gecko-dev/caps/idl/nsIPrincipal.idl
Jan Varga e9492bcd36 Bug 785884 - Implement support for temporary storage (aka shared pool). r=ehsan, r=bent
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rename : dom/quota/UsageRunnable.h => dom/quota/UsageInfo.h
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* 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/. */
/* Defines the abstract interface for a principal. */
#include "nsISerializable.idl"
%{C++
struct JSPrincipals;
#include "nsCOMPtr.h"
#include "nsTArray.h"
%}
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIContentSecurityPolicy;
[ptr] native JSContext(JSContext);
[ptr] native JSPrincipals(JSPrincipals);
[ptr] native PrincipalArray(nsTArray<nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> >);
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(551bf53d-203c-4ac4-8c0b-40aa7b5f1ad6)]
interface nsIPrincipal : nsISerializable
{
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equivalent to this principal.
* Principals are considered equal if they are the same principal, or
* they have the same origin.
*/
boolean equals(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Like equals, but doesn't take document.domain changes into account.
*/
boolean equalsIgnoringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
%{C++
inline bool Equals(nsIPrincipal* aOther) {
bool equal = false;
return NS_SUCCEEDED(Equals(aOther, &equal)) && equal;
}
inline bool EqualsIgnoringDomain(nsIPrincipal* aOther) {
bool equal = false;
return NS_SUCCEEDED(EqualsIgnoringDomain(aOther, &equal)) && equal;
}
%}
/**
* Returns a hash value for the principal.
*/
[noscript] readonly attribute unsigned long hashValue;
/**
* The domain security policy of the principal.
*/
// XXXcaa should this be here? The script security manager is the only
// thing that should care about this. Wouldn't storing this data in one
// of the hashtables in nsScriptSecurityManager be better?
// XXXbz why is this writable? Who should have write access to this? What
// happens if this principal is in our hashtable and we pass it out of the
// security manager and someone writes to this field? Especially if they
// write garbage? If we need to give someone other than the security
// manager a way to set this (which I question, since it can increase the
// permissions of a page) it should be a |void clearSecurityPolicy()|
// method.
[noscript] attribute voidPtr securityPolicy;
/**
* The codebase URI to which this principal pertains. This is
* generally the document URI.
*/
readonly attribute nsIURI URI;
/**
* The domain URI to which this principal pertains.
* This is congruent with HTMLDocument.domain, and may be null.
* Setting this has no effect on the URI.
*/
[noscript] attribute nsIURI domain;
/**
* The origin of this principal's codebase URI.
* An origin is defined as: scheme + host + port.
*/
// XXXcaa this should probably be turned into an nsIURI.
// The system principal's origin should be some caps namespace
// with a chrome URI. All of chrome should probably be the same.
readonly attribute string origin;
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equal to or weaker than this
* principal. Principals are equal if they are the same object or they
* have the same origin.
*
* Thus a principal always subsumes itself.
*
* The system principal subsumes itself and all other principals.
*
* A null principal (corresponding to an unknown, hence assumed minimally
* privileged, security context) is not equal to any other principal
* (including other null principals), and therefore does not subsume
* anything but itself.
*/
boolean subsumes(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Same as the previous method, subsumes(), but for codebase principals
* ignores changes to document.domain.
*/
boolean subsumesIgnoringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
%{C++
inline bool Subsumes(nsIPrincipal* aOther) {
bool subsumes = false;
return NS_SUCCEEDED(Subsumes(aOther, &subsumes)) && subsumes;
}
inline bool SubsumesIgnoringDomain(nsIPrincipal* aOther) {
bool subsumes = false;
return NS_SUCCEEDED(SubsumesIgnoringDomain(aOther, &subsumes)) && subsumes;
}
%}
/**
* Checks whether this principal is allowed to load the network resource
* located at the given URI under the same-origin policy. This means that
* codebase principals are only allowed to load resources from the same
* domain, the system principal is allowed to load anything, and null
* principals are not allowed to load anything. This is changed slightly
* by the optional flag allowIfInheritsPrincipal (which defaults to false)
* which allows the load of a data: URI (which inherits the principal of
* its loader) or a URI with the same principal as its loader (eg. a
* Blob URI).
* In these cases, with allowIfInheritsPrincipal set to true, the URI can
* be loaded by a null principal.
*
* If the load is allowed this function does nothing. If the load is not
* allowed the function throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI.
*
* NOTE: Other policies might override this, such as the Access-Control
* specification.
* NOTE: The 'domain' attribute has no effect on the behaviour of this
* function.
