gecko-dev/extensions/xml-rpc/idl/nsIXmlRpcClient.idl
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/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
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*
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*
* The Original Code is Mozilla XML-RPC Client component.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
* Digital Creations 2, Inc.
* Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2000
* the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
* Martijn Pieters <mj@digicool.com> (original author)
* Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net>
*
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/*
* XPCOM XML-RPC Client, interface definition.
* Version: $Revision: 1.8 $
*
* $Id: nsIXmlRpcClient.idl,v 1.8 2006/02/20 04:04:47 samuel%sieb.net Exp $
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIURL.idl"
#include "nsIXmlRpcClientListener.idl"
// forward decl.
interface nsIXmlRpcFault;
/**
* Simple XML-RPC client interface.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(4d7d15c0-3747-4f7f-b6b3-792a5ea1a9aa)]
interface nsIXmlRpcClient: nsISupports {
/**
* Set server URL. Call this before using this object.
*
* @param serverURL URL of server side object on which methods should
* be called.
*/
void init(in string serverURL);
/**
* Set authentication info if needed. Both parameters must be
* specified for authentication to be enabled.
*
* @param username username to be used if asked to authenticate
* @param password password to be used if asked to authenticate
*/
void setAuthentication(in string username, in string password);
/**
* Clear authentication info.
*/
void clearAuthentication(in string username, in string password);
/**
* Set character encoding. The default charset if this function is
* not called is "UTF-8".
*
* @param encoding encoding charset to be used
*/
void setEncoding(in string encoding);
/**
* The URL of the XML-RPC server
*/
readonly attribute nsIURL serverURL;
/**
* Call remote method methodName asynchronously with given arguments.
*
* Supported arguments are:
* nsISupportsPRUint8, nsISupportsPRUint16,
* nsISupportsPRInt16, nsISupportsPRInt32: <i4>
* nsISupportsPRBool: <boolean>
* nsISupportsChar, nsISupportsCString: <string>
* nsISupportsFloat, nsISupportsDouble: <double>
* nsISupportsPRTime: <dateTime.iso8601>
* nsIInputStream: <base64>
* nsISupportsArray: <array>
* nsIDictionary: <struct>
*
* Note that both nsISupportsArray and nsIDictionary can only hold any of
* the supported input types.
*
* Return value will be converted as follows:
* <i4> or <int>: nsISupportsPRInt32
* <boolean>: nsISupportsPRBool
* <string>: nsISupportsCString
* <double>: nsISupportsDouble
* <dateTime.iso8601>: nsISupportsPRTime
* <base64>: nsISupportsCString
* <array>: nsISupportsArray
* <struct>: nsIDictionary
*
* <fault>s (server side errors) are indicated by returning
* NS_ERROR_FAILURE. Via nsIXPConnect::GetPendingException()->data a
* nsIXmlRpcFault object can be retreieved with more information on the
* fault.
*
* @param listener A nsIXmlRpcClientListener that will get notified
* of XML-RPC events.
* @param context A context to be passed on to the listener.
* @param methodName Remote method to call.
* @param arguments Array of arguments to pass to remote method.
* @return Return value of remote method.
*/
void asyncCall(in nsIXmlRpcClientListener listener, in nsISupports ctxt,
in string methodName,
[array, size_is(count)] in nsISupports arguments, in PRUint32 count);
/**
* Whether or not a call is in progress
*/
readonly attribute boolean inProgress;
/**
* The most recent XML-RPC fault from returned from this server.
* null if the last call didn't return an XML-RPC fault.
*/
readonly attribute nsIXmlRpcFault fault;
/**
* The most recent XML-RPC call result returned from this server.
* null if the last call didn't return a valid result
*/
readonly attribute nsISupports result;
/**
* The most recent HTTP status code returned from this server
* null if the server was unreachable or not yet contacted.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long responseStatus;
readonly attribute unsigned long responseString;
/**
* Convenience: return the correct nsISupportsPrimitive for a given XML-RPC
* type, or nsISupportsArray or nsIDictionary. 'base64' isn't supported.
* No QueryInterface call is needed, the object has been QueryInterfaced to
* the correct interface.
*
* @param type One of the listed constants.
* @param uuid The uuid of the returned object. No QI call
* needed.
* @param nsQIResult The apropriate XPCOM object.
*/
void createType(in unsigned long type, out nsIIDRef uuid,
[iid_is(uuid),retval] out nsQIResult result);
const unsigned long INT = 1; // nsISupportsPRInt32
const unsigned long BOOLEAN = 2; // nsISupportsPRBool
const unsigned long STRING = 3; // nsISupportsCString
const unsigned long DOUBLE = 4; // nsISupportsDouble
const unsigned long DATETIME = 5; // nsISupportsPRTime
const unsigned long ARRAY = 6; // nsISupportsArray
const unsigned long STRUCT = 7; // nsIDictionary
};
/**
* An XML-RPC exception.
* XML-RPC server fault codes are returned wrapped in this Access via
* nsIXPConnect::GetPendingException()->data
*/
[scriptable, uuid(691cb864-0a7e-448c-98ee-4a7f359cf145)]
interface nsIXmlRpcFault: nsISupports {
readonly attribute PRInt32 faultCode;
readonly attribute string faultString;
void init(in PRInt32 faultCode, in string faultString);
string toString();
};
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