gecko/caps/idl/nsIPrincipal.idl
Justin Lebar b16bf1a284 Bug 777135 - Part 1: Add nice C++ version of nsIPrincipal::GetAppStatus. r=mounir
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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/. */
/* Defines the abstract interface for a principal. */
#include "nsISerializable.idl"
%{C++
struct JSContext;
struct JSPrincipals;
#include "nsCOMPtr.h"
#include "nsTArray.h"
%}
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIContentSecurityPolicy;
[ptr] native JSContext(JSContext);
[ptr] native JSPrincipals(JSPrincipals);
[ptr] native PrincipalArray(nsTArray<nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> >);
[scriptable, uuid(6df7d16d-5b26-42a1-b1f7-069d46c37aa8)]
interface nsIPrincipal : nsISerializable
{
/**
* Values of capabilities for each principal. Order is
* significant: if an operation is performed on a set
* of capabilities, the minimum is computed.
*/
const short ENABLE_DENIED = 1;
const short ENABLE_UNKNOWN = 2;
const short ENABLE_WITH_USER_PERMISSION = 3;
const short ENABLE_GRANTED = 4;
/**
* Returns the security preferences associated with this principal.
* prefBranch will be set to the pref branch to which these preferences
* pertain. id is a pseudo-unique identifier, pertaining to either the
* fingerprint or the origin. subjectName is a name that identifies the
* entity this principal represents (may be empty). grantedList and
* deniedList are space-separated lists of capabilities which were
* explicitly granted or denied by a pref. isTrusted is a boolean that
* indicates whether this is a codebaseTrusted certificate.
*/
void getPreferences(out string prefBranch, out string id,
out string subjectName, out string grantedList,
out string deniedList, out boolean isTrusted);
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equivalent to this principal.
* Principals are considered equal if they are the same principal,
* they have the same origin, or have the same certificate fingerprint ID
*/
boolean equals(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Like equals, but doesn't take document.domain changes into account.
*/
boolean equalsIgnoringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Returns a hash value for the principal.
*/
[noscript] readonly attribute unsigned long hashValue;
/**
* The domain security policy of the principal.
*/
// XXXcaa should this be here? The script security manager is the only
// thing that should care about this. Wouldn't storing this data in one
// of the hashtables in nsScriptSecurityManager be better?
// XXXbz why is this writable? Who should have write access to this? What
// happens if this principal is in our hashtable and we pass it out of the
// security manager and someone writes to this field? Especially if they
// write garbage? If we need to give someone other than the security
// manager a way to set this (which I question, since it can increase the
// permissions of a page) it should be a |void clearSecurityPolicy()|
// method.
[noscript] attribute voidPtr securityPolicy;
// XXXcaa probably should be turned into {get|set}CapabilityFlags
// XXXbz again, what if this lives in our hashtable and someone
// messes with it? Is that OK?
[noscript] short canEnableCapability(in string capability);
[noscript] boolean isCapabilityEnabled(in string capability,
in voidPtr annotation);
[noscript] void enableCapability(in string capability,
inout voidPtr annotation);
/**
* The codebase URI to which this principal pertains. This is
* generally the document URI.
*/
readonly attribute nsIURI URI;
/**
* The domain URI to which this principal pertains.
* This is congruent with HTMLDocument.domain, and may be null.
* Setting this has no effect on the URI.
*/
[noscript] attribute nsIURI domain;
/**
* The origin of this principal's codebase URI.
* An origin is defined as: scheme + host + port.
*/
// XXXcaa this should probably be turned into an nsIURI.
// The system principal's origin should be some caps namespace
// with a chrome URI. All of chrome should probably be the same.
readonly attribute string origin;
/**
* Whether this principal is associated with a certificate.
*/
readonly attribute boolean hasCertificate;
/**
* The fingerprint ID of this principal's certificate.
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
// XXXcaa kaie says this may not be unique. We should probably
// consider using something else for this....
readonly attribute AUTF8String fingerprint;
/**
* The pretty name for the certificate. This sort of (but not really)
* identifies the subject of the certificate (the entity that stands behind
* the certificate). Note that this may be empty; prefer to get the
* certificate itself and get this information from it, since that may
* provide more information.
*
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String prettyName;
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equal to or weaker than this
* principal. Principals are equal if they are the same object, they
* have the same origin, or they have the same certificate ID.
*
* Thus a principal always subsumes itself.
*
* The system principal subsumes itself and all other principals.
