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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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*
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* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
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* Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
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* compliance with the NPL. You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
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* http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
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*
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* Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
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* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
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* NPL.
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*
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* The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
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* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
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* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights
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* Reserved.
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*/
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#include "nsIRequest.idl"
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interface nsIURI;
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interface nsIInputStream;
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interface nsIOutputStream;
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interface nsIStreamObserver;
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interface nsIStreamListener;
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interface nsILoadGroup;
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typedef unsigned long nsLoadFlags;
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/**
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* nsIChannel is the abstract base class for transports and URLs.
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* It's abstract in that it doesn't provide a means to specify the
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* location/destination of the data being accessed.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(89f4afe0-1868-11d3-9337-00104ba0fd40)]
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interface nsIChannel : nsIRequest
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{
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/**
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* Returns the URL to which the channel refers.
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*/
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readonly attribute nsIURI URI;
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/**
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* Opens a blocking input stream to the URL's specified source.
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* @param startPosition - The offset from the start of the data
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* from which to read.
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* @param readCount - The number of bytes to read. If -1, everything
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* up to the end of the data is read. If greater than the end of
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* the data, the amount available is returned in the stream.
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*/
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nsIInputStream openInputStream(in unsigned long startPosition,
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in long readCount);
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/**
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* Opens a blocking output stream to the URL's specified destination.
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* @param startPosition - The offset from the start of the data
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* from which to begin writing.
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*/
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nsIOutputStream openOutputStream(in unsigned long startPosition);
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/**
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* Opens the channel asynchronously. The nsIStreamObserver's OnStartRequest
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* method is called back when the channel actually becomes open, providing
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* the content type. Its OnStopRequest method is called when the channel
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* becomes closed.
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*/
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void asyncOpen(in nsIStreamObserver observer,
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in nsISupports ctxt);
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/**
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* Reads asynchronously from the URL's specified source. Notifications
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* are provided to the stream listener on the thread of the specified
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* event queue.
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* The startPosition argument designates the offset in the source where
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* the data will be read.
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* If the readCount == -1 then all the available data is delivered to
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* the stream listener.
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*/
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void asyncRead(in unsigned long startPosition,
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in long readCount,
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in nsISupports ctxt,
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in nsIStreamListener listener);
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/**
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* Writes asynchronously to the URL's specified destination. Notifications
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* are provided to the stream observer on the thread of the specified
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* event queue.
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* The startPosition argument designates the offset in the destination where
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* the data will be written.
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* If the writeCount == -1, then all the available data in the input
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* stream is written.
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*/
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void asyncWrite(in nsIInputStream fromStream,
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in unsigned long startPosition,
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in long writeCount,
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in nsISupports ctxt,
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in nsIStreamObserver observer);
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/**
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* Load attribute flags. These may be or'd together.
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*
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* Note that more will follow for each protocol's implementation of a channel,
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* although channel writers have to be careful to not let the flag bits
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* overlap. Otherwise, users won't be able to create a single flag word
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* of load attributes that applies to a number of different channel types.
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*/
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const unsigned long LOAD_NORMAL = 0; /* no special load attributes -- use defaults */
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const unsigned long LOAD_BACKGROUND = 1 << 0; /* don't deliver status notifications to the
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* nsIProgressEventSink, or keep this load from
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* completing the nsILoadGroup it may belong to */
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/**
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* Accesses the load attributes for the channel. E.g. setting the load
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* attributes with the LOAD_QUIET bit set causes the loading process to
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* not deliver status notifications to the program performing the load,
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* and to not contribute to keeping any nsILoadGroup it may be contained
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* in from firing its OnLoadComplete notification.
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*/
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attribute nsLoadFlags loadAttributes;
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/**
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* Returns the content MIME type of the channel if available. Note that the
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* content type can often be wrongly specified (wrong file extension, wrong
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* MIME type, wrong document type stored on a server, etc.) and the caller
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* most likely wants to verify with the actual data.
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*/
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readonly attribute string contentType;
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/**
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* Returns the length of the data assiciated with the channel if available.
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* If the length is unknown then -1 is returned.
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*/
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readonly attribute long contentLength;
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/**
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* Accesses the owner corresponding to the entity that is
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* responsible for this channel. Used by security code to grant
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* or diminish privileges to mobile code loaded from this channel.
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*/
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attribute nsISupports owner;
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/**
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* Returns the load group in which the channel is a currently a member.
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*/
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readonly attribute nsILoadGroup loadGroup;
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};
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