netwerk/base/public/nsIProtocolProxyService.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

     1 /* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
     2 /* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et: */
     3 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
     4  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
     5  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
     7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
     9 interface nsICancelable;
    10 interface nsIProtocolProxyCallback;
    11 interface nsIProtocolProxyFilter;
    12 interface nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter;
    13 interface nsIProxyInfo;
    14 interface nsIChannel;
    15 interface nsIURI;
    17 /**
    18  * nsIProtocolProxyService provides methods to access information about
    19  * various network proxies.
    20  */
    21 [scriptable, uuid(ab363090-c331-489f-aabb-7fe4481795b8)]
    22 interface nsIProtocolProxyService : nsISupports
    23 {
    24     /** Flag 1 << 0 is unused **/
    26     /**
    27      * When the proxy configuration is manual this flag may be passed to the
    28      * resolve and asyncResolve methods to request to prefer the SOCKS proxy
    29      * to HTTP ones.
    30      */
    31     const unsigned long RESOLVE_PREFER_SOCKS_PROXY = 1 << 1;
    33     /**
    34      * When the proxy configuration is manual this flag may be passed to the
    35      * resolve and asyncResolve methods to request to not analyze the uri's
    36      * scheme specific proxy. When this flag is set the main HTTP proxy is the
    37      * preferred one.
    38      *
    39      * NOTE: if RESOLVE_PREFER_SOCKS_PROXY is set then the SOCKS proxy is
    40      *       the preferred one.
    41      *
    42      * NOTE: if RESOLVE_PREFER_HTTPS_PROXY is set then the HTTPS proxy
    43      *       is the preferred one.
    44      */
    45     const unsigned long RESOLVE_IGNORE_URI_SCHEME = 1 << 2;
    47     /**
    48      * When the proxy configuration is manual this flag may be passed to the
    49      * resolve and asyncResolve methods to request to prefer the HTTPS proxy
    50      * to the others HTTP ones.
    51      *
    52      * NOTE: RESOLVE_PREFER_SOCKS_PROXY takes precedence over this flag.
    53      *
    54      * NOTE: This flag implies RESOLVE_IGNORE_URI_SCHEME.
    55      */
    56     const unsigned long RESOLVE_PREFER_HTTPS_PROXY =
    57         (1 << 3) | RESOLVE_IGNORE_URI_SCHEME;
    59     /**
    60      * When the proxy configuration is manual this flag may be passed to the
    61      * resolve and asyncResolve methods to that all methods will be tunneled via
    62      * CONNECT through the http proxy.
    63      */
    64     const unsigned long RESOLVE_ALWAYS_TUNNEL = (1 << 4);
    66     /**
    67      * This method returns via callback a nsIProxyInfo instance that identifies
    68      * a proxy to be used for the given channel.  Otherwise, this method returns
    69      * null indicating that a direct connection should be used.
    70      *
    71      * @param aChannel
    72      *        The channel for which a proxy is to be found.
    73      * @param aFlags
    74      *        A bit-wise combination of the RESOLVE_ flags defined above.  Pass
    75      *        0 to specify the default behavior.  Any additional bits that do
    76      *        not correspond to a RESOLVE_ flag are reserved for future use.
    77      * @param aCallback
    78      *        The object to be notified when the result is available.
    79      *
    80      * @return An object that can be used to cancel the asychronous operation.
    81      *         If canceled, the cancelation status (aReason) will be forwarded
    82      *         to the callback's onProxyAvailable method via the aStatus param.
    83      *
    84      * NOTE: If this proxy is unavailable, getFailoverForProxy may be called
    85      * to determine the correct secondary proxy to be used.
    86      *
    87      * NOTE: If the protocol handler for the given URI supports
    88      * nsIProxiedProtocolHandler, then the nsIProxyInfo instance returned from
    89      * resolve may be passed to the newProxiedChannel method to create a
    90      * nsIChannel to the given URI that uses the specified proxy.
