pjs/uriloader/exthandler/nsIExternalProtocolService.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIFile;
interface nsIPrompt;
/**
* The external protocol service is used for finding and launching
* platform specific applications for particular protocols.
*
* You can ask the external protocol service if it has an external
* handler for a given protocol scheme. And you can ask it to load
* the url using the default handler.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(a49813a4-98b7-4bdb-998c-8bd9704af0c0)]
interface nsIExternalProtocolService : nsISupports
{
/**
* Check whether a handler for a specific protocol exists.
* @param aProtocolScheme The scheme from a url: http, ftp, mailto, etc.
* @return true if we have a handler and false otherwise.
*/
boolean externalProtocolHandlerExists(in string aProtocolScheme);
/**
* Check whether a handler for a specific protocol is "exposed" as a visible
* feature of the current application.
*
* An exposed protocol handler is one that can be used in all contexts. A
* non-exposed protocol handler is one that can only be used internally by the
* application. For example, a non-exposed protocol would not be loaded by the
* application in response to a link click or a X-remote openURL command.
* Instead, it would be deferred to the system's external protocol handler.
*/
boolean isExposedProtocol(in string aProtocolScheme);
/**
* Used to load a url via an external protocol handler (if one exists)
* @param aURL The url to load
*/
void loadUrl (in nsIURI aURL);
/**
* Used to load a URI via an external application. Might prompt the user for
* permission to load the external application. Replaces loadUrl()
*
* @param aURI The URI to load
* @param aPrompt If null we grab one from windowwatcher if we need it
*/
void loadURI(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIPrompt aPrompt);
/**
* Gets a human-readable description for the application responsible for
* handling a specific protocol.
*
* @param aScheme The scheme to look up. For example, "mms".
*
* @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
* If getting descriptions for protocol helpers is not supported
* @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
* If no protocol helper exists for this scheme, or if it is not
* possible to get a description for it.
*/
AString getApplicationDescription(in AUTF8String aScheme);
};