Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6
1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
8 /**
9 * This interface is implemented by channels which support overriding the
10 * privacy state of the channel.
11 *
12 * This interface must be used only from the XPCOM main thread.
13 */
14 [scriptable, uuid(df702bb0-55b8-11e2-bcfd-0800200c9a66)]
15 interface nsIPrivateBrowsingChannel : nsISupports
16 {
17 /**
18 * Determine whether the channel is tied to a private browsing window.
19 *
20 * This value can be set only before the channel is opened. Setting it
21 * after that does not have any effect. This value overrides the privacy
22 * state of the channel, which means that if you call this method, then
23 * the loadGroup and load context will no longer be consulted when we
24 * need to know the private mode status for a channel.
25 *
26 * Note that this value is only meant to be used when the channel's privacy
27 * status cannot be obtained from the loadGroup or load context (for
28 * example, when the channel is not associated with any loadGroup or load
29 * context.) Setting this value directly should be avoided if possible.
30 *
31 * Implementations must enforce the ordering semantics of this function by
32 * raising errors if setPrivate is called on a channel which has a loadGroup
33 * and/or callbacks that implement nsILoadContext, or if the loadGroup
34 * or notificationCallbacks are set after setPrivate has been called.
35 *
36 * @param aPrivate whether the channel should be opened in private mode.
37 */
38 void setPrivate(in boolean aPrivate);
40 /**
41 * States whether the channel is in private browsing mode. This may either
42 * happen because the channel is opened from a private mode context or
43 * when the mode is explicitly set with ::setPrivate().
44 *
45 * This attribute is equivalent to NS_UsePrivateBrowsing(), but scriptable.
46 */
47 readonly attribute boolean isChannelPrivate;
49 /*
50 * This function is used to determine whether the channel's private mode
51 * has been overridden by a call to setPrivate. It is intended to be used
52 * by NS_UsePrivateBrowsing(), and you should not call it directly.
53 *
54 * @param aValue the overridden value. This will only be set if the function
55 * returns true.
56 */
57 [noscript] boolean isPrivateModeOverriden(out boolean aValue);
58 };