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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIFile;
interface nsIMIMEInfo;
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIChannel;

/**
 * The MIME service is responsible for mapping file extensions to MIME-types
 * (see RFC 2045). It also provides access to nsIMIMEInfo interfaces and
 * acts as a general convenience wrapper of nsIMIMEInfo interfaces.
 *
 * The MIME service maintains a database with a <b>one</b> MIME type <b>to many</b>
 * file extensions rule. Adding the same file extension to multiple MIME types
 * is illegal and behavior is undefined.
 *
 * @see nsIMIMEInfo
 */
[scriptable, main_process_scriptable_only, uuid(5b3675a1-02db-4f8f-a560-b34736635f47)]
interface nsIMIMEService : nsISupports {
    /**
     * Retrieves an nsIMIMEInfo using both the extension
     * and the type of a file. The type is given preference
     * during the lookup. One of aMIMEType and aFileExt
     * can be an empty string. At least one of aMIMEType and aFileExt
     * must be nonempty.
     */
    nsIMIMEInfo getFromTypeAndExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);

    /**
     * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
     * associated with this file extension.
     *
     * @param  A file extension (excluding the dot ('.')).
     * @return The MIME type, if any.
     */
    ACString getTypeFromExtension(in AUTF8String aFileExt);

    /**
     * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
     * associated with this URI. The association is purely
     * file extension to MIME type based. No attempt to determine
     * the type via server headers or byte scanning is made.
     *
     * @param  The URI the user wants MIME info on.
     * @return The MIME type, if any.
     */
    ACString getTypeFromURI(in nsIURI aURI);

    /**
     * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
     * associated with this file extension.  Only the default
     * builtin list is examined.  Unless you need a restricted
     * set use getTypeFromURI.
     *
     * @param  The URI the user wants MIME info on.
     * @return The MIME type, if any.
     */
    ACString getDefaultTypeFromURI(in nsIURI aURI);

    //
    ACString getTypeFromFile(in nsIFile aFile);

    /**
     * Given a Type/Extension combination, returns the default extension
     * for this type. This may be identical to the passed-in extension.
     *
     * @param aMIMEType The Type to get information on. Must not be empty.
     * @param aFileExt  File Extension. Can be empty.
     */
    AUTF8String getPrimaryExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);

    /*
     * Returns an nsIMIMEInfo for the provided MIME type and extension
     * obtained from an OS lookup. If no handler is found for the type and
     * extension, returns a generic nsIMIMEInfo object. The MIME type and
     * extension can be the empty string. When the type and extension don't
     * map to the same handler, the semantics/resolution are platform
     * specific. See the platform implementations for details.
     *
     * @param aType           The MIME type to get handler information for.
     * @param aFileExtension  The filename extension to use either alone
     *                        or with the MIME type to get handler information
     *                        for. UTF-8 encoded.
     * @param [out] aFound    Out param indicating whether a MIMEInfo could
     *                        be found for the provided type and/or extension.
     *                        Set to false when neither extension nor the MIME
     *                        type are mapped to a handler.
     * @return                A nsIMIMEInfo object. This function must return
     *                        a MIMEInfo object if it can allocate one. The
     *                        only justifiable reason for not returning one is
     *                        an out-of-memory error.
     */
    nsIMIMEInfo getMIMEInfoFromOS(in ACString aType,
                                  in ACString aFileExtension,
                                  out boolean aFound);

    /**
     * Update the mime info's default app information based on OS
     * lookups.
     * Note: normally called automatically by nsIMIMEInfo. If you find
     * yourself needing to call this from elsewhere, file a bug instead.
     */
    void updateDefaultAppInfo(in nsIMIMEInfo aMIMEInfo);

    /**
     * Default filename validation for getValidFileName and
     * validateFileNameForSaving where other flags are not true.
     * That is, the extension is modified to fit the content type,
     * duplicate whitespace is collapsed, and long filenames are
     * truncated. A valid content type must be supplied. See the
     * description of getValidFileName for more details about how
     * the flags are used.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_DEFAULT = 0;

    /**
     * If true, then the filename is only validated to ensure that it is
     * acceptable for the file system. If false, then the extension is also
     * checked to ensure that it is valid for the content type. If the
     * extension is not valid, the filename is modified to have the proper
     * extension.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY = 1;

