netwerk/mime/nsIMIMEService.idl

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   5
   6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
   7
   8 interface nsIFile;
   9 interface nsIMIMEInfo;
  10 interface nsIURI;
  11 interface nsIChannel;
  12
  13 /**
  14  * The MIME service is responsible for mapping file extensions to MIME-types
  15  * (see RFC 2045). It also provides access to nsIMIMEInfo interfaces and
  16  * acts as a general convenience wrapper of nsIMIMEInfo interfaces.
  17  *
  18  * The MIME service maintains a database with a <b>one</b> MIME type <b>to many</b>
  19  * file extensions rule. Adding the same file extension to multiple MIME types
  20  * is illegal and behavior is undefined.
  21  *
  22  * @see nsIMIMEInfo
  23  */
  24 [scriptable, main_process_scriptable_only, uuid(5b3675a1-02db-4f8f-a560-b34736635f47)]
  25 interface nsIMIMEService : nsISupports {
  26     /**
  27      * Retrieves an nsIMIMEInfo using both the extension
  28      * and the type of a file. The type is given preference
  29      * during the lookup. One of aMIMEType and aFileExt
  30      * can be an empty string. At least one of aMIMEType and aFileExt
  31      * must be nonempty.
  32      */
  33     nsIMIMEInfo getFromTypeAndExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);
  34
  35     /**
  36      * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
  37      * associated with this file extension.
  38      *
  39      * @param  A file extension (excluding the dot ('.')).
  40      * @return The MIME type, if any.
  41      */
  42     ACString getTypeFromExtension(in AUTF8String aFileExt);
  43
  44     /**
  45      * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
  46      * associated with this URI. The association is purely
  47      * file extension to MIME type based. No attempt to determine
  48      * the type via server headers or byte scanning is made.
  49      *
  50      * @param  The URI the user wants MIME info on.
  51      * @return The MIME type, if any.
  52      */
  53     ACString getTypeFromURI(in nsIURI aURI);
  54
  55     /**
  56      * Retrieves a ACString representation of the MIME type
  57      * associated with this file extension.  Only the default
  58      * builtin list is examined.  Unless you need a restricted
  59      * set use getTypeFromURI.
  60      *
  61      * @param  The URI the user wants MIME info on.
  62      * @return The MIME type, if any.
  63      */
  64     ACString getDefaultTypeFromURI(in nsIURI aURI);
  65
  66     //
  67     ACString getTypeFromFile(in nsIFile aFile);
  68
  69     /**
  70      * Given a Type/Extension combination, returns the default extension
  71      * for this type. This may be identical to the passed-in extension.
  72      *
  73      * @param aMIMEType The Type to get information on. Must not be empty.
  74      * @param aFileExt  File Extension. Can be empty.
  75      */
  76     AUTF8String getPrimaryExtension(in ACString aMIMEType, in AUTF8String aFileExt);
  77
  78     /*
  79      * Returns an nsIMIMEInfo for the provided MIME type and extension
  80      * obtained from an OS lookup. If no handler is found for the type and
  81      * extension, returns a generic nsIMIMEInfo object. The MIME type and
  82      * extension can be the empty string. When the type and extension don't
  83      * map to the same handler, the semantics/resolution are platform
  84      * specific. See the platform implementations for details.
  85      *
  86      * @param aType           The MIME type to get handler information for.
  87      * @param aFileExtension  The filename extension to use either alone
  88      *                        or with the MIME type to get handler information
  89      *                        for. UTF-8 encoded.
  90      * @param [out] aFound    Out param indicating whether a MIMEInfo could
  91      *                        be found for the provided type and/or extension.
  92      *                        Set to false when neither extension nor the MIME
  93      *                        type are mapped to a handler.
  94      * @return                A nsIMIMEInfo object. This function must return
  95      *                        a MIMEInfo object if it can allocate one. The
  96      *                        only justifiable reason for not returning one is
  97      *                        an out-of-memory error.
  98      */
  99     nsIMIMEInfo getMIMEInfoFromOS(in ACString aType,
 100                                   in ACString aFileExtension,
 101                                   out boolean aFound);
 102
 103     /**
 104      * Update the mime info's default app information based on OS
 105      * lookups.
 106      * Note: normally called automatically by nsIMIMEInfo. If you find
 107      * yourself needing to call this from elsewhere, file a bug instead.
 108      */
 109     void updateDefaultAppInfo(in nsIMIMEInfo aMIMEInfo);
 110
 111     /**
 112      * Default filename validation for getValidFileName and
 113      * validateFileNameForSaving where other flags are not true.
 114      * That is, the extension is modified to fit the content type,
 115      * duplicate whitespace is collapsed, and long filenames are
 116      * truncated. A valid content type must be supplied. See the
 117      * description of getValidFileName for more details about how
 118      * the flags are used.
 119      */
 120     const long VALIDATE_DEFAULT = 0;
 121
 122     /**
 123      * If true, then the filename is only validated to ensure that it is
 124      * acceptable for the file system. If false, then the extension is also
 125      * checked to ensure that it is valid for the content type. If the
 126      * extension is not valid, the filename is modified to have the proper
 127      * extension.
