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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-19 01:47:29 +0000
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+/* 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 nsIFile;
+interface nsIURI;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the command line used to invoke a XUL application. This may be the
+ * original command-line of this instance, or a command line remoted from another
+ * instance of the application.
+ *
+ * DEFINITIONS:
+ * "arguments" are any values found on the command line.
+ * "flags" are switches. In normalized form they are preceded by a single dash.
+ * Some flags may take "parameters", e.g. "--url <param>".
+ */
+
+[scriptable, uuid(bc3173bd-aa46-46a0-9d25-d9867a9659b6)]
+interface nsICommandLine : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Number of arguments in the command line. The application name is not
+ * part of the command line.
+ */
+ readonly attribute long length;
+
+ /**
+ * Get an argument from the array of command-line arguments.
+ *
+ * On windows, flags of the form /flag are normalized to -flag. /flag:param
+ * are normalized to -flag param.
+ *
+ * On *nix and mac flags of the form --flag are normalized to -flag. --flag=param
+ * are normalized to the form -flag param.
+ *
+ * @param aIndex The argument to retrieve. This index is 0-based, and does
+ * not include the application name.
+ * @return The indexth argument.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE if aIndex is out of bounds.
+ */
+ AString getArgument(in long aIndex);
+
+ /**
+ * Find a command-line flag.
+ *
+ * @param aFlag The flag name to locate. Do not include the initial
+ * hyphen.
+ * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive comparisons.
+ * @return The position of the flag in the command line.
+ */
+ long findFlag(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
+
+ /**
+ * Remove arguments from the command line. This normally occurs after
+ * a handler has processed the arguments.
+ *
+ * @param aStart Index to begin removing.
+ * @param aEnd Index to end removing, inclusive.
+ */
+ void removeArguments(in long aStart, in long aEnd);
+
+ /**
+ * A helper method which will find a flag and remove it in one step.
+ *
+ * @param aFlag The flag name to find and remove.
+ * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive comparisons.
+ * @return Whether the flag was found.
+ */
+ boolean handleFlag(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
+
+ /**
+ * Find a flag with a parameter and remove both. This is a helper
+ * method that combines "findFlag" and "removeArguments" in one step.
+ *
+ * @return null (a void astring) if the flag is not found. The parameter value
+ * if found. Note that null and the empty string are not the same.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if the flag exists without a parameter
+ *
+ * @param aFlag The flag name to find and remove.
+ * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive flag search.
+ */
+ AString handleFlagWithParam(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
+
+ /**
+ * The type of command line being processed.
+ *
+ * STATE_INITIAL_LAUNCH is the first launch of the application instance.
+ * STATE_REMOTE_AUTO is a remote command line automatically redirected to
+ * this instance.
+ * STATE_REMOTE_EXPLICIT is a remote command line explicitly redirected to
+ * this instance using xremote/windde/appleevents.
+ */
+ readonly attribute unsigned long state;
+
+ const unsigned long STATE_INITIAL_LAUNCH = 0;
+ const unsigned long STATE_REMOTE_AUTO = 1;
+ const unsigned long STATE_REMOTE_EXPLICIT = 2;
+
+ /**
+ * There may be a command-line handler which performs a default action if
+ * there was no explicit action on the command line (open a default browser
+ * window, for example). This flag allows the default action to be prevented.
+ */
+ attribute boolean preventDefault;
+
+ /**
+ * The working directory for this command line. Use this property instead
+ * of the working directory for the current process, since a redirected
+ * command line may have had a different working directory.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if the working directory was not specified.
+ */
+ readonly attribute nsIFile workingDirectory;
+
+ /**
+ * Resolve a file-path argument into an nsIFile. This method gracefully
+ * handles relative or absolute file paths, according to the working
+ * directory of this command line.
+ * If the path is relative and there is no working directory available,
+ * this may return null.
+ *
+ * @param aArgument The path to resolve.
+ *
+ */
+ nsIFile resolveFile(in AString aArgument);
+
+ /**
+ * Resolves a URI argument into a URI. This method has platform-specific
+ * logic for converting an absolute URI or a relative file-path into the
+ * appropriate URI object; it gracefully handles win32 C:\ paths which would
+ * confuse the ioservice if passed directly.
+ *
+ * @param aArgument The command-line argument to resolve.
+ */
+ nsIURI resolveURI(in AString aArgument);
+};