pjs/xpcom/system/nsIGIOService.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIUTF8StringEnumerator;
interface nsIURI;

/* nsIGIOMimeApp holds information about an application that is looked up
   with nsIGIOService::GetAppForMimeType. */
// 66009894-9877-405b-9321-bf30420e34e6 prev uuid

[scriptable, uuid(e77021b4-4012-407d-b686-7a1f18050109)] 
interface nsIGIOMimeApp : nsISupports
{
  const long EXPECTS_URIS  = 0;
  const long EXPECTS_PATHS = 1;
  const long EXPECTS_URIS_FOR_NON_FILES = 2;

  readonly attribute AUTF8String         id;
  readonly attribute AUTF8String         name;
  readonly attribute AUTF8String         command;
  readonly attribute long                expectsURIs;  // see constants above
  readonly attribute nsIUTF8StringEnumerator supportedURISchemes;

  void launch(in AUTF8String uri);
  void setAsDefaultForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);
  void setAsDefaultForFileExtensions(in AUTF8String extensions);
};

/*
 * The VFS service makes use of two distinct registries.
 *
 * The application registry holds information about applications (uniquely
 * identified by id), such as which MIME types and URI schemes they are
 * capable of handling, whether they run in a terminal, etc.
 *
 * The MIME registry holds information about MIME types, such as which
 * extensions map to a given MIME type.  The MIME registry also stores the
 * id of the application selected to handle each MIME type.
 */

// prev id dea20bf0-4e4d-48c5-b932-dc3e116dc64b
[scriptable, uuid(47e372c2-78bb-4899-8114-56aa7d9cdac5)]
interface nsIGIOService : nsISupports
{

  /*** MIME registry methods ***/

  /* Obtain the MIME type registered for an extension.  The extension
     should not include a leading dot. */
  AUTF8String        getMimeTypeFromExtension(in AUTF8String extension);

  /* Obtain the preferred application for opening a given MIME type */
  nsIGIOMimeApp      getAppForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);

  /* Obtain the preferred application for opening a given MIME type */
  nsIGIOMimeApp      createAppFromCommand(in AUTF8String cmd, 
                                          in AUTF8String appName);

  /* Obtain a description for the given MIME type */
  AUTF8String        getDescriptionForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);

  /*** Misc. methods ***/

  /* Open the given URI in the default application */
  void               showURI(in nsIURI uri);
  [noscript] void    showURIForInput(in ACString uri);
};

%{C++
#define NS_GIOSERVICE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/gio-service;1"
%}