gecko/netwerk/base/public/nsINetworkLinkService.idl
Doug Turner 0efa167f2b Bug 667980: Expose network connection type to chrome. r=dougt
Add an attribute to nsINetworkLinkService that represents the connection type,
and add code to the android back-end to expose the connection type and notify
when it changes.
2011-07-10 15:24:05 -07:00

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#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* Network link status monitoring service.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(f7d3be87-7403-4a1e-b89f-2797776e9b08)]
interface nsINetworkLinkService : nsISupports
{
/* Link type constants */
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET = 1;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_USB = 2;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_WIFI = 3;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_WIMAX = 4;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_2G = 5;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_3G = 6;
const unsigned long LINK_TYPE_4G = 7;
/**
* This is set to true when the system is believed to have a usable
* network connection.
*
* The link is only up when network connections can be established. For
* example, the link is down during DHCP configuration (unless there
* is another usable interface already configured).
*
* If the link status is not currently known, we generally assume that
* it is up.
*/
readonly attribute boolean isLinkUp;
/**
* This is set to true when we believe that isLinkUp is accurate.
*/
readonly attribute boolean linkStatusKnown;
/**
* The type of network connection.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long linkType;
};
%{C++
/**
* We send notifications through nsIObserverService with topic
* NS_NETWORK_LINK_TOPIC whenever one of isLinkUp or linkStatusKnown
* changes. We pass one of the NS_NETWORK_LINK_DATA_ constants below
* as the aData parameter of the notification.
*/
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TOPIC "network:link-status-changed"
/**
* isLinkUp is now true, linkStatusKnown is true.
*/
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_DATA_UP "up"
/**
* isLinkUp is now false, linkStatusKnown is true.
*/
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_DATA_DOWN "down"
/**
* linkStatusKnown is now false.
*/
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_DATA_UNKNOWN "unknown"
/**
* We send notifications through nsIObserverService with topic
* NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_TOPIC whenever the network connection type
* changes. We pass one of the valid connection type constants
* below as the aData parameter of the notification.
*/
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_TOPIC "network:link-type-changed"
/** We were unable to determine the network connection type */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN "unknown"
/** A standard wired ethernet connection */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET "ethernet"
/** A connection via a USB port */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_USB "usb"
/** A connection via a WiFi access point (IEEE802.11) */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_WIFI "wifi"
/** A connection via WiMax (IEEE802.16) */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_WIMAX "wimax"
/** A '2G' mobile connection (e.g. GSM, GPRS, EDGE) */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_2G "2g"
/** A '3G' mobile connection (e.g. UMTS, CDMA) */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_3G "3g"
/** A '4G' mobile connection (e.g. LTE, UMB) */
#define NS_NETWORK_LINK_TYPE_4G "4g"
%}