gecko-dev/dom/webidl/Storage.webidl

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[Exposed=Window]
interface Storage {
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  readonly attribute unsigned long length;

  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  DOMString? key(unsigned long index);

  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  getter DOMString? getItem(DOMString key);

  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  setter void setItem(DOMString key, DOMString value);

  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  deleter void removeItem(DOMString key);

  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal]
  void clear();

  [ChromeOnly]
  readonly attribute boolean isSessionOnly;
};

/**
 * Testing methods that exist only for the benefit of automated glass-box
 * testing.  Will never be exposed to content at large and unlikely to be useful
 * in a WebDriver context.
 */
partial interface Storage {
  /**
   * Does a security-check and ensures the underlying database has been opened
   * without actually calling any database methods.  (Read-only methods will
   * have a similar effect but also impact the state of the snapshot.)
   */
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal, Pref="dom.storage.testing"]
  void open();

  /**
   * Automatically ends any explicit snapshot and drops the reference to the
   * underlying database, but does not otherwise perturb the database.
   */
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal, Pref="dom.storage.testing"]
  void close();

  /**
   * Ensures the database has been opened and initiates an explicit snapshot.
   * Snapshots are normally automatically ended and checkpointed back to the
   * parent, but explicitly opened snapshots must be explicitly ended via
   * `endExplicitSnapshot` or `close`.
   */
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal, Pref="dom.storage.testing"]
  void beginExplicitSnapshot();

  /**
   * Ends the explicitly begun snapshot and retains the underlying database.
   * Compare with `close` which also drops the reference to the database.
   */
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal, Pref="dom.storage.testing"]
  void endExplicitSnapshot();

  /**
   * Returns true if the underlying database has been opened and it has an
   * active snapshot (initialized implicitly or explicitly).
   */
  [Throws, NeedsSubjectPrincipal, Pref="dom.storage.testing"]
  readonly attribute boolean hasActiveSnapshot;
};