gecko-dev/netwerk/protocol/http/nsIHttpProtocolHandler.idl

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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#include "nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(c48126d9-2ddd-485b-a51a-378e917e75f8)]
interface nsIHttpProtocolHandler : nsIProxiedProtocolHandler
{
    /**
     * Get the HTTP advertised user agent string.
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString userAgent;

    /**
     * Get the application name.
	 *
     * @return The name of this application (eg. "Mozilla").
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString appName;

    /**
     * Get the application version string.
     *
     * @return The complete version (major and minor) string. (eg. "5.0")
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString appVersion;

    /**
     * Get the current platform.
     *
     * @return The platform this application is running on
     *		   (eg. "Windows", "Macintosh", "X11")
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString platform;

    /**
     * Get the current oscpu.
     *
     * @return The oscpu this application is running on
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString oscpu;

    /**
     * Get the application comment misc portion.
     */
    [must_use] readonly attribute ACString misc;

};

%{C++
// ----------- Categories -----------
/**
 * At initialization time, the HTTP handler will initialize each service
 * registered under this category:
 */
#define NS_HTTP_STARTUP_CATEGORY "http-startup-category"

// ----------- Observer topics -----------
/**
 * nsIObserver notification corresponding to startup category.  Services
 * registered under the startup category will receive this observer topic at
 * startup if they implement nsIObserver.  The "subject" of the notification
 * is the nsIHttpProtocolHandler instance.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_STARTUP_TOPIC "http-startup"

/**
 * This observer topic is notified when an HTTP channel is opened.
 * It is similar to http-on-modify-request, except that
 * 1) The notification is guaranteed to occur before on-modify-request, during
 *    the AsyncOpen call itself.
 * 2) It only occurs for the initial open of a channel, not for internal
 *    asyncOpens that happen during redirects, etc.
 * 3) Some information (most notably nsIProxiedChannel.proxyInfo) may not be set
 *    on the channel object yet.
 *
 * The "subject" of the notification is the nsIHttpChannel instance.
 *
 * Generally the 'http-on-modify-request' notification is preferred unless the
 * synchronous, during-asyncOpen behavior that this notification provides is
 * required.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_OPENING_REQUEST_TOPIC "http-on-opening-request"

/**
 * Before an HTTP request is sent to the server, this observer topic is
 * notified.  The observer of this topic can then choose to set any additional
 * headers for this request before the request is actually sent to the server.
 * The "subject" of the notification is the nsIHttpChannel instance.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_MODIFY_REQUEST_TOPIC "http-on-modify-request"

/**
 * Before an HTTP connection to the server is created, this observer topic is
 * notified.  This observer happens after HSTS upgrades, etc. are set, providing
 * access to the full set of request headers. The observer of this topic can
 * choose to set any additional headers for this request before the request is
 * actually sent to the server. The "subject" of the notification is the
 * nsIHttpChannel instance.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_BEFORE_CONNECT_TOPIC "http-on-before-connect"

/**
 * After an HTTP server response is received, this observer topic is notified.
 * The observer of this topic can interrogate the response.  The "subject" of
 * the notification is the nsIHttpChannel instance.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_EXAMINE_RESPONSE_TOPIC "http-on-examine-response"

/**
 * The observer of this topic is notified after the received HTTP response
 * is merged with data from the browser cache.  This means that, among other
 * things, the Content-Type header will be set correctly.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_EXAMINE_MERGED_RESPONSE_TOPIC "http-on-examine-merged-response"

/**
 * The observer of this topic is notified before data is read from the cache.
 * The notification is sent if and only if there is no network communication
 * at all.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_EXAMINE_CACHED_RESPONSE_TOPIC "http-on-examine-cached-response"

/**
 * Before an HTTP request corresponding to a channel with the LOAD_DOCUMENT_URI
 * flag is sent to the server, this observer topic is notified. The observer of
 * this topic can then choose to modify the user agent for this request before
 * the request is actually sent to the server. Additionally, the modified user
 * agent will be propagated to sub-resource requests from the same load group.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_USERAGENT_REQUEST_TOPIC "http-on-useragent-request"

/**
 * This topic is notified for every http channel right after it called
 * OnStopRequest on its listener, regardless whether it was finished
 * successfully, failed or has been canceled.
 */
#define NS_HTTP_ON_STOP_REQUEST_TOPIC "http-on-stop-request"

%}