netwerk/mime/nsIMIMEService.idl

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 15
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Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6

michael@0 1 /* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
michael@0 2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
michael@0 3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
michael@0 4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
michael@0 5
michael@0 6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
michael@0 7
michael@0 8 interface nsIFile;
michael@0 9 interface nsIMIMEInfo;
michael@0 10 interface nsIURI;
michael@0 11
michael@0 12 %{C++
michael@0 13 #define NS_MIMESERVICE_CID \
michael@0 14 { /* 03af31da-3109-11d3-8cd0-0060b0fc14a3 */ \
michael@0 15 0x03af31da, \
michael@0 16 0x3109, \
michael@0 17 0x11d3, \
michael@0 18 {0x8c, 0xd0, 0x00, 0x60, 0xb0, 0xfc, 0x14, 0xa3} \
michael@0 19 }
michael@0 20 %}
michael@0 21
michael@0 22 /**
michael@0 23 * The MIME service is responsible for mapping file extensions to MIME-types
michael@0 24 * (see RFC 2045). It also provides access to nsIMIMEInfo interfaces and
michael@0 25 * acts as a general convenience wrapper of nsIMIMEInfo interfaces.
michael@0 26 *
michael@0 27 * The MIME service maintains a database with a <b>one</b> MIME type <b>to many</b>
michael@0 28 * file extensions rule. Adding the same file extension to multiple MIME types
michael@0 29 * is illegal and behavior is undefined.
michael@0 30 *
michael@0 31 * @see nsIMIMEInfo
michael@0 32 */
michael@0 33 [scriptable, uuid(5b3675a1-02db-4f8f-a560-b34736635f47)]
michael@0 34 interface nsIMIMEService : nsISupports {
michael@0 35 /**
michael@0 36 * Retrieves an nsIMIMEInfo using both the extension
michael@0 37 * and the type of a file. The type is given preference
michael@0 38 * during the lookup. One of aMIMEType and aFileExt
michael@0 39 * can be an empty string. At least one of aMIMEType and aFileExt
michael@0 40 * must be nonempty.
michael@0 41 */
michael@0 42 nsIMIMEInfo getFromTypeAndExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);
michael@0 43
michael@0 44 /**
michael@0 45 * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
michael@0 46 * associated with this file extension.
michael@0 47 *
michael@0 48 * @param A file extension (excluding the dot ('.')).
michael@0 49 * @return The MIME type, if any.
michael@0 50 */
michael@0 51 ACString getTypeFromExtension(in AUTF8String aFileExt);
michael@0 52
michael@0 53 /**
michael@0 54 * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
michael@0 55 * associated with this URI. The association is purely
michael@0 56 * file extension to MIME type based. No attempt to determine
michael@0 57 * the type via server headers or byte scanning is made.
michael@0 58 *
michael@0 59 * @param The URI the user wants MIME info on.
michael@0 60 * @return The MIME type, if any.
michael@0 61 */
michael@0 62 ACString getTypeFromURI(in nsIURI aURI);
michael@0 63
michael@0 64 //
michael@0 65 ACString getTypeFromFile(in nsIFile aFile);
michael@0 66
michael@0 67 /**
michael@0 68 * Given a Type/Extension combination, returns the default extension
michael@0 69 * for this type. This may be identical to the passed-in extension.
michael@0 70 *
michael@0 71 * @param aMIMEType The Type to get information on. Must not be empty.
michael@0 72 * @param aFileExt File Extension. Can be empty.
michael@0 73 */
michael@0 74 AUTF8String getPrimaryExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);
michael@0 75 };

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