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7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
8 #include "domstubs.idl"
10 interface nsIURI;
11 interface nsIAtom;
12 interface nsIContent;
13 interface nsISelection;
14 interface nsISelectionController;
15 interface nsIDocumentStateListener;
16 interface nsIOutputStream;
17 interface nsITransactionManager;
18 interface nsITransaction;
19 interface nsIEditorObserver;
20 interface nsIEditActionListener;
21 interface nsIInlineSpellChecker;
22 interface nsITransferable;
24 [scriptable, uuid(094be624-f0bf-400f-89e2-6a84baab9474)]
25 interface nsIEditor : nsISupports
27 %{C++
28 typedef short EDirection;
29 typedef short EStripWrappers;
31 const short eNone = 0;
32 const short eNext = 1;
33 const short ePrevious = 2;
34 const short eNextWord = 3;
35 const short ePreviousWord = 4;
36 const short eToBeginningOfLine = 5;
37 const short eToEndOfLine = 6;
39 const short eStrip = 0;
40 const short eNoStrip = 1;
42 readonly attribute nsISelection selection;
44 /**
45 * Finalizes selection and caret for the editor.
47 [noscript] void finalizeSelection();
49 /**
50 * Init is to tell the implementation of nsIEditor to begin its services
51 * @param aDoc The dom document interface being observed
52 * @param aRoot This is the root of the editable section of this
53 * document. If it is null then we get root
54 * from document body.
55 * @param aSelCon this should be used to get the selection location
56 * (will be null for HTML editors)
57 * @param aFlags A bitmask of flags for specifying the behavior
58 * of the editor.
60 [noscript] void init(in nsIDOMDocument doc,
61 in nsIContent aRoot,
62 in nsISelectionController aSelCon,
63 in unsigned long aFlags,
64 in AString initialValue);
66 void setAttributeOrEquivalent(in nsIDOMElement element,
67 in AString sourceAttrName,
68 in AString sourceAttrValue,
69 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
70 void removeAttributeOrEquivalent(in nsIDOMElement element,
71 in DOMString sourceAttrName,
72 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
74 /**
75 * postCreate should be called after Init, and is the time that the editor
76 * tells its documentStateObservers that the document has been created.
78 void postCreate();
80 /**
81 * preDestroy is called before the editor goes away, and gives the editor a
82 * chance to tell its documentStateObservers that the document is going away.
83 * @param aDestroyingFrames set to true when the frames being edited
84 * are being destroyed (so there is no need to modify any nsISelections,
85 * nor is it safe to do so)
87 void preDestroy(in boolean aDestroyingFrames);
89 /** edit flags for this editor. May be set at any time. */
90 attribute unsigned long flags;
92 /**
93 * the MimeType of the document
95 attribute string contentsMIMEType;
97 /** Returns true if we have a document that is not marked read-only */
98 readonly attribute boolean isDocumentEditable;
100 /** Returns true if the current selection anchor is editable */
101 readonly attribute boolean isSelectionEditable;
104 * the DOM Document this editor is associated with, refcounted.
106 readonly attribute nsIDOMDocument document;
108 /** the body element, i.e. the root of the editable document.
110 readonly attribute nsIDOMElement rootElement;
113 * the selection controller for the current presentation, refcounted.
115 readonly attribute nsISelectionController selectionController;
118 /* ------------ Selected content removal -------------- */
120 /**
121 * DeleteSelection removes all nodes in the current selection.
122 * @param aDir if eNext, delete to the right (for example, the DEL key)
123 * if ePrevious, delete to the left (for example, the BACKSPACE key)
124 * @param stripWrappers If eStrip, strip any empty inline elements left
125 * behind after the deletion; if eNoStrip, don't. If in
126 * doubt, pass eStrip -- eNoStrip is only for if you're
127 * about to insert text or similar right after.
129 void deleteSelection(in short action, in short stripWrappers);
132 /* ------------ Document info and file methods -------------- */
134 /** Returns true if the document has no *meaningful* content */
135 readonly attribute boolean documentIsEmpty;
137 /** Returns true if the document is modifed and needs saving */
138 readonly attribute boolean documentModified;
140 /** Sets the current 'Save' document character set */
141 attribute ACString documentCharacterSet;
143 /** to be used ONLY when we need to override the doc's modification
144 * state (such as when it's saved).
146 void resetModificationCount();
148 /** Gets the modification count of the document we are editing.
149 * @return the modification count of the document being edited.
150 * Zero means unchanged.
152 long getModificationCount();
154 /** called each time we modify the document.
155 * Increments the modification count of the document.
156 * @param aModCount the number of modifications by which
157 * to increase or decrease the count
159 void incrementModificationCount(in long aModCount);
161 /* ------------ Transaction methods -------------- */
163 /** transactionManager Get the transaction manager the editor is using.
165 attribute nsITransactionManager transactionManager;
167 /** doTransaction() fires a transaction.
168 * It is provided here so clients can create their own transactions.
169 * If a transaction manager is present, it is used.
170 * Otherwise, the transaction is just executed directly.
172 * @param aTxn the transaction to execute
174 void doTransaction(in nsITransaction txn);
177 /** turn the undo system on or off
178 * @param aEnable if PR_TRUE, the undo system is turned on if available
179 * if PR_FALSE the undo system is turned off if it
180 * was previously on
181 * @return if aEnable is PR_TRUE, returns NS_OK if
182 * the undo system could be initialized properly
183 * if aEnable is PR_FALSE, returns NS_OK.