*
*
* @param uri The URI about to be loaded.
* @param report If true, will report a warning to the console service
* if the load is not allowed.
* @param allowIfInheritsPrincipal If true, the load is allowed if the
* loadee inherits the principal of the
* loader.
* @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI if the load is not allowed.
*/
void checkMayLoad(in nsIURI uri, in boolean report,
in boolean allowIfInheritsPrincipal);
/**
* A Content Security Policy associated with this principal.
*/
[noscript] attribute nsIContentSecurityPolicy csp;
/**
* Returns the jar prefix of the principal.
* The jar prefix is a string that can be used to isolate data or
* permissions between different principals while taking into account
* parameters like the app id or the fact that the principal is embedded in
* a mozbrowser.
* Some principals will return an empty string.
* Some principals will assert if you try to access the jarPrefix.
*
* The jarPrefix is intended to be an opaque identifier. It is currently
* "human-readable" but no callers should assume it will stay as is and
* it might be crypto-hashed at some point.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String jarPrefix;
/**
* The base domain of the codebase URI to which this principal pertains
* (generally the document URI), handling null principals and
* non-hierarchical schemes correctly.
*/
readonly attribute ACString baseDomain;
const short APP_STATUS_NOT_INSTALLED = 0;
const short APP_STATUS_INSTALLED = 1;
const short APP_STATUS_PRIVILEGED = 2;
const short APP_STATUS_CERTIFIED = 3;
/**
* Gets the principal's app status, which indicates whether the principal
* corresponds to "app code", and if it does, how privileged that code is.
* This method returns one of the APP_STATUS constants above.
*
* Note that a principal may have
*
* appId != nsIScriptSecurityManager::NO_APP_ID &&
* appId != nsIScriptSecurityManager::UNKNOWN_APP_ID
*
* and still have appStatus == APP_STATUS_NOT_INSTALLED. That's because
* appId identifies the app that contains this principal, but a window
* might be contained in an app and not be running code that the app has
* vouched for. For example, the window might be inside an <iframe
* mozbrowser>, or the window's origin might not match the app's origin.
*
* If you're doing a check to determine "does this principal correspond to
* app code?", you must check appStatus; checking appId != NO_APP_ID is not
* sufficient.
*/
[infallible] readonly attribute unsigned short appStatus;
/**
* Gets the id of the app this principal is inside. If this principal is
* not inside an app, returns nsIScriptSecurityManager::NO_APP_ID.
*
* Note that this principal does not necessarily have the permissions of
* the app identified by appId. For example, this principal might
* correspond to an iframe whose origin differs from that of the app frame
* containing it. In this case, the iframe will have the appId of its
* containing app frame, but the iframe must not run with the app's
* permissions.
*
* Similarly, this principal might correspond to an <iframe mozbrowser>
* inside an app frame; in this case, the content inside the iframe should
* not have any of the app's permissions, even if the iframe is at the same
* origin as the app.
*
* If you're doing a security check based on appId, you must check
* appStatus as well.
*/
[infallible] readonly attribute unsigned long appId;
/**
* Returns true iff the principal is inside a browser element. (<iframe
* mozbrowser mozapp> does not count as a browser element.)
*/
[infallible] readonly attribute boolean isInBrowserElement;
/**
* Returns true if this principal has an unknown appId. This shouldn't
* generally be used. We only expose it due to not providing the correct
* appId everywhere where we construct principals.
*/
[infallible] readonly attribute boolean unknownAppId;
/**
* Returns true iff this principal is a null principal (corresponding to an
* unknown, hence assumed minimally privileged, security context).
*/
[infallible] readonly attribute boolean isNullPrincipal;
};
/**
* If nsSystemPrincipal is too risky to use, but we want a principal to access
* more than one origin, nsExpandedPrincipals letting us define an array of
* principals it subsumes. So script with an nsExpandedPrincipals will gain
* same origin access when at least one of its principals it contains gained
* sameorigin acccess. An nsExpandedPrincipal will be subsumed by the system
* principal, and by another nsExpandedPrincipal that has all its principals.
* It is added for jetpack content-scripts to let them interact with the
* content and a well defined set of other domains, without the risk of
* leaking out a system principal to the content. See: Bug 734891
*/
[uuid(f3e177Df-6a5e-489f-80a7-2dd1481471d8)]
interface nsIExpandedPrincipal : nsISupports
{
/**
* An array of principals that the expanded principal subsumes.
* Note: this list is not reference counted, it is shared, so
* should not be changed and should only be used ephemerally.
*/
[noscript] readonly attribute PrincipalArray whiteList;
};