/* -*- Mode: idl; 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" %{C++ #include "nsLiteralString.h" %} interface mozIStorageConnection; interface nsIFile; interface nsIFileURL; interface nsIPropertyBag2; interface nsIVariant; interface mozIStorageCompletionCallback; /** * PRIVACY WARNING * =============== * * Database file names can be exposed through telemetry and in crash reports on * the https://crash-stats.mozilla.org site, to allow recognizing the affected * database. * if your database name may contain privacy sensitive information, e.g. an * URL origin, you should use openDatabaseWithFileURL and pass an explicit * TelemetryFilename to it. That name will be used both for telemetry and for * thread names in crash reports. * If you have different needs (e.g. using the javascript module or an async * connection from the main thread) please coordinate with the mozStorage peers. */ /** * The mozIStorageService interface is intended to be implemented by * a service that can create storage connections (mozIStorageConnection) * to either a well-known profile database or to a specific database file. * * This is the only way to open a database connection. * * @note The first reference to mozIStorageService must be made on the main * thread. */ [scriptable, uuid(07b6b2f5-6d97-47b4-9584-e65bc467fe9e)] interface mozIStorageService : nsISupports { /** * Open the database with default flags in default mode. */ const unsigned long OPEN_DEFAULT = 0; /** * Open the database with a shared cache. The shared-cache mode * is more memory-efficient when many connections to the same database * are expected, though, the connections will contend the cache resource. * When performance matters, working without a shared-cache will * improve concurrency. @see openUnsharedDatabase */ const unsigned long OPEN_SHARED = 1 << 0; /** * Open the underlying database in read-only mode. */ const unsigned long OPEN_READONLY = 1 << 1; /** * Allow simultaneous access to an asynchronous read-only database * without any file locking. * * For synchronous database, the flag has no effect. * * Specifying the OPEN_IGNORE_LOCKING_MODE flag will automatically * turn on the OPEN_READONLY flag. */ const unsigned long OPEN_IGNORE_LOCKING_MODE = 1 << 2; /** * All optional connection object features are off. */ const unsigned long CONNECTION_DEFAULT = 0; /** * Enable Interrupt-method for the synchronous connection object * returned by openDatabase, openSpecialDatabase, openUnsharedDatabase * or openDatabaseWithFileURL calls. * * When this flag is not set, Interrupt-method of a * synchronous connection must not be used. * * Asynchronous connection is always interruptible and the flag * does not change anything. * * The following are among the potential risks side effects of * calling the Interrupt-method: * - new queries started on a different thread after the * interrupt call, but before its completion, are interrupted as if * they had been running prior to the interrupt call. Thus thread * synchronization is necessary. * - calls to close the database will wait until the interruption * finishes. */ const unsigned long CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE = 1 << 0; /** * Open an asynchronous connection to a database. * * This method MUST be called from the main thread. The connection object * returned by this function is not threadsafe. You MUST use it only from * the main thread. * * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE. * * @param aDatabaseStore Either a nsIFile representing the file that contains * the database or a special string to open a special database. The special * string may be: * - "memory" to open an in-memory database. * * @param aOpenFlags * A set of flags to open the database with optional features. * Currently supports OPEN_SHARED, OPEN_READONLY and * OPEN_IGNORE_LOCKING_MODE flags. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flags. * * @param aConnectionFlags * A set of flags to enable optional features for the returned * asynchronous connection object. * Currently supports CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE flag. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flag. * * @param aCallback A callback that will receive the result of the operation. * In case of error, it may receive as status: * - NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY if allocating a new storage object fails. * - NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED if the database file is corrupted. * In case of success, it receives as argument the new database * connection, as an instance of |mozIStorageAsyncConnection|. * * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if |aDatabaseStore| is neither a file nor * one of the special strings understood by this method, or if one of * the options passed through |aOptions| does not have * the right type. * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_SAME_THREAD if called from a thread other than the * main thread. */ void openAsyncDatabase(in nsIVariant aDatabaseStore, in unsigned long aOpenFlags, in unsigned long aConnectionFlags, in