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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 8; 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 nsISimpleEnumerator;
+interface nsIFile;
+interface nsIToolkitProfile;
+interface nsIProfileLock;
+
+[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(1947899b-f369-48fa-89da-f7c37bb1e6bc)]
+interface nsIToolkitProfileService : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Tests whether the profile lists on disk have changed since they were
+ * loaded. When this is true attempts to flush changes to disk will fail.
+ */
+ [infallible] readonly attribute boolean isListOutdated;
+
+ /**
+ * When a downgrade is detected UI is presented to the user to ask how to
+ * proceed. These flags are used to pass some information to the UI.
+ */
+ cenum downgradeUIFlags: 8 {
+ hasSync = 1,
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * When a downgrade is detected UI is presented to the user to ask how to
+ * proceed. These are the possible options the user can choose.
+ */
+ cenum downgradeUIChoice: 8 {
+ quit = 0,
+ createNewProfile = 1,
+ };
+
+ cenum profileManagerResult: 8 {
+ exit = 0,
+ launchWithProfile = 1,
+ restart = 2,
+ };
+
+ attribute boolean startWithLastProfile;
+
+ readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator /*nsIToolkitProfile*/ profiles;
+
+ /**
+ * The profile currently in use if it is a named profile. This will return
+ * null if the current profile path doesn't match a profile in the database.
+ */
+ readonly attribute nsIToolkitProfile currentProfile;
+
+ /**
+ * The default profile for this build.
+ * On startup this is the profile selected unless overridden by command line
+ * arguments or environment variables. Setting this will change the profile
+ * used by default the next time the application is started.
+ * Attempting to change the default may throw an exception on builds that do
+ * not support changing the default profile, such as developer edition.
+ */
+ attribute nsIToolkitProfile defaultProfile;
+
+ /**
+ * True if during startup a new profile was created for this install instead
+ * of using the profile that was the default for older versions.
+ */
+ readonly attribute boolean createdAlternateProfile;
+
+ /**
+ * Selects or creates a profile to use based on the profiles database, any
+ * environment variables and any command line arguments. Will not create
+ * a profile if aIsResetting is true. The profile is selected based on this
+ * order of preference:
+ * * Environment variables (set when restarting the application).
+ * * --profile command line argument.
+ * * --createprofile command line argument (this also causes the app to exit).
+ * * -p command line argument.
+ * * A new profile created if this is the first run of the application.
+ * * The default profile.
+ * aRootDir and aLocalDir are set to the data and local directories for the
+ * profile data. If a profile from the database was selected it will be
+ * returned in aProfile.
+ * This returns true if a new profile was created.
+ * This method is primarily for testing. It can be called only once.
+ */
+ bool selectStartupProfile(in Array<ACString> aArgv,
+ in boolean aIsResetting, in AUTF8String aUpdateChannel,
+ in AUTF8String aLegacyInstallHash,
+ out nsIFile aRootDir, out nsIFile aLocalDir,
+ out nsIToolkitProfile aProfile);
+
+ /**
+ * Get a profile by name. This is mainly for use by the -P
+ * commandline flag.
+ *
+ * @param aName The profile name to find.
+ */
+ nsIToolkitProfile getProfileByName(in AUTF8String aName);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new profile.
+ *
+ * The profile temporary directory will be chosen based on where the
+ * profile directory is located.
+ *
+ * If a profile with the given name already exists it will be returned
+ * instead of creating a new profile.
+ *
+ * @param aRootDir
+ * The profile directory. May be null, in which case a suitable
+ * default will be chosen based on the profile name.
+ * @param aName
+ * The profile name.
+ */
+ nsIToolkitProfile createProfile(in nsIFile aRootDir,
+ in AUTF8String aName);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new profile with a unique name.
+ *
+ * As above however the name given will be altered to make it a unique
+ * profile name.
+ *
+ * @param aRootDir
+ * The profile directory. May be null, in which case a suitable
+ * default will be chosen based on the profile name.
+ * @param aNamePrefix
+ * The prefix to use for the profile name. If unused this will be
+ * used as the profile name otherwise additional characters will be
+ * added to make the name unique.
+ */
+ nsIToolkitProfile createUniqueProfile(in nsIFile aRootDir,
+ in AUTF8String aNamePrefix);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the number of profiles.
+ * @return the number of profiles.
+ */
+ readonly attribute unsigned long profileCount;
+
+ /**
+ * Flush the profiles list file. This will fail with
+ * NS_ERROR_DATABASE_CHANGED if the files on disk have changed since the
+ * profiles were loaded.
+ */
+ void flush();
+};
+
+%{C++
+#define NS_PROFILESERVICE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"
+%}