gecko-dev/docshell/base/nsIURIFixup.idl

/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
 *
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIInputStream;

/**
 * Interface indicating what we found/corrected when fixing up a URI
 */
[scriptable, uuid(4819f183-b532-4932-ac09-b309cd853be7)]
interface nsIURIFixupInfo : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Consumer that asked for fixed up URI.
   */
  attribute nsISupports consumer;

  /**
   * Our best guess as to what URI the consumer will want. Might
   * be null if we couldn't salvage anything (for instance, because
   * the input was invalid as a URI and FIXUP_FLAG_ALLOW_KEYWORD_LOOKUP
   * was not passed)
   */
  readonly attribute nsIURI preferredURI;

  /**
   * The fixed-up original input, *never* using a keyword search.
   * (might be null if the original input was not recoverable as
   * a URL, e.g. "foo bar"!)
   */
  readonly attribute nsIURI fixedURI;

  /**
   * The name of the keyword search provider used to provide a keyword search;
   * empty string if no keyword search was done.
   */
  readonly attribute AString keywordProviderName;

  /**
   * The keyword as used for the search (post trimming etc.)
   * empty string if no keyword search was done.
   */
  readonly attribute AString keywordAsSent;

  /**
   * Whether we changed the protocol instead of using one from the input as-is.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean fixupChangedProtocol;

  /**
   * Whether we created an alternative URI. We might have added a prefix and/or
   * suffix, the contents of which are controlled by the
   * browser.fixup.alternate.prefix and .suffix prefs, with the defaults being
   * "www." and ".com", respectively.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean fixupCreatedAlternateURI;

  /**
   * The original input
   */
  readonly attribute AUTF8String originalInput;
};


/**
 * Interface implemented by objects capable of fixing up strings into URIs
 */
[scriptable, uuid(d2a78abe-e678-4103-9bcc-dd1377460c44)]
interface nsIURIFixup : nsISupports
{
    /** No fixup flags. */
    const unsigned long FIXUP_FLAG_NONE = 0;

    /**
     * Allow the fixup to use a keyword lookup service to complete the URI.
     * The fixup object implementer should honour this flag and only perform
     * any lengthy keyword (or search) operation if it is set.
     */
    const unsigned long FIXUP_FLAG_ALLOW_KEYWORD_LOOKUP = 1;

    /**
     * Tell the fixup to make an alternate URI from the input URI, for example
     * to turn foo into www.foo.com.
     */
    const unsigned long FIXUP_FLAGS_MAKE_ALTERNATE_URI = 2;

    /**
     * For an input that may be just a domain with only 1 level (eg, "mozilla"),
     * require that the host be whitelisted.
     *
     * Overridden by FIXUP_FLAG_ALLOW_KEYWORD_LOOKUP.
     */
    const unsigned long FIXUP_FLAG_REQUIRE_WHITELISTED_HOST = 4;

    /*
     * Fix common scheme typos.
     */
    const unsigned long FIXUP_FLAG_FIX_SCHEME_TYPOS = 8;

    /**
     * Converts an internal URI (e.g. a wyciwyg URI) into one which we can
     * expose to the user, for example on the URL bar.
     *
     * @param  aURI       The URI to be converted
     * @return nsIURI     The converted, exposable URI
     * @throws NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI when the exposable portion of aURI is malformed
     * @throws NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL when we can't get a protocol handler service
     *         for the URI scheme.
     */
    nsIURI createExposableURI(in nsIURI aURI);

    /**
     * Converts the specified string into a URI, first attempting
     * to correct any errors in the syntax or other vagaries. Returns
     * a wellformed URI or nullptr if it can't.
     *
     * @param aURIText    Candidate URI.
     * @param aFixupFlags Flags that govern ways the URI may be fixed up.
     * @param aPostData   The POST data to submit with the returned
     *                    URI (see nsISearchSubmission).
     */
    nsIURI createFixupURI(in AUTF8String aURIText, in unsigned long aFixupFlags,
                          [optional] out nsIInputStream aPostData);

    /**
     * Same as createFixupURI, but returns information about what it corrected
     * (e.g. whether we could rescue the URI or "just" generated a keyword
     * search URI instead).
     *
     * @param aURIText    Candidate URI.
     * @param aFixupFlags Flags that govern ways the URI may be fixed up.
     * @param aPostData   The POST data to submit with the returned
     *                    URI (see nsISearchSubmission).
     */
    nsIURIFixupInfo getFixupURIInfo(in AUTF8String aURIText,
                                    in unsigned long aFixupFlags,
                                    [optional] out nsIInputStream aPostData);

    /**
     * Converts the specified keyword string into a URI.  Note that it's the
     * caller's responsibility to check whether keywords are enabled and
     * whether aKeyword is a sensible keyword.
     *
     * @param aKeyword  The keyword string to convert into a URI
     * @param aPostData The POST data to submit to the returned URI
     *                  (see nsISearchSubmission).
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if the resulting URI requires submission of POST
     *         data and aPostData is null.
     */
    nsIURIFixupInfo keywordToURI(in AUTF8String aKeyword,
                                 [optional] out nsIInputStream aPostData);
};