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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, or -1 if
+   *                       not found.
+   */
+  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);
+};