*
* A null principal (corresponding to an unknown, hence assumed minimally
* privileged, security context) is not equal to any other principal
* (including other null principals), and therefore does not subsume
* anything but itself.
*
* Both codebase and certificate principals are subsumed by the system
* principal, but no codebase or certificate principal yet subsumes any
* other codebase or certificate principal. This may change in a future
* release; note that nsIPrincipal is unfrozen, not slated to be frozen.
*
* XXXbz except see bug 147145!
*
* Note for the future: Perhaps we should consider a certificate principal
* for a given URI subsuming a codebase principal for the same URI? Not
* sure what the immediate benefit would be, but I think the setup could
* make some code (e.g. MaybeDowngradeToCodebase) clearer.
*/
boolean subsumes(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Same as the previous method, subsumes(), but for codebase principals
* ignores changes to document.domain.
*/
boolean subsumesIgnoringDomain(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Checks whether this principal is allowed to load the network resource
* located at the given URI under the same-origin policy. This means that
* codebase principals are only allowed to load resources from the same
* domain, the system principal is allowed to load anything, and null
* principals are not allowed to load anything.
*
* If the load is allowed this function does nothing. If the load is not
* allowed the function throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI.
*
* NOTE: Other policies might override this, such as the Access-Control
* specification.
* NOTE: The 'domain' attribute has no effect on the behaviour of this
* function.
*
*
* @param uri The URI about to be loaded.
* @param report If true, will report a warning to the console service
* if the load is not allowed.
* @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI if the load is not allowed.
*/
void checkMayLoad(in nsIURI uri, in boolean report);
/**
* The subject name for the certificate. This actually identifies the
* subject of the certificate. This may well not be a string that would
* mean much to a typical user on its own (e.g. it may have a number of
* different names all concatenated together with some information on what
* they mean in between).
*
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String subjectName;
/**
* The certificate associated with this principal, if any. If there isn't
* one, this will return null. Getting this attribute never throws.
*/
readonly attribute nsISupports certificate;
/**
* A Content Security Policy associated with this principal.
*/
[noscript] attribute nsIContentSecurityPolicy csp;
/**
* Returns the extended origin of the principal.
* The extended origin is a string that has more information than the origin
* and can be used to isolate data or permissions between different
* principals while taking into account parameters like the app id or the
* fact that the principal is embedded in a mozbrowser.
* Some principals will return the origin for extendedOrigin.
* Some principals will assert if you try to access the extendedOrigin.
*
* The extendedOrigin is intended to be an opaque identifier. It is
* currently "human-readable" but no callers should assume it will stay
* as is and it might be crypto-hashed at some point.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String extendedOrigin;
const short APP_STATUS_NOT_INSTALLED = 0;
const short APP_STATUS_INSTALLED = 1;
const short APP_STATUS_PRIVILEGED = 2;
const short APP_STATUS_CERTIFIED = 3;
/**
* Shows the status of the app.
* Can be: APP_STATUS_NOT_INSTALLED, APP_STATUS_INSTALLED,
* APP_STATUS_PRIVILEGED or APP_STATUS_CERTIFIED.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned short appStatus;
%{C++
PRUint16 GetAppStatus()
{
PRUint16 appStatus;
nsresult rv = GetAppStatus(&appStatus);
if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
return APP_STATUS_NOT_INSTALLED;
}
return appStatus;
}
%}
/**
* Returns the app id the principal is in, or returns
* nsIScriptSecurityManager::NO_APP_ID if this principal isn't part of an
* app.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long appId;
/**
* Returns true iif the principal is inside a browser element.
*/
readonly attribute boolean isInBrowserElement;
};
/**
* If nsSystemPrincipal is too risky to use, but we want a principal to access
* more than one origin, nsExpandedPrincipals letting us define an array of
* principals it subsumes. So script with an nsExpandedPrincipals will gain
* same origin access when at least one of its principals it contains gained
* sameorigin acccess. An nsExpandedPrincipal will be subsumed by the system
* principal, and by another nsExpandedPrincipal that has all its principals.
* It is added for jetpack content-scripts to let them interact with the
* content and a well defined set of other domains, without the risk of
* leaking out a system principal to the content. See: Bug 734891
*/
[uuid(f3e177Df-6a5e-489f-80a7-2dd1481471d8)]
interface nsIExpandedPrincipal : nsISupports
{
/**
* An array of principals that the expanded principal subsumes.
* Note: this list is not reference counted, it is shared, so
* should not be changed and should only be used ephemerally.
*/
[notxpcom] readonly attribute PrincipalArray whiteList;
};