gecko/netwerk/base/public/nsIStandardURL.idl

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
 * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
 * License.
 *
 * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
 * Netscape Communications Corporation.
 * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s):
 *   Gagan Saksena <gagan@netscape.com> (original author)
 *   Darin Fisher <darin@netscape.com>
 *
 * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
 * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
 * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
 * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
 * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
 * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
 * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
 * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
 * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
 * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
 * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
 *
 * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */

#include "nsIMutable.idl"

interface nsIURI;

/**
 * nsIStandardURL defines the interface to an URL with the standard
 * file path format common to protocols like http, ftp, and file.
 * It supports initialization from a relative path and provides
 * some customization on how URLs are normalized.
 *
 * @status UNDER_REVIEW
 */
[scriptable, uuid(babd6cca-ebe7-4329-967c-d6b9e33caa81)]
interface nsIStandardURL : nsIMutable
{
    /**
     * blah:foo/bar    => blah://foo/bar
     * blah:/foo/bar   => blah:///foo/bar
     * blah://foo/bar  => blah://foo/bar
     * blah:///foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
     */
    const unsigned long URLTYPE_STANDARD        = 1;

    /**
     * blah:foo/bar    => blah://foo/bar
     * blah:/foo/bar   => blah://foo/bar
     * blah://foo/bar  => blah://foo/bar
     * blah:///foo/bar => blah://foo/bar
     */
    const unsigned long URLTYPE_AUTHORITY       = 2;

    /**
     * blah:foo/bar    => blah:///foo/bar
     * blah:/foo/bar   => blah:///foo/bar
     * blah://foo/bar  => blah://foo/bar
     * blah:///foo/bar => blah:///foo/bar
     */
    const unsigned long URLTYPE_NO_AUTHORITY    = 3;

    /**
     * Initialize a standard URL.
     *
     * @param aUrlType       - one of the URLTYPE_ flags listed above.
     * @param aDefaultPort   - if the port parsed from the URL string matches
     *                         this port, then the port will be removed from the
     *                         canonical form of the URL.
     * @param aSpec          - URL string.
     * @param aOriginCharset - the charset from which this URI string
     *                         originated.  this corresponds to the charset
     *                         that should be used when communicating this
     *                         URI to an origin server, for example.  if
     *                         null, then provide aBaseURI implements this
     *                         interface, the origin charset of aBaseURI will
     *                         be assumed, otherwise defaulting to UTF-8 (i.e.,
     *                         no charset transformation from aSpec).
     * @param aBaseURI       - if null, aSpec must specify an absolute URI.
     *                         otherwise, aSpec will be resolved relative
     *                         to aBaseURI.
     */
    void init(in unsigned long aUrlType,
              in long aDefaultPort,
              in AUTF8String aSpec,
              in string aOriginCharset,
              in nsIURI aBaseURI);
};