gecko/toolkit/components/places/nsIFaviconService.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIFaviconDataCallback;
[scriptable, uuid(2cf188f4-3c96-4bca-b668-36b25aaf7c1d)]
interface nsIFaviconService : nsISupports
{
/**
* Declares that a given page uses a favicon with the given URI.
*
* Will create an entry linking the favicon URI to the page, regardless
* of whether we have data for that icon. You can populate it later with
* SetFaviconData. However, remember that favicons must only be associated
* with a visited web page, a bookmark, or a "place:" URI. Trying to
* associate the icon to any other page will throw.
*
* This will send out history pageChanged notification if the new favicon has
* any data and it's different from the old associated favicon. This means
* that you should try to set data before calling this method if you have it,
* otherwise it won't fire any notifications.
*
* @param aPageURI
* URI of the page whose favicon is being set.
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon to associate with the page.
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if aPageURI doesn't exist in the database.
*/
void setFaviconUrlForPage(in nsIURI aPageURI,
in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* Same as SetFaviconUrlForPage except that this also attempts to fetch and
* save the icon data by loading the favicon URI through an async network
* request.
*
* If the icon data already exists, we won't normally try to re-load the
* icon. If the icon is in the failed favicon cache we won't do anything.
* Use forceReload to force a reload of the data. This will also eventually
* remove the favicon from the failed cache, if the reload succeeds.
*
* This function will only save favicons for "good" URIs, as defined by what
* gets added to history or is a bookmark. For "bad" URIs, this function
* will succeed but do nothing. This function will also ignore the error page
* favicon URI (see FAVICON_ERRORPAGE_URL below).
* Icons that fail to load will automatically be added to the failed favicon
* cache.
*
* This function will not save favicons for non-bookmarked URIs when
* history is disabled. The rest of the functions
* here will always store favicons even when history is disabled.
*
* @param aPageURI
* URI of the page whose favicon is being set.
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon to associate with the page.
* @param aForceReload
* Unset is normal behavior, we will only try to reload the favicon
* if we don't have it or if it has expired from the cache. If set,
* it will always try to reload the favicon.
* @param aCallback
* Once we're done setting and/or loading the favicon, we invoke this
* callback.
*
* @deprecated Use the identical function
* mozIAsyncFavicons::setAndFetchFaviconForPage.
*/
[deprecated]
void setAndLoadFaviconForPage(in nsIURI aPageURI,
in nsIURI aFaviconURI,
in boolean aForceReload,
[optional] in nsIFaviconDataCallback aCallback);
/**
* Stores the data for a given favicon URI.
*
* You can set the data even if you haven't called SetFaviconUrlForPage
* yet. It will be stored but will not be associated with any page.
* However, any favicons not associated with a visited web page, bookmark,
* or "place:" URI will be expired when history expiration runs. This might
* happen at any time, so you should not let the message loop run before
* you associate the icon or it may get deleted.
*
* It is best to set the favicon data, and then associate it with a page using
* setFaviconUrlForPage, otherwise it won't notify about the change.
*
* It's better to not use this function for chrome: icon URIs since you can
* reference the chrome image yourself. GetFaviconLinkForIcon/Page will ignore
* any associated data if the favicon URI is "chrome:" and just return the
* same chrome URI.
*
* This function does NOT send out notifications that the data has changed.
* Pages using this favicons that are visible in history or bookmarks views
* will keep the old icon until they have been refreshed by other means.
*
* This function tries to optimize the favicon size, if it is bigger
* than a defined limit we will try to convert it to a 16x16 png image.
* If the conversion fails and favicon is still bigger than our max accepted
* size it won't be saved.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon whose data is being set.
* @param aData
* Binary contents of the favicon to save
* @param aDataLength
* Length of binary data
* @param aMimeType
* MIME type of the data to store. This is important so that we know
* what to report when the favicon is used. You should always set this
* param unless you are clearing an icon.
* @param aExpiration
* Time in microseconds since the epoch when this favicon expires.
* Until this time, we won't try to load it again.
* @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
* Thrown if the favicon is overbloated and won't be saved to the db.
*
* @deprecated Use mozIAsyncFavicons::replaceFaviconData
*/
void setFaviconData(in nsIURI aFaviconURI,
[const,array,size_is(aDataLen)] in octet aData,
in unsigned long aDataLen,
in AUTF8String aMimeType,
in PRTime aExpiration);
/**
* Same as setFaviconData but the data is provided by a string
* containing a data URL.
*
* @see setFaviconData
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon whose data is being set.
* @param aDataURL
* string containing a data URL that represents the contents of
* the favicon to save
* @param aExpiration
* Time in microseconds since the epoch when this favicon expires.
* Until this time, we won't try to load it again.
* @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE
* Thrown if the favicon is overbloated and won't be saved to the db.
*
* @deprecated Use mozIAsyncFavicons::replaceFaviconDataFromDataURL
*/
void setFaviconDataFromDataURL(in nsIURI aFaviconURI,
in AString aDataURL,
in PRTime aExpiration);
/**
* Retrieves the given favicon data. Throws if we don't have data.
*
* If there is no data but we have an entry for this favicon, aDataLen will
* be 0 and aData will be NULL.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon whose data is being read
* @param aData
* Output parameter where the binary favicon data will be placed.
* This will be null if we have this URI but have no data associated
* with it.
* @param aDataLen
* Output parameter where the size of the binary data will be placed.
* @param aMimeType
* Output parameter where the MIME type will be placed.
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
* Thrown when we have never heard of this favicon URI.