    91      *
    92      * NOTE: However, if the nsIProxyInfo type is "http", then it means that
    93      * the given URI should be loaded using the HTTP protocol handler, which
    94      * also supports nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.
    95      *
    96      * @see nsIProxiedProtocolHandler::newProxiedChannel 
    97      */
    98     nsICancelable asyncResolve(in nsIChannel aChannel, in unsigned long aFlags,
    99                                in nsIProtocolProxyCallback aCallback);
   101     /**
   102      * This method may be called to construct a nsIProxyInfo instance from
   103      * the given parameters.  This method may be useful in conjunction with
   104      * nsISocketTransportService::createTransport for creating, for example,
   105      * a SOCKS connection.
   106      *
   107      * @param aType
   108      *        The proxy type.  This is a string value that identifies the proxy
   109      *        type.  Standard values include:
   110      *          "http"    - specifies a HTTP proxy
   111      *          "socks"   - specifies a SOCKS version 5 proxy
   112      *          "socks4"  - specifies a SOCKS version 4 proxy
   113      *          "direct"  - specifies a direct connection (useful for failover)
   114      *        The type name is case-insensitive.  Other string values may be
   115      *        possible, and new types may be defined by a future version of
   116      *        this interface.
   117      * @param aHost
   118      *        The proxy hostname or IP address.
   119      * @param aPort
   120      *        The proxy port.
   121      * @param aFlags
   122      *        Flags associated with this connection.  See nsIProxyInfo.idl
   123      *        for currently defined flags.
   124      * @param aFailoverTimeout
   125      *        Specifies the length of time (in seconds) to ignore this proxy if
   126      *        this proxy fails.  Pass UINT32_MAX to specify the default
   127      *        timeout value, causing nsIProxyInfo::failoverTimeout to be
   128      *        assigned the default value.
   129      * @param aFailoverProxy
   130      *        Specifies the next proxy to try if this proxy fails.  This
   131      *        parameter may be null.
   132      */
   133     nsIProxyInfo newProxyInfo(in ACString aType, in AUTF8String aHost,
   134                               in long aPort, in unsigned long aFlags,
   135                               in unsigned long aFailoverTimeout,
   136                               in nsIProxyInfo aFailoverProxy);
   138     /**
   139      * This method may be called to construct a nsIProxyInfo instance for
   140      * a SOCKS connection, with the specified username and password.
   141      * @param aHost
   142      *        The proxy hostname or IP address.
   143      * @param aPort
   144      *        The proxy port.
   145      * @param aUsername
   146      *        The SOCKS5 username
   147      * @param aPassword
   148      *        The SOCKS5 password
   149      * @param aFlags
   150      *        Flags associated with this connection.  See nsIProxyInfo.idl
   151      *        for currently defined flags.
   152      * @param aFailoverTimeout
   153      *        Specifies the length of time (in seconds) to ignore this proxy if
   154      *        this proxy fails.  Pass UINT32_MAX to specify the default
   155      *        timeout value, causing nsIProxyInfo::failoverTimeout to be
   156      *        assigned the default value.
   157      * @param aFailoverProxy
   158      *        Specifies the next proxy to try if this proxy fails.  This
   159      *        parameter may be null.
   160      */
   161     nsIProxyInfo newSOCKSProxyInfo(in AUTF8String aHost, in long aPort,
   162                                    in ACString aUsername, in ACString aPassword,
   163                                    in unsigned long aFlags,
   164                                    in unsigned long aFailoverTimeout,
   165                                    in nsIProxyInfo aFailoverProxy);
   167     /**
   168      * If the proxy identified by aProxyInfo is unavailable for some reason,
   169      * this method may be called to access an alternate proxy that may be used
   170      * instead.  As a side-effect, this method may affect future result values
   171      * from resolve/asyncResolve as well as from getFailoverForProxy.
   172      *
   173      * @param aProxyInfo
   174      *        The proxy that was unavailable.
