gecko-dev/uriloader/prefetch/nsIPrefetchService.idl

/* 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 nsIURI;
interface nsIDOMNode;
interface nsISimpleEnumerator;

[scriptable, uuid(bc4dbb34-b148-11e2-b82c-08002734a811)]
interface nsIPrefetchService : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Enqueue a request to prefetch the specified URI.
     *
     * @param aURI the URI of the document to prefetch
     * @param aReferrerURI the URI of the referring page
     * @param aSource the DOM node (such as a <link> tag) that requested this
     *        fetch, or null if the prefetch was not requested by a DOM node.
     * @param aExplicit the link element has an explicit prefetch link type
     */
    void prefetchURI(in nsIURI aURI,
                     in nsIURI aReferrerURI,
                     in nsIDOMNode aSource,
                     in boolean aExplicit);

    /**
     * Enumerate the items in the prefetch queue.
     */
    nsISimpleEnumerator enumerateQueue();

    // XXX do we need a way to cancel prefetch requests?
};