the URI that the user originally typed in or clicked on to initiate
   *        the load of the document referenced by aURI.
   * @param aPrompt
   *        the prompt to use for all user-level cookie notifications.
   * @param aCookie
   *        the cookie string to set.
   * @param aServerTime
   *        the expiry information of the cookie (the Date header from the HTTP
   *        response).
   * @param aChannel
   *        the channel used to load the document.  this parameter may be null,
   *        but it is strongly recommended that a non-null value be provided to
   *        ensure that the cookie privacy preferences are honored.
   */
  void setCookieStringFromHttp(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIURI aFirstURI, in nsIPrompt aPrompt, in string aCookie, in string aServerTime, in nsIChannel aChannel);

  /**
   * This attribute really doesn't belong on this interface.  CVS blame will
   * tell you why it is here.  It remains until we can find a better home for
   * it.  Read the source if you want to know what it does :-(
   */
  readonly attribute boolean cookieIconIsVisible;
};