   175      * @param aURI
   176      *        The URI that was originally passed to resolve/asyncResolve.
   177      * @param aReason
   178      *        The error code corresponding to the proxy failure.  This value
   179      *        may be used to tune the delay before this proxy is used again.
   180      *
   181      * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if there is no alternate proxy available.
   182      */
   183     nsIProxyInfo getFailoverForProxy(in nsIProxyInfo aProxyInfo,
   184                                      in nsIURI       aURI,
   185                                      in nsresult     aReason);
   187     /**
   188      * This method may be used to register a proxy filter instance.  Each proxy
   189      * filter is registered with an associated position that determines the
   190      * order in which the filters are applied (starting from position 0).  When
   191      * resolve/asyncResolve is called, it generates a list of proxies for the
   192      * given URI, and then it applies the proxy filters.  The filters have the
   193      * opportunity to modify the list of proxies.
   194      *
   195      * If two filters register for the same position, then the filters will be
   196      * visited in the order in which they were registered.
   197      *
   198      * If the filter is already registered, then its position will be updated.
   199      *
   200      * After filters have been run, any disabled or disallowed proxies will be
   201      * removed from the list.  A proxy is disabled if it had previously failed-
   202      * over to another proxy (see getFailoverForProxy).  A proxy is disallowed,
   203      * for example, if it is a HTTP proxy and the nsIProtocolHandler for the
   204      * queried URI does not permit proxying via HTTP.
   205      *
   206      * If a nsIProtocolHandler disallows all proxying, then filters will never
   207      * have a chance to intercept proxy requests for such URLs.
   208      *
   209      * @param aFilter
   210      *        The nsIProtocolProxyFilter instance to be registered.
   211      * @param aPosition
   212      *        The position of the filter.
   213      *
   214      * NOTE: It is possible to construct filters that compete with one another
   215      * in undesirable ways.  This API does not attempt to protect against such
   216      * problems.  It is recommended that any extensions that choose to call
   217      * this method make their position value configurable at runtime (perhaps
   218      * via the preferences service).
   219      */
   220     void registerFilter(in nsIProtocolProxyFilter aFilter,
   221                         in unsigned long aPosition);
   223     /**
   224      * Similar to registerFilter, but accepts an nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter,
   225      * which selects proxies according to channel rather than URI.
   226      *
   227      * @param aFilter
   228      *        The nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter instance to be registered.
   229      * @param aPosition
   230      *        The position of the filter.
   231      */
   232     void registerChannelFilter(in nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter aFilter,
   233                                in unsigned long aPosition);
   235     /**
   236      * This method may be used to unregister a proxy filter instance.  All
   237      * filters will be automatically unregistered at XPCOM shutdown.
   238      *
   239      * @param aFilter
   240      *        The nsIProtocolProxyFilter instance to be unregistered.
   241      */
   242     void unregisterFilter(in nsIProtocolProxyFilter aFilter);
   244     /**
   245      * This method may be used to unregister a proxy channel filter instance.  All
   246      * filters will be automatically unregistered at XPCOM shutdown.
   247      *
   248      * @param aFilter
   249      *        The nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter instance to be unregistered.
   250      */
   251     void unregisterChannelFilter(in nsIProtocolProxyChannelFilter aFilter);
   253      /**
   254       * These values correspond to the possible integer values for the
   255       * network.proxy.type preference.
   256       */ 
   257      const unsigned long PROXYCONFIG_DIRECT   = 0;
   258      const unsigned long PROXYCONFIG_MANUAL   = 1;
   259      const unsigned long PROXYCONFIG_PAC      = 2;
   260      const unsigned long PROXYCONFIG_WPAD     = 4;
   261      const unsigned long PROXYCONFIG_SYSTEM   = 5;
   263      /**
   264       * This attribute specifies the current type of proxy configuration.
   265       */
   266      readonly attribute unsigned long proxyConfigType;
   267 };

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