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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; 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"

[scriptable, uuid(948A0023-E3A7-11d2-96CF-0060B0FB9956)]
interface nsIFormatConverter : nsISupports
{
  /**
    * Get the list of the "input" data flavors (mime types as nsISupportsCString),
    * in otherwords, the flavors that this converter can convert "from" (the
    * incoming data to the converter).
    */
  Array<ACString> getInputDataFlavors ( ) ;

  /**
    * Get the list of the "output" data flavors (mime types as nsISupportsCString),
    * in otherwords, the flavors that this converter can convert "to" (the
    * outgoing data to the converter).
    *
    * @param  aDataFlavorList fills list with supported flavors
    */
  Array<ACString> getOutputDataFlavors ( ) ;

  /**
    * Determines whether a conversion from one flavor to another is supported
    *
    * @param  aFromFormatConverter flavor to convert from
    * @param  aFromFormatConverter flavor to convert to
    */
  boolean canConvert ( in string aFromDataFlavor, in string aToDataFlavor ) ;

  /**
    * Converts from one flavor to another.
    *
    * @param  aFromFormatConverter flavor to convert from
    * @param  aFromFormatConverter flavor to convert to (destination own the memory)
    * @returns returns NS_OK if it was converted
    */
  void convert ( in string aFromDataFlavor, in nsISupports aFromData,
                   in string aToDataFlavor, out nsISupports aToData ) ;

};


%{ C++

%}