pjs/storage/public/mozIStorageConnection.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface mozIStorageFunction;
interface mozIStorageStatement;
interface nsIFile;

/**
 * mozIStorageConnection represents a database connection attached to
 * a specific file or to the in-memory data storage.  It is the
 * primary interface for interacting with a database, including
 * creating prepared statements, executing SQL, and examining database
 * errors.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(e045e635-94af-48af-9a8d-80f1a88a35f3)]
interface mozIStorageConnection : nsISupports {
  /*
   * Initialization and status
   */

  /**
   * whether the database is open or not
   */
  readonly attribute boolean connectionReady;

  /**
   * The current database nsIFile.  Null if the database
   * connection refers to an in-memory database.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIFile databaseFile;

  /**
   * lastInsertRowID returns the row ID from the last INSERT
   * operation.
   */
  readonly attribute long long lastInsertRowID;

  /**
   * The last error SQLite error code.
   */
  readonly attribute long lastError;

  /**
   * The last SQLite error as a string (in english, straight from the
   * sqlite library).
   */
  readonly attribute AUTF8String lastErrorString;

  /*
   * Statement creation
   */

  /**
   * Create a mozIStorageStatement for the given SQL expression.  The
   * expression may use ? to indicate sequential numbered arguments,
   * or :name and $var to indicate named arguments.
   *
   * @param aSQLStatement  The SQL statement to execute
   *
   * @returns a new mozIStorageStatement
   */
  mozIStorageStatement createStatement(in AUTF8String aSQLStatement);

  /**
   * Execute a SQL expression, expecting no arguments.
   *
   * @param aSQLStatement  The SQL statement to execute
   */
  void executeSimpleSQL(in AUTF8String aSQLStatement);

  /**
   * Check if the given table exists.
   *
   * @param aTableName   The table to check
   * @returns TRUE if table exists, FALSE otherwise.
   */
  boolean tableExists(in AUTF8String aTableName);

  /*
   * Transactions
   */

  /**
   * Returns true if a transaction is active on this connection.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean transactionInProgress;

  /**
   * Begin a new transaction.  sqlite default transactions are deferred.
   * If a transaction is active, throws an error.
   */
  void beginTransaction();

  /**
   * Begins a new transaction with the given type.
   */
  const PRInt32 TRANSACTION_DEFERRED = 0;
  const PRInt32 TRANSACTION_IMMEDIATE = 1;
  const PRInt32 TRANSACTION_EXCLUSIVE = 2;
  void beginTransactionAs(in PRInt32 transactionType);

  /**
   * Commits the current transaction.  If no transaction is active,
   * @throws NS_ERROR_STORAGE_NO_TRANSACTION.
   */
  void commitTransaction();

  /**
   * Rolls back the current transaction.  If no transaction is active,
   * @throws NS_ERROR_STORAGE_NO_TRANSACTION.
   */
  void rollbackTransaction();

  /*
   * Tables
   */

  /**
   * Create the table with the given name and schema.
   *
   * If the table already exists, NS_ERROR_FAILURE is thrown.
   * (XXX at some point in the future it will check if the schema is
   * the same as what is specified, but that doesn't happen currently.)
   *
   * @param aTableName the table name to be created, consisting of
   * [A-Za-z0-9_], and beginning with a letter.
   *
   * @param aTableSchema the schema of the table; what would normally
   * go between the parens in a CREATE TABLE statement: e.g., "foo
   * INTEGER, bar STRING".
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if the table already exists or could not
   * be created for any other reason.
   *
   */
  void createTable(in string aTableName,
                   in string aTableSchema);

  /*
   * Functions
   */

  /**
   * Create a new SQLite function
   */
  void createFunction(in string aFunctionName,
                      in long aNumArguments,
                      in mozIStorageFunction aFunction);
};