    /**
     * Don't collapse strings of duplicate whitespace into a single string.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_DONT_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE = 2;

    /**
     * Don't truncate long filenames.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_DONT_TRUNCATE = 4;

    /**
     * True to ignore the content type and guess the type from any existing
     * extension instead. "application/octet-stream" is used as the default
     * if there is no extension or there is no information available for
     * the extension.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_GUESS_FROM_EXTENSION = 8;

    /**
     * If the filename is empty, return the empty filename
     * without modification.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_ALLOW_EMPTY = 16;

    /**
     * Don't apply a default filename if the non-extension portion of the
     * filename is empty.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_NO_DEFAULT_FILENAME = 32;

    /**
     * When the filename has an invalid extension, force the the filename to
     * have a valid extension appended to the end of the filename when that
     * extension would normally be ignored for the given content type. This
     * primarily is used when saving pages to ensure that the html extension
     * is applied over any extension that might have been generated from a
     * page title.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_FORCE_APPEND_EXTENSION = 64;

    /**
     * Don't modify filenames or extensions that might be invalid or dangerous
     * on some platforms. If this flag is not used, these filenames will be
     * modified so that the operating system does not treat them specially.
     */
    const long VALIDATE_ALLOW_INVALID_FILENAMES = 128;

    /**
     * Generate a valid filename from the channel that can be used to save
     * the content of the channel to the local disk.
     *
     * The filename is determined from the content disposition, the filename
     * of the uri, or a default filename. The following modifications are
     * applied:
     *  - If the VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY flag is not specified, then the
     *    extension of the filename is modified to suit the supplied content type.
     *  - Path separators (typically / and \) are replaced by underscores (_)
     *  - Characters that are not valid or would be confusing in filenames are
     *    replaced by spaces (*, :, etc)
     *  - Bidi related marks are replaced by underscores (_)
     *  - Whitespace and periods are removed from the beginning and end.
     *  - Unless VALIDATE_DONT_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE is specified, multiple
     *    consecutive whitespace characters are collapsed to a single space
     *    character, either ' ' or an ideographic space 0x3000 if present.
     *  - Unless VALIDATE_DONT_TRUNCATE is specified, the filename is truncated
     *    to a maximum length, preserving the extension if possible.
     *  - Some filenames and extensions are invalid on certain platforms.
     *    These are replaced if possible unless VALIDATE_ALLOW_INVALID_FILENAMES
     *    is specified.
     *
     * If the VALIDATE_NO_DEFAULT_FILENAME flag is not specified, and after the
     * rules above are applied, the resulting filename is empty, a default
     * filename is used.
     *
     * If the VALIDATE_ALLOW_EMPTY flag is specified, an empty string may be
     * returned only if the filename could not be determined or was blank.
     *
     * If either the VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY or VALIDATE_GUESS_FROM_EXTENSION flags
     * are specified, then the content type may be empty. Otherwise, the type must
     * not be empty.
     *
     * The aOriginalURI would be specified if the channel is for a local file but
     * it was originally sourced from a different uri.
     *
     * When saving an image, use validateFileNameForSaving instead and
     * pass the result of imgIRequest::GetFileName() as the filename to
     * check.
     *
     * @param aChannel The channel of the content to save.
     * @param aType The MIME type to use, which would usually be the
     *              same as the content type of the channel.
     * @param aOriginalURL the source url of the file, but may be null.
     * @param aFlags one or more of the flags above.
     * @returns The resulting filename.
     */
    AString getValidFileName(in nsIChannel aChannel,
                             in ACString aType,
                             in nsIURI aOriginalURI,
                             in unsigned long aFlags);

    /**
     * Similar to getValidFileName, but used when a specific filename needs
     * to be validated. The filename is modified as needed based on the
     * content type in the same manner as getValidFileName.
     *
     * If the filename came from a uri, it should not be escaped, that is,
     * any needed unescaping of the filename should happen before calling
     * this method.
     *
     * @param aType The MIME type to use.
     * @param aFlags one or more of the flags above.
     * @param aFileName The filename to validate.
     * @returns The validated filename.
     */
    AString validateFileNameForSaving(in AString aFileName,
                                      in ACString aType,
                                      in unsigned long aFlags);
};