gecko-dev/widget/nsIJumpListBuilder.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIURI;

[scriptable, uuid(5769F08D-0303-4E38-8FE6-86B5473022F6)]
interface nsIJumpListBuilder : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Returns the local filesystem path for a favicon for a page hosted at
   * faviconURL if we happen to have written one to disk before. If we have not,
   * then a background thread retrieves the favicon and will write it to disk
   * and NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE will be thrown.
   *
   * @param {nsIURI} faviconURL
   *   The URL for the web page for which we would like a filesystem path for
   *   the favicon.
   * @returns {AString}
   *   The local filesystem path for the favicon if it has been cached before.
   *   If it has not been cached before, this method will throw
   *   NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
   *   In the event that the favicon has never been cached to disk before.
   */
  AString obtainAndCacheFavicon(in nsIURI faviconURL);

  /**
   * Returns a Promise that resolves with whether or not the Jump List backend
   * on the background thread is up and running.
   *
   * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
   *   Resolves to true if the backend is ready to accept
   *   WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions. False, otherwise.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
   *   If an attempt to communicate with the background thread fails.
   */
  [implicit_jscontext]
  Promise isAvailable();

  /**
   * Asks the Windows Jump List API for any items that might have been removed
   * by the user from the Jump List UI.
   *
   * Important: This should be called prior to any attempt to call
   * `populateJumpList` to ensure that any passed in
   * WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions do not describe items that the user has
   * just removed. Failing to do so will cause the Promise returned from
   * `populateJumpList` to reject. This is a constraint of the underlying win32
   * API. Please see
   * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nf-shobjidl_core-icustomdestinationlist-beginlist
   * for more details.
   *
   * @returns {Promise<string[], nsresult>}
   *   On success, will return an array of strings for URLs of history that
   *   have been removed by the user via the Windows Jump List. These items will
   *   also have had their cached favicons removed from the disk off of the
   *   main thread. On failure, this will reject with the nsresult failure code.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
   *   If an attempt to communicate with the background thread fails.
   */
  [implicit_jscontext]
  Promise checkForRemovals();

  /**
   * Writes a new set of items to the Windows Jump List. This occurs
   * asynchronously, off of the main thread.
   *
   * Important: Callers should first call `checkForRemovals` to remove any
   * browsing history items that the user chose to remove in the Jump List
   *  Only then should any WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions be created
   * and passed to this method. Any attempt to add
   * WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions matching items that have been removed
   * by the user will result in the returned Promise rejecting. This is a
   * constraint of the underlying win32 API. Please see
   * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nf-shobjidl_core-icustomdestinationlist-beginlist
   * for more details.
   *
   * @param {WindowsJumpListShortcutDescription[]} aTaskDescriptions
   *   0 or more WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions to place items within the
   *   "tasks" section of the Jump List.
   * @param {AString} aCustomTitle
   *   An optional title for a custom sub-list within the Jump List that will be
   *   populated via aCustomDescriptions. This must be supplied if
   *   aCustomDescriptions is not empty.
   * @param {WindowsJumpListShortcutDescription[]} aCustomDescriptions
   *   0 or more WindowsJumpListShortcutDescriptions to place items within the
   *   custom section of the Jump List. aCustomTitle must be supplied if this
   *   array is non-empty.
   * @returns {Promise<undefined, nsresult>}
   *   Returns a Promise that resolves if the Jump List was properly written
   *   to, and rejects otherwise with the nsresult of the failure.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG
   *   If any of the passed arguments do not meet the requirements set out
   *   above.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
   *   If an attempt to communicate with the background thread fails.
   */
  [implicit_jscontext]
  Promise populateJumpList(
    in jsval aTaskDescriptions,
    in AString aCustomTitle,
    in jsval aCustomDescriptions
  );

  /**
   * Removes all items from the Jump List.
   *
   * @returns {Promise<undefined, nsresult>}
   *   Resolves with undefined on successfully clearing the Jump List. If it
   *   fails to do so, it will reject with the failure code.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
   *   If an attempt to communicate with the background thread fails.
   */
  [implicit_jscontext]
  Promise clearJumpList();
};