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#include "nsIProtocolHandler.idl"


/**
 * Protocol handler superinterface for a protocol which performs substitutions
 * from URIs of its scheme to URIs of another scheme.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(154c64fd-a69e-4105-89f8-bd7dfe621372)]
interface nsISubstitutingProtocolHandler : nsIProtocolHandler
{
  /**
   * Content script may access files in this package.
   */
  const short ALLOW_CONTENT_ACCESS = 1 << 0;
  /**
   * This substitution exposes nsIJARURI instead of a nsIFileURL.  By default
   * NewURI will always return a nsIFileURL even when the URL is jar:
   */
  const short RESOLVE_JAR_URI = 1 << 1;

  /**
   * Sets the substitution for the root key:
   *   resource://root/path ==> baseURI.resolve(path)
   *
   * A null baseURI removes the specified substitution.
   *
   * The root key will be converted to lower-case to conform to
   * case-insensitive URI hostname matching behavior.
   */
  [must_use] void setSubstitution(in ACString root, in nsIURI baseURI);

  /**
   * Same as setSubstitution, but with specific flags.
   */
  [must_use] void setSubstitutionWithFlags(in ACString root, in nsIURI baseURI, in uint32_t flags);

  /**
   * Gets the substitution for the root key.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if none exists.
   */
  [must_use] nsIURI getSubstitution(in ACString root);

  /**
   * Returns TRUE if the substitution exists and FALSE otherwise.
   */
  [must_use] boolean hasSubstitution(in ACString root);

  /**
   * Utility function to resolve a substituted URI.  A resolved URI is not
   * guaranteed to reference a resource that exists (ie. opening a channel to
   * the resolved URI may fail).
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if resURI.host() is an unknown root key.
   */
  [must_use] AUTF8String resolveURI(in nsIURI resURI);
};