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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* 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"
+
+/**
+ * nsIURLParser specifies the interface to an URL parser that attempts to
+ * follow the definitions of RFC 2396.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(78c5d19f-f5d2-4732-8d3d-d5a7d7133bc0)]
+interface nsIURLParser : nsISupports
+{
+    /**
+     * The string to parse in the following methods may be given as a null
+     * terminated string, in which case the length argument should be -1.
+     *
+     * Out parameters of the following methods are all optional (ie. the caller
+     * may pass-in a NULL value if the corresponding results are not needed).
+     * Signed out parameters may hold a value of -1 if the corresponding result
+     * is not part of the string being parsed.
+     *
+     * The parsing routines attempt to be as forgiving as possible.
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * ParseSpec breaks the URL string up into its 3 major components: a scheme,
+     * an authority section (hostname, etc.), and a path.
+     *
+     * spec = <scheme>://<authority><path>
+     */
+    void parseURL        (in string spec,                  in long specLen,
+                          out unsigned long schemePos,    out long schemeLen,
+                          out unsigned long authorityPos, out long authorityLen,
+                          out unsigned long pathPos,      out long pathLen);
+
+    /**
+     * ParseAuthority breaks the authority string up into its 4 components:
+     * username, password, hostname, and hostport.
+     *
+     * auth = <username>:<password>@<hostname>:<port>
+     */
+    void parseAuthority  (in string authority,             in long authorityLen,
+                          out unsigned long usernamePos,  out long usernameLen,
+                          out unsigned long passwordPos,  out long passwordLen,
+                          out unsigned long hostnamePos,  out long hostnameLen,
+                          out long port);
+
+    /**
+     * userinfo = <username>:<password>
+     */
+    void parseUserInfo   (in string userinfo,              in long userinfoLen,
+                          out unsigned long usernamePos,  out long usernameLen,
+                          out unsigned long passwordPos,  out long passwordLen);
+
+    /**
+     * serverinfo = <hostname>:<port>
+     */
+    void parseServerInfo (in string serverinfo,            in long serverinfoLen,
+                          out unsigned long hostnamePos,  out long hostnameLen,
+                          out long port);
+
+    /**
+     * ParsePath breaks the path string up into its 3 major components: a file path,
+     * a query string, and a reference string.
+     *
+     * path = <filepath>?<query>#<ref>
+     */
+    void parsePath       (in string path,                  in long pathLen,
+                          out unsigned long filepathPos,  out long filepathLen,
+                          out unsigned long queryPos,     out long queryLen,
+                          out unsigned long refPos,       out long refLen);
+
+    /**
+     * ParseFilePath breaks the file path string up into: the directory portion,
+     * file base name, and file extension.
+     *
+     * filepath = <directory><basename>.<extension>
+     */
+    void parseFilePath   (in string filepath,              in long filepathLen,
+                          out unsigned long directoryPos, out long directoryLen,
+                          out unsigned long basenamePos,  out long basenameLen,
+                          out unsigned long extensionPos, out long extensionLen);
+
+    /**
+     * filename = <basename>.<extension>
+     */
+    void parseFileName   (in string filename,              in long filenameLen,
+                          out unsigned long basenamePos,  out long basenameLen,
+                          out unsigned long extensionPos, out long extensionLen);
+};
+
+%{C++
+// url parser key for use with the category manager
+// mapping from scheme to url parser.
+#define NS_IURLPARSER_KEY "@mozilla.org/urlparser;1"
+%}