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diff --git a/netwerk/base/nsIURI.idl b/netwerk/base/nsIURI.idl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..df1a98e873 --- /dev/null +++ b/netwerk/base/nsIURI.idl @@ -0,0 +1,322 @@ +/* -*- 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" + +/** + * URIs are essentially structured names for things -- anything. This interface + * provides accessors to get the most basic components of an URI. + * If you need to change some parts of the URI use nsIURIMutator. + * Subclasses, including nsIURL, impose greater structure on the URI. + * + * This interface follows Tim Berners-Lee's URI spec (RFC3986) [1], where the + * basic URI components are defined as such: + * <pre> + * ftp://username:password@hostname:portnumber/pathname?query#ref + * \ / \ / \ / \ /\ / \ / \ / + * - --------------- ------ -------- ------- --- - + * | | | | | | | + * | | | | FilePath Query Ref + * | | | Port \ / + * | | Host / ------------ + * | UserPass / | + * Scheme / Path + * \ / + * -------------------------------- + * | + * PrePath + * </pre> + * The definition of the URI components has been extended to allow for + * internationalized domain names [2] and the more generic IRI structure [3]. + * + * [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 + * [2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5890 + * [3] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3987 + */ + +%{C++ +#include "nsString.h" + +#undef GetPort // XXX Windows! +#undef SetPort // XXX Windows! + +namespace mozilla { +class Encoding; +namespace ipc { +class URIParams; +} // namespace ipc +} // namespace mozilla +%} + +[ptr] native Encoding(const mozilla::Encoding); +[ref] native URIParams(mozilla::ipc::URIParams); +interface nsIURIMutator; + +/** + * nsIURI - interface for an uniform resource identifier w/ i18n support. + * + * AUTF8String attributes may contain unescaped UTF-8 characters. + * Consumers should be careful to escape the UTF-8 strings as necessary, but + * should always try to "display" the UTF-8 version as provided by this + * interface. + * + * AUTF8String attributes may also contain escaped characters. + * + * Unescaping URI segments is unadvised unless there is intimate + * knowledge of the underlying charset or there is no plan to display (or + * otherwise enforce a charset on) the resulting URI substring. + * + * The correct way to create an nsIURI from a string is via + * nsIIOService.newURI. + * + * NOTE: nsBinaryInputStream::ReadObject contains a hackaround to intercept the + * old (pre-gecko6) nsIURI IID and swap in the current IID instead, in order + * for sessionstore to work after an upgrade. If this IID is revved further, + * we will need to add additional checks there for all intermediate IIDs, until + * ContentPrincipal is fixed to serialize its URIs as nsISupports (bug 662693). + */ +[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(92073a54-6d78-4f30-913a-b871813208c6)] +interface nsIURI : nsISupports +{ + /************************************************************************ + * The URI is broken down into the following principal components: + */ + + /** + * Returns a string representation of the URI. + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String spec; + +%{ C++ + // An infallible wrapper for GetSpec() that returns a failure indication + // string if GetSpec() fails. It is most useful for creating + // logging/warning/error messages produced for human consumption, and when + // matching a URI spec against a fixed spec such as about:blank. + nsCString GetSpecOrDefault() + { + nsCString spec; + nsresult rv = GetSpec(spec); + if (NS_FAILED(rv)) { + spec.AssignLiteral("[nsIURI::GetSpec failed]"); + } + return spec; + } +%} + + /** + * The prePath (eg. scheme://user:password@host:port) returns the string + * before the path. This is useful for authentication or managing sessions. + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String prePath; + + /** + * The Scheme is the protocol to which this URI refers. The scheme is + * restricted to the US-ASCII charset per RFC3986. + */ + readonly attribute ACString scheme; + + /** + * The username:password (or username only if value doesn't contain a ':') + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String userPass; + + /** + * The optional username and password, assuming the preHost consists of + * username:password. + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String username; + readonly attribute AUTF8String password; + + /** + * The host:port (or simply the host, if port == -1). + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String hostPort; + + /** + * The host is the internet domain name to which this URI refers. It could + * be an IPv4 (or IPv6) address literal. Otherwise it is an ASCII or punycode + * encoded string. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String host; + + /** + * A port value of -1 corresponds to the protocol's default port (eg. -1 + * implies port 80 for http URIs). + */ + readonly attribute long port; + + /** + * The path, typically including at least a leading '/' (but may also be + * empty, depending on the protocol). + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + * + * This attribute contains query and ref parts for historical reasons. + * Use the 'filePath' attribute if you do not want those parts included. