gecko-dev/uriloader/base/nsITransfer.idl

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#include "nsIWebProgressListener.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIObserver;
interface nsIWebBrowserPersist;
interface nsIMIMEInfo;

[scriptable, uuid(e57c27f8-2a4e-4d80-bf80-1ffd634c734e)]
interface nsITransfer : nsIWebProgressListener {

    /**
     * Initializes the transfer with certain properties.  This function must
     * be called prior to accessing any properties on this interface.
     *
     * @param aSource The source URI of the transfer.
     *
     * @param aTarget The target URI of the transfer.
     *
     * @param aDisplayName The user-readable description of the transfer.
     *
     * @param aMIMEInfo The MIME info associated with the target,
     *                  including MIME type and helper app when appropriate.
     *                  This parameter is optional.
     *
     * @param aPersist The "persist" used for this transfer.  If set,
     *                 the manager will set its listener to the transfer item
     *                 and use it for cancellation.  If not set, the client
     *                 is expected to set the transfer item as the listener on
     *                 whatever transfer component is being used, and to
     *                 set an observer on the transfer item that listens for
     *                 the "oncancel" topic and cancels the transfer.
     */
    void init(in nsIURI aSource,
              in nsIURI aTarget,
              in wstring aDisplayName,
              in nsIMIMEInfo aMIMEInfo,
              in long long startTime,
              in nsIWebBrowserPersist aPersist);

    /**
     * Optional; transferring information is passed to this listener and used to
     * update client UI.
     */
    attribute nsIWebProgressListener listener;

    /**
     * If set, receives notifications of events like cancel ("oncancel").
     * Must be set if no persist object is specified (see above).
     */
    attribute nsIObserver observer;
};

%{C++
/**
 * A component with this contract ID will be created each time a download is
 * started, and nsITransfer::Init will be called on it and an observer will be set.
 *
 * Notifications of the download progress will happen via
 * nsIWebProgressListener.
 *
 * If nsIObserver is implemented, the component may get a notification with
 * topic "temp-file" and an nsILocalFile instance as subject, which indicates
 * the location of a temporary file; i.e. a file in which the received data will
 * be stored, but which is not equal to the target file.
 *
 * INTERFACES THAT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED:
 *   nsITransfer
 *   nsIWebProgressListener
 *
 * INTERFACES THAT MAY BE IMPLEMENTED:
 *   nsIObserver
 */
#define NS_DOWNLOAD_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/download;1"
%}