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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; 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 nsIChannel;
+interface nsILoadInfo;
+
+[scriptable, uuid(c0c19db9-1b5a-4ac5-b656-ed6f8149fa48)]
+interface nsIAboutModule : nsISupports
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a new channel for the about protocol module.
+ *
+ * @param aURI the uri of the new channel
+ * @param aLoadInfo the loadinfo of the new channel
+ */
+ nsIChannel newChannel(in nsIURI aURI,
+ in nsILoadInfo aLoadInfo);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates whether a URI should be run with content
+ * privileges. If it is, the about: protocol handler will enforce that
+ * the principal of channels created for it be based on their
+ * originalURI or URI (depending on the channel flags), by setting
+ * their "owner" to null.
+ * If content needs to be able to link to this URI, specify
+ * URI_CONTENT_LINKABLE as well.
+ */
+ const unsigned long URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT = (1 << 0);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates whether script should be enabled for the
+ * given about: URI even if it's disabled in general.
+ */
+ const unsigned long ALLOW_SCRIPT = (1 << 1);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates whether this about: URI doesn't want to be listed
+ * in about:about, especially if it's not useful without a query string.
+ */
+ const unsigned long HIDE_FROM_ABOUTABOUT = (1 << 2);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates whether this about: URI wants Indexed DB enabled.
+ */
+ const unsigned long ENABLE_INDEXED_DB = (1 << 3);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this URI can be loaded in a child process
+ */
+ const unsigned long URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_CHILD = (1 << 4);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this URI must be loaded in a child process
+ */
+ const unsigned long URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD = (1 << 5);
+
+ /**
+ * Obsolete. This flag no longer has any effect and will be removed in future.
+ */
+ const unsigned long MAKE_UNLINKABLE = (1 << 6);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this URI should be linkable from content.
+ * Ignored unless URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT is also specified.
+ *
+ * When adding a new about module with this flag make sure to also update
+ * IsSafeToLinkForUntrustedContent() in nsAboutProtocolHandler.cpp
+ */
+ const unsigned long MAKE_LINKABLE = (1 << 7);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this URI can be loaded in the privileged
+ * activity stream content process if said process is enabled. Ignored unless
+ * URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD is also specified.
+ */
+ const unsigned long URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGEDABOUT_PROCESS = (1 << 8);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this URI must be loaded in an extension process (if available).
+ */
+ const unsigned long URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_EXTENSION_PROCESS = (1 << 9);
+
+ /**
+ * A flag that indicates that this about: URI needs to allow unsanitized content.
+ * Only to be used by about:home and about:newtab.
+ */
+ const unsigned long ALLOW_UNSANITIZED_CONTENT = (1 << 10);
+
+ /**
+ * A method to get the flags that apply to a given about: URI. The URI
+ * passed in is guaranteed to be one of the URIs that this module
+ * registered to deal with.
+ */
+ unsigned long getURIFlags(in nsIURI aURI);
+
+ /**
+ * A method to get the chrome URI that corresponds to a given about URI.
+ */
+ nsIURI getChromeURI(in nsIURI aURI);
+};
+
+%{C++
+
+#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/network/protocol/about;1"
+#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID "?what="
+#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_LENGTH 49 // strlen(NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX)
+
+%}