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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 nsIAsyncOutputStream;
+interface nsIInputStream;
+
+%{C++
+#include "nsTArray.h"
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace net {
+class PreferredAlternativeDataTypeParams;
+}
+} // namespace mozilla
+%}
+
+[ref] native ConstPreferredAlternativeDataTypeArray(const nsTArray<mozilla::net::PreferredAlternativeDataTypeParams>);
+
+[scriptable, uuid(1fb8ccf2-5fa5-45ec-bc57-8c8022a5d0d3)]
+interface nsIInputStreamReceiver : nsISupports
+{
+ void onInputStreamReady(in nsIInputStream aStream);
+};
+
+[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(72c34415-c6eb-48af-851f-772fa9ee5972)]
+interface nsICacheInfoChannel : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Get the number of times the cache entry has been opened. This attribute is
+ * equivalent to nsICachingChannel.cacheToken.fetchCount.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the cache entry or the alternate data
+ * cache entry cannot be read.
+ */
+ readonly attribute uint32_t cacheTokenFetchCount;
+
+ /**
+ * Get expiration time from cache token. This attribute is equivalent to
+ * nsICachingChannel.cacheToken.expirationTime.
+ */
+ readonly attribute uint32_t cacheTokenExpirationTime;
+
+ /**
+ * TRUE if this channel's data is being loaded from the cache. This value
+ * is undefined before the channel fires its OnStartRequest notification
+ * and after the channel fires its OnStopRequest notification.
+ */
+ boolean isFromCache();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if the channel raced the cache and network requests.
+ * In order to determine if the response is coming from the cache or the
+ * network, the consumer can check isFromCache().
+ * The method can only be called after the channel fires its OnStartRequest
+ * notification.
+ */
+ boolean isRacing();
+
+ /**
+ * The unique ID of the corresponding nsICacheEntry from which the response is
+ * retrieved. By comparing the returned value, we can judge whether the data
+ * of two distinct nsICacheInfoChannels is from the same nsICacheEntry. This
+ * scenario could be useful when verifying whether the alternative data from
+ * one nsICacheInfochannel matches the main data from another one.
+ *
+ * Note: NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE is thrown when a nsICacheInfoChannel has no
+ * valid corresponding nsICacheEntry.
+ */
+ uint64_t getCacheEntryId();
+
+ /**
+ * Set/get the cache key. This integer uniquely identifies the data in
+ * the cache for this channel.
+ *
+ * A cache key retrieved from a particular instance of nsICacheInfoChannel
+ * could be set on another instance of nsICacheInfoChannel provided the
+ * underlying implementations are compatible and provided the new
+ * channel instance was created with the same URI. The implementation of
+ * nsICacheInfoChannel would be expected to use the cache entry identified
+ * by the cache token. Depending on the value of nsIRequest::loadFlags,
+ * the cache entry may be validated, overwritten, or simply read.
+ *
+ * The cache key may be 0 indicating that the URI of the channel is
+ * sufficient to locate the same cache entry. Setting a 0 cache key
+ * is likewise valid.
+ */
+ attribute unsigned long cacheKey;
+
+ /**
+ * Tells the channel to behave as if the LOAD_FROM_CACHE flag has been set,
+ * but without affecting the loads for the entire loadGroup in case of this
+ * channel being the default load group's channel.
+ */
+ attribute boolean allowStaleCacheContent;
+
+ /**
+ * Tells the priority for LOAD_CACHE is raised over LOAD_BYPASS_CACHE or
+ * LOAD_BYPASS_LOCAL_CACHE in case those flags are set at the same time.
+ */
+ attribute boolean preferCacheLoadOverBypass;
+
+ cenum PreferredAlternativeDataDeliveryType : 8 {
+ /**
+ * Do not deliver alternative data stream.
+ */
+ NONE = 0,
+
+ /**
+ * Deliver alternative data stream upon additional request.
+ */
+ ASYNC = 1,
+
+ /**
+ * Deliver alternative data stream during IPC parent/child serialization.
+ */
+ SERIALIZE = 2,
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Tells the channel to be force validated during soft reload.
+ */
+ attribute boolean forceValidateCacheContent;
+
+ /**
+ * Calling this method instructs the channel to serve the alternative data
+ * if that was previously saved in the cache, otherwise it will serve the
+ * real data.
+ * @param type
+ * a string identifying the alt-data format
+ * @param contentType
+ * the contentType for which the preference applies.
+ * an empty contentType means the preference applies for ANY contentType
+ * @param deliverAltData
+ * if false, also if alt-data is available, the channel will deliver
+ * the original data.
+ *
+ * The method may be called several times, with different type and contentType.
+ *
+ * Must be called before AsyncOpen.
+ */
+ void preferAlternativeDataType(in ACString type, in ACString contentType,
+ in nsICacheInfoChannel_PreferredAlternativeDataDeliveryType deliverAltData);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the preferred alternative data type set by preferAlternativeDataType().
+ * The returned types stand for the desired data type instead of the type of the
+ * information retrieved from the network stack.
+ */
+ [noscript, notxpcom, nostdcall]
+ ConstPreferredAlternativeDataTypeArray preferredAlternativeDataTypes();
+
+ /**
+ * Holds the type of the alternative data representation that the channel
+ * is returning.
+ * Is empty string if no alternative data representation was requested, or
+ * if the requested representation wasn't found in the cache.
+ * Can only be called during or after OnStartRequest.
+ */
+ readonly attribute ACString alternativeDataType;
+
+ /**
+ * If preferAlternativeDataType() has been called passing deliverAltData
+ * equal to false, this attribute will expose the alt-data inputStream if
+ * avaiable.
+ */
+ readonly attribute nsIInputStream alternativeDataInputStream;
+
+ /**
+ * Sometimes when the channel is delivering alt-data, we may want to somehow
+ * access the original content too. This method asynchronously opens the
+ * input stream and delivers it to the receiver.
+ */
+ void getOriginalInputStream(in nsIInputStreamReceiver aReceiver);
+
+ /**
+ * Opens and returns an output stream that a consumer may use to save an
+ * alternate representation of the data.
+ * Must be called after the OnStopRequest that delivered the real data.
+ * The consumer may choose to replace the saved alt representation.
+ * Opening the output stream will fail if there are any open input streams
+ * reading the already saved alt representation. After successfully opening
+ * an output stream, if there is an error before the entire alt data can be
+ * written successfully, the client must signal failure by passing an error
+ * code to CloseWithStatus().
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * type of the alternative data representation
+ * @param predictedSize
+ * Predicted size of the data that will be written. It's used to decide
+ * whether the resulting entry would exceed size limit, in which case
+ * an error is thrown. If the size isn't known in advance, -1 should be
+ * passed.
+ */
+ nsIAsyncOutputStream openAlternativeOutputStream(in ACString type, in long long predictedSize);
+};
+
+%{ C++
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace net {
+
+using PreferredAlternativeDataDeliveryTypeIPC = nsICacheInfoChannel::PreferredAlternativeDataDeliveryType;
+
+}
+} // namespace mozilla
+%}