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diff --git a/comm/mailnews/news/public/nsIMsgNewsFolder.idl b/comm/mailnews/news/public/nsIMsgNewsFolder.idl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..683c566595 --- /dev/null +++ b/comm/mailnews/news/public/nsIMsgNewsFolder.idl @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; 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" +#include "nsIMsgFolder.idl" + +%{C++ +#include "nsTArray.h" +%} + +interface nsIMsgWindow; +interface nsINntpIncomingServer; + +[scriptable, uuid(9a12c3a5-9de5-4c57-ace3-d51802b525a9)] +interface nsIMsgNewsFolder : nsISupports { + readonly attribute AString unicodeName; + /**|rawName| is an 8-bit string to represent the name of a newsgroup used by + * a news server. It's offered for the convenience of callers so that they + * don't have to convert |unicodeName| to the server-side name when + * communicating with a news server. It's US-ASCII except for some + * 'stand-alone' Chinese news servers that use GB2312 for newsgroup names + * violating RFC 1036. For those servers, it's GB2312. However, it can be any + * other single and multibyte encoding in principle. The encoding of this + * string is stored in |nsINntpIncomingServer| because that's a server-wide + * property. + **/ + readonly attribute ACString rawName; + readonly attribute nsINntpIncomingServer nntpServer; + attribute boolean saveArticleOffline; + + /** + * @name Authentication methods + * NNTP authentication is slightly wonky, due to edge cases that are not seen + * in other protocols. Authentication is not necessary; if authentication is + * used, it could be configured on a per-group basis or even require only a + * username and not a password. + * + * Since passwords could be per-group, it is necessary to refer to passwords + * using the methods on this interface and not nsIMsgIncomingServer. Passwords + * for the server as a whole are found via the root folder. If the server is + * configured to use single sign-on (the default), asking any group for its + * password will result in the server's password, otherwise, each group stores + * its password individually. + * + * Due to this setup, most of the password management functions on + * nsIMsgIncomingServer do not correctly work. The only one that would affect + * the passwords stored on folders correctly is forgetPassword; using any + * other on a news server would result in inconsistent state. + * + * Before requesting either the username or password for authentication, it is + * first necessary to call getAuthenticationCredentials. If the method returns + * true, then groupUsername and groupPassword are appropriately set up for + * necessary authentication; if not, then authentication must be stopped. + */ + /// @{ + + /** + * Gets the authentication credentials, returning if the results are valid. + * + * If mustPrompt is true, then the user will always be asked for the + * credentials. Otherwise, if mayPrompt is true, then the user will be asked + * for credentials if there are no saved credentials. If mayPrompt is false, + * then no prompt will be shown, even if there are no saved credentials. + * + * If this method returns true, then groupUsername and groupPassword will + * contain non-empty results that could be used for authentication. If this + * method returns false, then the values of groupUsername and groupPassword + * will be cleared if they had previously been set. This could happen if + * mustPrompt were true and the user decided to cancel the authentication + * prompt. + * + * Note that this method will be executed synchronously; if an async prompt + * is wanted, it is the responsibility of the caller to manage it explicitly + * with nsIMsgAsyncPrompter. + */ + bool getAuthenticationCredentials(in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow, + in bool mayPrompt, in bool mustPrompt); + + /// The username that should be used for this group + attribute ACString groupUsername; + + /// The password that should be used for this group + attribute ACString groupPassword; + + /// Forgets saved authentication credentials permanently. + void forgetAuthenticationCredentials(); + /// @} + + void reorderGroup(in nsIMsgFolder aNewsgroupToMove, in nsIMsgFolder aRefNewsgroup); + + nsIMsgFolder addNewsgroup(in AUTF8String newsgroupName, in ACString setStr); + + void setReadSetFromStr(in ACString setStr); + + /// returns the server's default charset. + readonly attribute ACString charset; + + readonly attribute AUTF8String newsrcLine; + readonly attribute ACString optionLines; + readonly attribute ACString unsubscribedNewsgroupLines; + void SetNewsrcHasChanged(in boolean newsrcHasChanged); + void updateSummaryFromNNTPInfo(in long oldest, in long youngest, in long total); + void removeMessage(in nsMsgKey key); + void removeMessages(in Array<nsMsgKey> keys); + void cancelComplete(); + void cancelFailed(); + + ACString getMessageIdForKey(in nsMsgKey key); + + void getNextNMessages(in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow); + + /** + * Begin loading a message into the folder's offline store. + * @param key - the key of the message being loaded (the folder must + * already have the message in it's DB) + */ + void notifyDownloadBegin(in nsMsgKey key); + + /** + * Feed the next line of a message into the folder, to be invoked multiple + * times between notifyDownloadBegin() and notifyDownloadEnd(). + * + * @param line - a single line of data to append to the message, including + * end-of-line terminator. + */ + void notifyDownloadedLine(in ACString line); + + /** + * Finish loading a message into the folder. If an error occurs, the + * folder hears about it via this function, and should abort the message. + * + * @param status - NS_OK if the operation was completed, an error code + * otherwise. + */ + void notifyDownloadEnd(in nsresult status); + + void notifyFinishedDownloadinghdrs(); + + /** + * Requests that a message be canceled. + * + * Note that, before sending the news cancel, this method will check to make + * sure that the user has proper permission to cancel the message. + * + * @param aMsgHdr The header of the message to be canceled. + * @param aMsgWindow The standard message window object, for error dialogs. + */ + void cancelMessage(in nsIMsgDBHdr aMsgHdr, in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow); +}; |