gecko/dom/public/idl/geolocation/nsIGeolocationProvider.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIDOMWindow;
interface nsIDOMGeoPosition;
interface nsIGeolocationPrompt;

/**
 * nsIGeolocationService
 */
[scriptable, uuid(68300FFD-802C-431B-BF92-0A657696B853)]
interface nsIGeolocationService : nsISupports {
  attribute nsIGeolocationPrompt prompt;
};

/**
 * Interface allows access to a geolocation and is passed to
 * the nsIGeolocationPrompt so that the application can approve
 * or deny the request.
 */
[scriptable, function, uuid(D681C322-C075-4C6E-9765-C22711A4A60E)]
interface nsIGeolocationRequest : nsISupports {

  readonly attribute nsIURI requestingURI;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMWindow requestingWindow;

  void cancel();
  void allow();
  void allowButFuzz();
};

/**
 * Interface provides a way for the application to handle
 * the UI prompts associated with geo position.
 */
[scriptable, function, uuid(2300C895-1BEE-4297-912C-A57082F3E936)]
interface nsIGeolocationPrompt : nsISupports {
  /**
   * Called when a request has been made to access geolocation data
   */
  void prompt(in nsIGeolocationRequest request);
};

/** 
 * Interface provides a way for a geolocation provider to
 * notify the system that a new location is available.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(B89D7227-9F04-4236-A582-25A3F2779D72)]
interface nsIGeolocationUpdate : nsISupports {

  /**
   * Notify the geolocation service that a new geolocation
   * has been discovered.
   * This must be called on the main thread
   */
  void update(in nsIDOMGeoPosition position);
};


/**
 * Interface provides location information to the nsGeolocator
 * via the nsIDOMGeolocationCallback interface.  After
 * startup is called, any geo location change should call
 * callback.onRequest().
 */
[scriptable, uuid(E319BE2D-B1D1-4CA6-AEF4-66178589B63D)]
interface nsIGeolocationProvider : nsISupports {

  /**
   * Start up the provider.  This is called before any other
   * method.  may be called multiple times.
   */
  void startup();

  /**
   * Returns true when the devices is ready and has a
   * postion, otherwise false.
   */
   boolean isReady();

  /**
   * watch
   * When a location change is observed, notify the callback
   */
  void watch(in nsIGeolocationUpdate callback);

  /**
   * currentLocation return the current location as seen by
   * the provider.  may be null.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMGeoPosition currentPosition;
  
  /**
   * shutdown
   * Shuts down the location devices.
   */
  void shutdown();
};

%{C++
#define NS_GEOLOCATION_SERVICE_CONTRACTID  "@mozilla.org/geolocation/service;1"
#define NS_GEOLOCATION_PROVIDER_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/geolocation/provider;1"
%}