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String pathQueryRef; + + + /************************************************************************ + * An URI supports the following methods: + */ + + /** + * URI equivalence test (not a strict string comparison). + * + * eg. http://foo.com:80/ == http://foo.com/ + */ + boolean equals(in nsIURI other); + + /** + * An optimization to do scheme checks without requiring the users of nsIURI + * to GetScheme, thereby saving extra allocating and freeing. Returns true if + * the schemes match (case ignored). + */ + [infallible] boolean schemeIs(in string scheme); + + /** + * This method resolves a relative string into an absolute URI string, + * using this URI as the base. + * + * NOTE: some implementations may have no concept of a relative URI. + */ + AUTF8String resolve(in AUTF8String relativePath); + + + /************************************************************************ + * Additional attributes: + */ + + /** + * The URI spec with an ASCII compatible encoding. Host portion follows + * the IDNA draft spec. Other parts are URL-escaped per the rules of + * RFC2396. The result is strictly ASCII. + */ + readonly attribute ACString asciiSpec; + + /** + * The host:port (or simply the host, if port == -1), with an ASCII compatible + * encoding. Host portion follows the IDNA draft spec. The result is strictly + * ASCII. + */ + readonly attribute ACString asciiHostPort; + + /** + * The URI host with an ASCII compatible encoding. Follows the IDNA + * draft spec for converting internationalized domain names (UTF-8) to + * ASCII for compatibility with existing internet infrasture. + */ + readonly attribute ACString asciiHost; + + /************************************************************************ + * Additional attribute & methods added for .ref support: + */ + + /** + * Returns the reference portion (the part after the "#") of the URI. + * If there isn't one, an empty string is returned. + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String ref; + + /** + * URI equivalence test (not a strict string comparison), ignoring + * the value of the .ref member. + * + * eg. http://foo.com/# == http://foo.com/ + * http://foo.com/#aaa == http://foo.com/#bbb + */ + boolean equalsExceptRef(in nsIURI other); + + /** + * returns a string for the current URI with the ref element cleared. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String specIgnoringRef; + + /** + * Returns if there is a reference portion (the part after the "#") of the URI. + */ + readonly attribute boolean hasRef; + + /************************************************************************ + * Additional attributes added for .query support: + */ + + /** + * Returns a path including the directory and file portions of a + * URL. For example, the filePath of "http://host/foo/bar.html#baz" + * is "/foo/bar.html". + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String filePath; + + /** + * Returns the query portion (the part after the "?") of the URL. + * If there isn't one, an empty string is returned. + * + * Some characters may be escaped. + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String query; + + /** + * If the URI has a punycode encoded hostname, this will hold the UTF8 + * representation of that hostname (if that representation doesn't contain + * blacklisted characters, and the network.IDN_show_punycode pref is false) + * Otherwise, if the hostname is ASCII, it will return the same as .asciiHost + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String displayHost; + + /** + * The displayHost:port (or simply the displayHost, if port == -1). + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String displayHostPort; + + /** + * Returns the same as calling .spec, only with a UTF8 encoded hostname + * (if that hostname doesn't contain blacklisted characters, and + * the network.IDN_show_punycode pref is false) + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String displaySpec; + + /** + * Returns the same as calling .prePath, only with a UTF8 encoded hostname + * (if that hostname doesn't contain blacklisted characters, and + * the network.IDN_show_punycode pref is false) + */ + readonly attribute AUTF8String displayPrePath; + + /** + * Returns an nsIURIMutator that can be used to make changes to the URI. + * After performing the setter operations on the mutator, one may call + * mutator.finalize() to get a new immutable URI with the desired + * properties. + */ + nsIURIMutator mutate(); + + /** + * Serializes a URI object to a URIParams data structure in order for being + * passed over IPC. For deserialization, see nsIURIMutator. + */ + [noscript, notxpcom] void serialize(in URIParams aParams); + + %{C++ + // MOZ_DBG support + friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& aOut, const nsIURI& aURI) { + nsIURI* uri = const_cast<nsIURI*>(&aURI); + return aOut << "nsIURI { " << uri->GetSpecOrDefault() << " }"; + } + %} +}; |