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/* -*- 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"

interface nsIFile;
interface nsIURI;
interface nsITransaction;

/**
 * The BookmarksService interface provides methods for managing bookmarked
 * history items.  Bookmarks consist of a set of user-customizable
 * folders.  A URI in history can be contained in one or more such folders.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(24533891-afa6-4663-b72d-3143d03f1b04)]
interface nsINavBookmarksService : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The item ID of the top-level folder that contain the tag "folders".
   */
  readonly attribute long long tagsFolder;

  /**
   * The total number of Sync changes (inserts, updates, deletes, merges, and
   * uploads) recorded since Places startup for all bookmarks.
   *
   * Note that this is *not* the number of bookmark syncs. It's a monotonically
   * increasing counter incremented for every change that affects a bookmark's
   * `syncChangeCounter`.
   *
   * The counter can be used to avoid keeping an exclusive transaction open for
   * time-consuming work. One way to do that is to store the current value of
   * the counter, do the work, start a transaction, check the current value
   * again, and compare it to the stored value to determine if the database
   * changed during the work.
   *
   * The bookmarks mirror does this to check for changes between building and
   * applying a merged tree. This avoids blocking the main Places connection
   * during the merge, and ensures that the new tree still applies cleanly.
   */
  readonly attribute long long totalSyncChanges;

  /**
   * This value should be used for APIs that allow passing in an index
   * where an index is not known, or not required to be specified.
   * e.g.: When appending an item to a folder.
   */
  const short DEFAULT_INDEX = -1;

  const unsigned short TYPE_BOOKMARK = 1;
  const unsigned short TYPE_FOLDER = 2;
  const unsigned short TYPE_SEPARATOR = 3;
  // Dynamic containers are deprecated and unsupported.
  // This const exists just to avoid reusing the value.
  const unsigned short TYPE_DYNAMIC_CONTAINER = 4;

  // Change source constants. These are used to distinguish changes made by
  // Sync and bookmarks import from other Places consumers, though they can
  // be extended to support other callers. Sources are passed as optional
  // parameters to methods used by Sync, and forwarded to observers.
  const unsigned short SOURCE_DEFAULT = 0;
  const unsigned short SOURCE_SYNC = 1;
  const unsigned short SOURCE_IMPORT = 2;
  const unsigned short SOURCE_SYNC_REPARENT_REMOVED_FOLDER_CHILDREN = 4;
  const unsigned short SOURCE_RESTORE = 5;
  const unsigned short SOURCE_RESTORE_ON_STARTUP = 6;

  /**
   * Sync status flags, stored in Places for each item. These affect conflict
   * resolution, when an item is changed both locally and remotely; deduping,
   * when a local item matches a remote item with similar contents and different
   * GUIDs; and whether we write a tombstone when an item is deleted locally.
   *
   * Status  | Description               | Conflict   | Can     | Needs
   *         |                           | resolution | dedupe? | tombstone?
   * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   * UNKNOWN | Automatically restored    | Prefer     | No      | No
   *         | on startup to recover     | deletion   |         |
   *         | from database corruption, |            |         |
   *         | or sync ID change on      |            |         |
   *         | server.                   |            |         |
   * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   * NEW     | Item not uploaded to      | Prefer     | Yes     | No
   *         | server yet, or Sync       | newer      |         |
   *         | disconnected.             |            |         |
   * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   * NORMAL  | Item uploaded to server.  | Prefer     | No      | Yes
   *         |                           | newer      |         |
   */
  const unsigned short SYNC_STATUS_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SYNC_STATUS_NEW = 1;
  const unsigned short SYNC_STATUS_NORMAL = 2;

  /**
   * Inserts a child bookmark into the given folder.
   *
   *  @param aParentId
   *         The id of the parent folder
   *  @param aURI
   *         The URI to insert
   *  @param aIndex
   *         The index to insert at, or DEFAULT_INDEX to append
   *  @param aTitle
   *         The title for the new bookmark
   *  @param [optional] aGuid
   *         The GUID to be set for the new item.  If not set, a new GUID is
   *         generated.  Unless you've a very sound reason, such as an undo
   *         manager implementation, do not pass this argument.
   *  @param [optional] aSource
   *         The change source. This is forwarded to all bookmark observers,
   *         allowing them to distinguish between insertions from different
   *         callers. Defaults to SOURCE_DEFAULT if omitted.
   *  @return The ID of the newly-created bookmark.
   *
   *  @note aTitle will be truncated to TITLE_LENGTH_MAX and
   *        aURI will be truncated to URI_LENGTH_MAX.
   *  @throws if aGuid is malformed.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  long long insertBookmark(in long long aParentId, in nsIURI aURI,
                           in long aIndex, in AUTF8String aTitle,
                           [optional] in ACString aGuid,
                           [optional] in unsigned short aSource);

  /**
   * Removes a child item. Used to delete a bookmark or separator.
   *  @param aItemId
   *         The child item to remove
   *  @param [optional] aSource
   *         The change source, forwarded to all bookmark observers. Defaults
   *         to SOURCE_DEFAULT.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void removeItem(in long long aItemId, [optional] in unsigned short aSource);

  /**
   * Creates a new child folder and inserts it under the given parent.
   *  @param aParentFolder
   *         The id of the parent folder
   *  @param aName
   *         The name of the new folder
   *  @param aIndex
   *         The index to insert at, or DEFAULT_INDEX to append
   *  @param [optional] aGuid
   *         The GUID to be set for the new item.  If not set, a new GUID is
   *         generated.  Unless you've a very sound reason, such as an undo
   *         manager implementation, do not pass this argument.
   *  @param [optional] aSource
   *         The change source, forwarded to all bookmark observers. Defaults
   *         to SOURCE_DEFAULT.
   *  @return The ID of the newly-inserted folder.
   *  @throws if aGuid is malformed.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  long long createFolder(in long long aParentFolder, in AUTF8String name,
                         in long index,
                         [optional] in ACString aGuid,
                         [optional] in unsigned short aSource);

  /**
   * Set the title for an item.
   *  @param aItemId
   *         The id of the item whose title should be updated.
   *  @param aTitle
   *         The new title for the bookmark.
   *  @param [optional] aSource
   *         The change source, forwarded to all bookmark observers. Defaults
   *         to SOURCE_DEFAULT.
   *
   *  @note  aTitle will be truncated to TITLE_LENGTH_MAX.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void setItemTitle(in long long aItemId, in AUTF8String aTitle,
                    [optional] in unsigned short aSource);

  /**
   * Get the title for an item.
   *
   * If no item title is available it will return a void string (null in JS).
   *
   *  @param aItemId
   *         The id of the item whose title should be retrieved
   *  @return The title of the item.
   */
  AUTF8String getItemTitle(in long long aItemId);

  /**
   * Set the last modified time for an item.
   *
   * @param aItemId
   *        the id of the item whose last modified time should be updated.
   * @param aLastModified
   *        the new last modified value in microseconds.  Note that it is
   *        rounded down to milliseconds precision.
   * @param [optional] aSource
   *        The change source, forwarded to all bookmark observers. Defaults
   *        to SOURCE_DEFAULT.
   *
   * @note This is the only method that will send an itemChanged notification
   *       for the property.  lastModified will still be updated in
   *       any other method that changes an item property, but we will send
   *       the corresponding itemChanged notification instead.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void setItemLastModified(in long long aItemId,
                           in PRTime aLastModified,
                           [optional] in unsigned short aSource);
};