 128      */
 129     const long VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY = 1;
 130
 131     /**
 132      * Don't collapse strings of duplicate whitespace into a single string.
 133      */
 134     const long VALIDATE_DONT_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE = 2;
 135
 136     /**
 137      * Don't truncate long filenames.
 138      */
 139     const long VALIDATE_DONT_TRUNCATE = 4;
 140
 141     /**
 142      * True to ignore the content type and guess the type from any existing
 143      * extension instead. "application/octet-stream" is used as the default
 144      * if there is no extension or there is no information available for
 145      * the extension.
 146      */
 147     const long VALIDATE_GUESS_FROM_EXTENSION = 8;
 148
 149     /**
 150      * If the filename is empty, return the empty filename
 151      * without modification.
 152      */
 153     const long VALIDATE_ALLOW_EMPTY = 16;
 154
 155     /**
 156      * Don't apply a default filename if the non-extension portion of the
 157      * filename is empty.
 158      */
 159     const long VALIDATE_NO_DEFAULT_FILENAME = 32;
 160
 161     /**
 162      * When the filename has an invalid extension, force the the filename to
 163      * have a valid extension appended to the end of the filename when that
 164      * extension would normally be ignored for the given content type. This
 165      * primarily is used when saving pages to ensure that the html extension
 166      * is applied over any extension that might have been generated from a
 167      * page title.
 168      */
 169     const long VALIDATE_FORCE_APPEND_EXTENSION = 64;
 170
 171     /**
 172      * Don't modify filenames or extensions that might be invalid or dangerous
 173      * on some platforms. If this flag is not used, these filenames will be
 174      * modified so that the operating system does not treat them specially.
 175      */
 176     const long VALIDATE_ALLOW_INVALID_FILENAMES = 128;
 177
 178     /**
 179      * Generate a valid filename from the channel that can be used to save
 180      * the content of the channel to the local disk.
 181      *
 182      * The filename is determined from the content disposition, the filename
 183      * of the uri, or a default filename. The following modifications are
 184      * applied:
 185      *  - If the VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY flag is not specified, then the
 186      *    extension of the filename is modified to suit the supplied content type.
 187      *  - Path separators (typically / and \) are replaced by underscores (_)
 188      *  - Characters that are not valid or would be confusing in filenames are
 189      *    replaced by spaces (*, :, etc)
 190      *  - Bidi related marks are replaced by underscores (_)
 191      *  - Whitespace and periods are removed from the beginning and end.
 192      *  - Unless VALIDATE_DONT_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE is specified, multiple
 193      *    consecutive whitespace characters are collapsed to a single space
 194      *    character, either ' ' or an ideographic space 0x3000 if present.
 195      *  - Unless VALIDATE_DONT_TRUNCATE is specified, the filename is truncated
 196      *    to a maximum length, preserving the extension if possible.
 197      *  - Some filenames and extensions are invalid on certain platforms.
 198      *    These are replaced if possible unless VALIDATE_ALLOW_INVALID_FILENAMES
 199      *    is specified.
 200      *
 201      * If the VALIDATE_NO_DEFAULT_FILENAME flag is not specified, and after the
 202      * rules above are applied, the resulting filename is empty, a default
 203      * filename is used.
 204      *
 205      * If the VALIDATE_ALLOW_EMPTY flag is specified, an empty string may be
 206      * returned only if the filename could not be determined or was blank.
 207      *
 208      * If either the VALIDATE_SANITIZE_ONLY or VALIDATE_GUESS_FROM_EXTENSION flags
 209      * are specified, then the content type may be empty. Otherwise, the type must
 210      * not be empty.
 211      *
 212      * The aOriginalURI would be specified if the channel is for a local file but
 213      * it was originally sourced from a different uri.
 214      *
 215      * When saving an image, use validateFileNameForSaving instead and
 216      * pass the result of imgIRequest::GetFileName() as the filename to
 217      * check.
 218      *
 219      * @param aChannel The channel of the content to save.
 220      * @param aType The MIME type to use, which would usually be the
 221      *              same as the content type of the channel.
 222      * @param aOriginalURL the source url of the file, but may be null.
 223      * @param aFlags one or more of the flags above.
 224      * @returns The resulting filename.
 225      */
 226     AString getValidFileName(in nsIChannel aChannel,
 227                              in ACString aType,
 228                              in nsIURI aOriginalURI,
 229                              in unsigned long aFlags);
 230
 231     /**
 232      * Similar to getValidFileName, but used when a specific filename needs
 233      * to be validated. The filename is modified as needed based on the
 234      * content type in the same manner as getValidFileName.
 235      *
 236      * If the filename came from a uri, it should not be escaped, that is,
 237      * any needed unescaping of the filename should happen before calling
 238      * this method.
 239      *
 240      * @param aType The MIME type to use.
 241      * @param aFlags one or more of the flags above.
 242      * @param aFileName The filename to validate.
 243      * @returns The validated filename.
 244      */
 245     AString validateFileNameForSaving(in AString aFileName,
 246                                       in ACString aType,
 247                                       in unsigned long aFlags);
 248 };