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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-19 01:47:29 +0000
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 3; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
+ *
+ * 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 nsIFile;
+interface nsIPrincipal;
+interface nsIInterfaceRequestor;
+interface nsIHandlerInfo;
+
+webidl BrowsingContext;
+
+/**
+ * The external protocol service is used for finding and launching
+ * web handlers (a la registerProtocolHandler in the HTML5 draft) or
+ * platform-specific applications for handling particular protocols.
+ *
+ * You can ask the external protocol service if it has an external
+ * handler for a given protocol scheme. And you can ask it to load
+ * the url using the default handler.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(70f93b7a-3ec6-4bcb-b093-92d9984c9f83)]
+interface nsIExternalProtocolService : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Check whether a handler for a specific protocol exists. Specifically,
+ * this looks to see whether there are any known possible application handlers
+ * in either the nsIHandlerService datastore or registered with the OS.
+ *
+ * @param aProtocolScheme The scheme from a url: http, ftp, mailto, etc.
+ *
+ * @return true if we have a handler and false otherwise.
+ *
+ * XXX shouldn't aProtocolScheme be an ACString like nsIURI::scheme?
+ */
+ boolean externalProtocolHandlerExists(in string aProtocolScheme);
+
+ /**
+ * Check whether a handler for a specific protocol is "exposed" as a visible
+ * feature of the current application.
+ *
+ * An exposed protocol handler is one that can be used in all contexts. A
+ * non-exposed protocol handler is one that can only be used internally by the
+ * application. For example, a non-exposed protocol would not be loaded by the
+ * application in response to a link click or a X-remote openURL command.
+ * Instead, it would be deferred to the system's external protocol handler.
+ * XXX shouldn't aProtocolScheme be an ACString like nsIURI::scheme?
+ */
+ boolean isExposedProtocol(in string aProtocolScheme);
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieve the handler for the given protocol. If neither the application
+ * nor the OS knows about a handler for the protocol, the object this method
+ * returns will represent a default handler for unknown content.
+ *
+ * @param aProtocolScheme the scheme from a URL: http, ftp, mailto, etc.
+ *
+ * Note: aProtocolScheme should not include a trailing colon, which is part
+ * of the URI syntax, not part of the scheme itself (i.e. pass "mailto" not
+ * "mailto:").
+ *
+ * @return the handler, if any; otherwise a default handler
+ */
+ nsIHandlerInfo getProtocolHandlerInfo(in ACString aProtocolScheme);
+
+ /**
+ * Given a scheme, looks up the protocol info from the OS. This should be
+ * overridden by each OS's implementation.
+ *
+ * @param aScheme The protocol scheme we are looking for.
+ * @param aFound Was an OS default handler for this scheme found?
+ * @return An nsIHanderInfo for the protocol.
+ */
+ nsIHandlerInfo getProtocolHandlerInfoFromOS(in ACString aProtocolScheme,
+ out boolean aFound);
+
+ /**
+ * Set some sane defaults for a protocol handler object.
+ *
+ * @param aHandlerInfo nsIHandlerInfo object, as returned by
+ * getProtocolHandlerInfoFromOS
+ * @param aOSHandlerExists was the object above created for an extant
+ * OS default handler? This is generally the
+ * value of the aFound out param from
+ * getProtocolHandlerInfoFromOS.
+ */
+ void setProtocolHandlerDefaults(in nsIHandlerInfo aHandlerInfo,
+ in boolean aOSHandlerExists);
+
+ /**
+ * Used to load a URI via an external application. Might prompt the user for
+ * permission to load the external application.
+ *
+ * @param aURI
+ * The URI to load
+ *
+ * @param aTriggeringPrincipal
+ * The principal triggering this load.
+ *
+ * @param aRedirectPrincipal
+ * The last post-redirect principal triggering this load.
+ * Used for display and permission purposes. If null, we'll
+ * use the triggering principal.
+ *
+ * @param aBrowsingContext
+ * The context to parent the dialog against, and, if a web handler
+ * is chosen, it is loaded in this window as well. This parameter
+ * may be ultimately passed nsIURILoader.openURI in the case of a
+ * web handler, and aWindowContext is null or not present, web
+ * handlers will fail. We need to do better than that; bug 394483
+ * filed in order to track.
+ *
+ * @param aWasTriggeredExternally
+ * If true, indicates the load was initiated by an external app.
+ *
+ * @param aHasValidUserGestureActivation
+ * Whether the document that triggered the load had user activation.
+ * Used for sandbox checks.
+ *
+ * @note Embedders that do not expose the http protocol should not currently
+ * use web-based protocol handlers, as handoff won't work correctly
+ * (bug 394479).
+ */
+ void loadURI(in nsIURI aURI,
+ [optional] in nsIPrincipal aTriggeringPrincipal,
+ [optional] in nsIPrincipal aRedirectPrincipal,
+ [optional] in BrowsingContext aBrowsingContext,
+ [optional] in bool aWasTriggeredExternally,
+ [optional] in bool aHasValidUserGestureActivation);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a human-readable description for the application responsible for
+ * handling a specific protocol.
+ *
+ * @param aScheme The scheme to look up. For example, "mms".
+ *
+ * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
+ * If getting descriptions for protocol helpers is not supported
+ * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
+ * If no protocol helper exists for this scheme, or if it is not
+ * possible to get a description for it.
+ */
+ AString getApplicationDescription(in AUTF8String aScheme);
+
+ /**
+ * Check if this app is registered as the OS default for a given scheme.
+ *
+ * @param aScheme The scheme to look up. For example, "mms".
+ */
+ bool isCurrentAppOSDefaultForProtocol(in AUTF8String aScheme);
+};