*/
void getFaviconData(in nsIURI aFaviconURI,
out AUTF8String aMimeType,
[optional] out unsigned long aDataLen,
[array,retval,size_is(aDataLen)] out octet aData);
/**
* Same as getFaviconData, but returns data as a string containing a data url.
*
* @see getFaviconData
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* URI of the favicon whose data is being read
* @return A data URL containing the data of the favicon. This will be
* null if we have this URL but have no data associated with it.
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
* Thrown when we have never heard of this favicon URL.
*/
AString getFaviconDataAsDataURL(in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* Retrieves the URI of the favicon for the given page.
*
* @param aPageURI
* URI of the page whose favicon is desired
* @return The URI of the favicon associated with that page. Returning a
* URI here does NOT mean that we have data for this favicon, only
* that we know what the favicon should be.
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
* When the page is not found or it has no favicon.
*/
nsIURI getFaviconForPage(in nsIURI aPageURI);
/**
* Same as getFaviconLinkForIcon but this adds an extra level of indirection,
* looking up the favicon based on the page URI and using the default if not
* found.
*
* @see getFaviconLinkForIcon
*
* @param aPageURI
* URI of the page whose favicon is desired
* @return A URI that will give you the icon image. This is NOT the URI of
* the icon as set on the page, but a URI that will give you the
* data out of the favicon service. For a normal page with a
* favicon we've stored, this will be an annotation URI which will
* then cause the corresponding favicon data to be loaded async from
* this service. For pages where we don't have a favicon, this will
* be a chrome URI of the default icon. For chrome URIs, the
* output will be the same as the input.
*/
nsIURI getFaviconImageForPage(in nsIURI aPageURI);
/**
* For a given icon URI, this will return a URI that will result in the image.
* In most cases, this is an annotation URI. For chrome URIs, this will do
* nothing but returning the input URI.
*
* No validity checking is done. If you pass an icon URI that we've never
* seen, you'll get back a URI that references an invalid icon. The moz-anno
* protocol handler's special case for "favicon" annotations will resolve
* invalid icons to the default icon, although without caching.
* For invalid chrome URIs, you'll get a broken image.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* The URI of an icon in the favicon service.
* @return A URI that will give you the icon image. This is NOT the URI of
* the icon as set on the page, but a URI that will give you the
* data out of the favicon service. For a normal page with a
* favicon we've stored, this will be an annotation URI which will
* then cause the corresponding favicon data to be loaded async from
* this service. For pages where we don't have a favicon, this will
* be a chrome URI of the default icon. For chrome URIs, the
* output will be the same as the input.
*/
nsIURI getFaviconLinkForIcon(in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* Expire all known favicons from the database.
*
* @note This is an async method.
* On successful completion a "places-favicons-expired" notification is
* dispatched through observer's service.
*/
void expireAllFavicons();
/**
* Adds a given favicon's URI to the failed favicon cache.
*
* The lifespan of the favicon cache is up to the caching system. This cache
* will also be written when setAndLoadFaviconForPage hits an error while
* fetching an icon.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* The URI of an icon in the favicon service.
*/
void addFailedFavicon(in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* Removes the given favicon from the failed favicon cache. If the icon is
* not in the cache, it will silently succeed.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* The URI of an icon in the favicon service.
*/
void removeFailedFavicon(in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* Checks to see if a favicon is in the failed favicon cache.
* A positive return value means the icon is in the failed cache and you
* probably shouldn't try to load it. A false return value means that it's
* worth trying to load it.
* This allows you to avoid trying to load "foo.com/favicon.ico" for every
* page on a site that doesn't have a favicon.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* The URI of an icon in the favicon service.
*/
boolean isFailedFavicon(in nsIURI aFaviconURI);
/**
* The default favicon URI
*/
readonly attribute nsIURI defaultFavicon;
};
[scriptable, function, uuid(c85e5c82-b70f-4621-9528-beb2aa47fb44)]
interface nsIFaviconDataCallback : nsISupports
{
/**
* Called when the required favicon's information is available.
*
* It's up to the invoking method to state if the callback is always invoked,
* or called on success only. Check the method documentation to ensure that.
*
* The caller will receive the most information we can gather on the icon,
* but it's not guaranteed that all of them will be set. For some method
* we could not know the favicon's data (it could just be too expensive to
* get it, or the method does not require we actually have any data).
* It's up to the caller to check aDataLen > 0 before using any data-related
* information like mime-type or data itself.
*
* @param aFaviconURI
* Receives the "favicon URI" (not the "favicon link URI") associated
* to the requested page. This can be null if there is no associated
* favicon URI, or the callback is notifying a failure.
* @param aDataLen
* Size of the icon data in bytes. Notice that a value of 0 does not
* necessarily mean that we don't have an icon.
* @param aData
* Icon data, or an empty array if aDataLen is 0.
* @param aMimeType
* Mime type of the icon, or an empty string if aDataLen is 0.
*
* @note If you want to open a network channel to access the favicon, it's
* recommended that you call the getFaviconLinkForIcon method to convert
* the "favicon URI" into a "favicon link URI".
*/
void onComplete(in nsIURI aFaviconURI,
in unsigned long aDataLen,
[const,array,size_is(aDataLen)] in octet aData,
in AUTF8String aMimeType);
};
%{C++
/**
* Notification sent when all favicons are expired.
*/
#define NS_PLACES_FAVICONS_EXPIRED_TOPIC_ID "places-favicons-expired"
#define FAVICON_DEFAULT_URL "chrome://mozapps/skin/places/defaultFavicon.png"
#define FAVICON_ERRORPAGE_URL "chrome://global/skin/icons/warning-16.png"
%}