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/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
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* The Original Code is the URL Formatter Interface.
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* Serge Gautherie <sgautherie.bz@free.fr>
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/**
* nsIURLFormatter
*
* nsIURLFormatter exposes methods to substitute variables in URL formats.
* Variable names can contain 'A-Z' letters and '_' characters.
*
* Mozilla Applications linking to Mozilla websites are strongly encouraged to use
* URLs of the following format:
*
* http[s]://%SERVICE%.mozilla.[com|org]/%LOCALE%/
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
[scriptable, uuid(4ab31d30-372d-11db-a98b-0800200c9a66)]
interface nsIURLFormatter: nsISupports
{
/**
* formatURL - Formats a string URL
*
* The set of known variables is predefined.
* If a variable is unknown, it is left unchanged and a non-fatal error is reported.
*
* @param aFormat string Unformatted URL.
*
* @return The formatted URL.
*/
AString formatURL(in AString aFormat);
/**
* formatURLPref - Formats a string URL stored in a preference
*
* If the preference value cannot be retrieved, a fatal error is reported
* and the "about:blank" URL is returned.
*
* @param aPref string Preference name.
*
* @return The formatted URL returned by formatURL(), or "about:blank".
*/
AString formatURLPref(in AString aPref);
};