/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
 * Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
 * compliance with the NPL.  You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
 * http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
 * NPL.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
 * Communications Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
 * Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.  All Rights
 * Reserved.
 */

#include "nsIURI.idl"

interface nsIChannel;
interface nsIEventSinkGetter;

[scriptable, uuid(78406350-0ce5-11d3-9331-00104ba0fd40)]
interface nsIURL : nsIURI
{
    // The following 4 attributes breakdown the Path attribute 
    // into its constituents...

    /**
     * Returns the directory portion of a URL. 
     * If the URL denotes a path to a directory and not a file,
     * e.g. http://foo/bar/, then the Directory attribute accesses
     * the complete /foo/bar/ portion, and the FileName is the 
     * empty string. If the trailing slash is omitted, then the
     * Directory is /foo/ and the file is bar (i.e. this is a 
     * syntactic, not a semantic breakdown of the Path).
     */
    attribute string Directory;

    /**
     * Returns the file name portion of a URL.
     * If the URL denotes a path to a directory and not a file,
     * e.g. http://foo/bar/, then the Directory attribute accesses
     * the complete /foo/bar/ portion, and the FileName is the 
     * empty string.
     */
    attribute string FileName;

    /**
     * Returns the query portion (the part after the "?") of the URL.
     * If there isn't one, the empty string is returned.
     */
    attribute string Query;

    /**
     * Returns the reference portion (the part after the "#") of the URL.
     * If there isn't one, the empty string is returned.
     */
    attribute string Ref;

};

%{C++

/**
 * Protocol writers can obtain a default nsIURL implementation by calling the
 * component manager with NS_STANDARDURL_CID. The implementation returned will 
 * only implement the set of accessors specified by nsIURL. After obtaining the
 * instance from the component manager, the Init routine must be called on it
 * to initialize it from the user's URL spec. 
 */

#define NS_STANDARDURL_CID                           \
{ /* 46fc2a26-ff66-11d2-8ccb-0060b0fc14a3 */         \
    0x46fc2a26,                                      \
    0xff66,                                          \
    0x11d2,                                          \
    {0x8c, 0xcb, 0x00, 0x60, 0xb0, 0xfc, 0x14, 0xa3} \
}

%}