mozIStorageCompletionCallback aCallback); /** * Get a connection to a named special database storage. * * @param aStorageKey a string key identifying the type of storage * requested. Valid values include: "memory". * * @param aName an optional string identifying the name of the database. * If omitted, a filename of ":memory:" will be used which results in a * private in-memory database specific to this connection, making it * impossible to clone the in-memory database. If you want to be able to * clone the connection (or otherwise connect to the in-memory database from * a connection), then you must pick a name that's sufficiently unique within * the process to not collide with other mozStorage users. * * @param [optional] aConnectionFlags * A set of flags to enable optional features for the returned * synchronous connection object. * Currently supports CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE flag. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flag. * * @see openDatabase for restrictions on how database connections may be * used. For the profile database, you should only access it from the main * thread since other callers may also have connections. * * @returns a new mozIStorageConnection for the requested * storage database. * * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aStorageKey is invalid. */ mozIStorageConnection openSpecialDatabase( in ACString aStorageKey, [optional] in ACString aName, [optional] in unsigned long aConnectionFlags); /** * Open a connection to the specified file. * * Consumers should check mozIStorageConnection::connectionReady to ensure * that they can use the database. If this value is false, it is strongly * recommended that the database be backed up with * mozIStorageConnection::backupDB so user data is not lost. * * ========== * DANGER * ========== * * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE. * * The connection object returned by this function is not threadsafe. You * must use it only from the thread you created it from. * * @param aDatabaseFile * A nsIFile that represents the database that is to be opened. * @param [optional] aConnectionFlags * A set of flags to enable optional features for the returned * synchronous connection object. * Currently supports CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE flag. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flag. * * @returns a mozIStorageConnection for the requested database file. * * @throws NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY * If allocating a new storage object fails. * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED * If the database file is corrupted. */ mozIStorageConnection openDatabase( in nsIFile aDatabaseFile, [optional] in unsigned long aConnectionFlags); /** * Open a connection to the specified file that doesn't share a sqlite cache. * * Without a shared-cache, each connection uses its own pages cache, which * may be memory inefficient with a large number of connections, in such a * case so you should use openDatabase instead. On the other side, if cache * contention may be an issue, for instance when concurrency is important to * ensure responsiveness, using unshared connections may be a * performance win. * * ========== * DANGER * ========== * * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE. * * The connection object returned by this function is not threadsafe. You * must use it only from the thread you created it from. * * @param aDatabaseFile * A nsIFile that represents the database that is to be opened. * @param [optional] aConnectionFlags * A set of flags to enable optional features for the returned * synchronous connection object. * Currently supports CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE flag. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flag. * * @returns a mozIStorageConnection for the requested database file. * * @throws NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY * If allocating a new storage object fails. * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED * If the database file is corrupted. */ mozIStorageConnection openUnsharedDatabase( in nsIFile aDatabaseFile, [optional] in unsigned long aConnectionFlags); /** * See openDatabase(). Exactly the same only initialized with a file URL. * Custom parameters can be passed to SQLite and VFS implementations through * the query part of the URL. * * @param aURL * A nsIFileURL that represents the database that is to be opened. * @param [optional] aTelemetryFilename * The name to use for the database in telemetry. Only needed if the * actual filename can contain sensitive information. * @param [optional] aConnectionFlags * A set of flags to enable optional features for the returned * synchronous connection object. * Currently supports CONNECTION_INTERRUPTIBLE flag. * For full details, please refer to the documentation of the flag. */ mozIStorageConnection openDatabaseWithFileURL( in nsIFileURL aFileURL, [optional] in ACString aTelemetryFilename, [optional] in unsigned long aConnectionFlags); }; %{C++ constexpr auto kMozStorageMemoryStorageKey = "memory"_ns; %}