185 void enableUndo(in boolean enable);
188 * The number of items on the undo stack.
190 readonly attribute long numberOfUndoItems;
193 * The number of items on the redo stack.
195 readonly attribute long numberOfRedoItems;
197 /** undo reverses the effects of the last Do operation,
198 * if Undo is enabled in the editor.
199 * It is provided here so clients need no knowledge of whether
200 * the editor has a transaction manager or not.
201 * If a transaction manager is present, it is told to undo,
202 * and the result of that undo is returned.
203 * Otherwise, the Undo request is ignored and an
204 * error NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE is returned.
207 void undo(in unsigned long count);
209 /** returns state information about the undo system.
210 * @param aIsEnabled [OUT] PR_TRUE if undo is enabled
211 * @param aCanUndo [OUT] PR_TRUE if at least one transaction is
212 * currently ready to be undone.
214 void canUndo(out boolean isEnabled, out boolean canUndo);
216 /** redo reverses the effects of the last Undo operation
217 * It is provided here so clients need no knowledge of whether
218 * the editor has a transaction manager or not.
219 * If a transaction manager is present, it is told to redo and the
220 * result of the previously undone transaction is reapplied to the document.
221 * If no transaction is available for Redo, or if the document
222 * has no transaction manager, the Redo request is ignored and an
223 * error NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE is returned.
226 void redo(in unsigned long count);
228 /** returns state information about the redo system.
229 * @param aIsEnabled [OUT] PR_TRUE if redo is enabled
230 * @param aCanRedo [OUT] PR_TRUE if at least one transaction is
231 currently ready to be redone.
233 void canRedo(out boolean isEnabled, out boolean canRedo);
235 /** beginTransaction is a signal from the caller to the editor that
236 * the caller will execute multiple updates to the content tree
237 * that should be treated as a single logical operation,
238 * in the most efficient way possible.<br>
239 * All transactions executed between a call to beginTransaction and
240 * endTransaction will be undoable as an atomic action.<br>
241 * endTransaction must be called after beginTransaction.<br>
242 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
243 * is called once per beginUpdate.
245 void beginTransaction();
247 /** endTransaction is a signal to the editor that the caller is
248 * finished updating the content model.<br>
249 * beginUpdate must be called before endTransaction is called.<br>
250 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
251 * is called once per beginTransaction.
253 void endTransaction();
255 void beginPlaceHolderTransaction(in nsIAtom name);
256 void endPlaceHolderTransaction();
257 boolean shouldTxnSetSelection();
259 /** Set the flag that prevents insertElementTxn from changing the selection
260 * @param should Set false to suppress changing the selection;
261 * i.e., before using InsertElement() to insert
262 * under <head> element
263 * WARNING: You must be very careful to reset back to PR_TRUE after
264 * setting PR_FALSE, else selection/caret is trashed
265 * for further editing.
267 void setShouldTxnSetSelection(in boolean should);
269 /* ------------ Inline Spell Checking methods -------------- */
271 /** Returns the inline spell checker associated with this object. The spell
272 * checker is lazily created, so this function may create the object for
273 * you during this call.
274 * @param autoCreate If true, this will create a spell checker object
275 * if one does not exist yet for this editor. If false
276 * and the object has not been created, this function
277 * WILL RETURN NULL.
279 nsIInlineSpellChecker getInlineSpellChecker(in boolean autoCreate);
281 /** Resyncs spellchecking state (enabled/disabled). This should be called
282 * when anything that affects spellchecking state changes, such as the
283 * spellcheck attribute value.
285 void syncRealTimeSpell();
287 /** Called when the user manually overrides the spellchecking state for this
288 * editor.
289 * @param enable The new state of spellchecking in this editor, as
290 * requested by the user.
292 void setSpellcheckUserOverride(in boolean enable);
294 /* ------------ Clipboard methods -------------- */
296 /** cut the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
297 * What if no text is selected?
298 * What about mixed selections?
299 * What are the clipboard formats?
301 void cut();
303 /** Can we cut? True if the doc is modifiable, and we have a non-
304 * collapsed selection.
306 boolean canCut();
308 /** copy the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
309 * What if no text is selected?
310 * What about mixed selections?
311 * What are the clipboard formats?
313 void copy();
315 /** Can we copy? True if we have a non-collapsed selection.
317 boolean canCopy();
319 /** Can we delete? True if we have a non-collapsed selection.
321 boolean canDelete();
323 /** paste the text in the OS clipboard at the cursor position, replacing
324 * the selected text (if any)
326 void paste(in long aSelectionType);
328 /** Paste the text in |aTransferable| at the cursor position, replacing the
329 * selected text (if any).
331 void pasteTransferable(in nsITransferable aTransferable);
333 /** Can we paste? True if the doc is modifiable, and we have
334 * pasteable data in the clipboard.
336 boolean canPaste(in long aSelectionType);
338 /** Can we paste |aTransferable| or, if |aTransferable| is null, will a call
339 * to pasteTransferable later possibly succeed if given an instance of
340 * nsITransferable then? True if the doc is modifiable, and, if
341 * |aTransfeable| is non-null, we have pasteable data in |aTransfeable|.
343 boolean canPasteTransferable([optional] in nsITransferable aTransferable);
345 /* ------------ Selection methods -------------- */
347 /** sets the document selection to the entire contents of the document */
348 void selectAll();
350 /** sets the document selection to the beginning of the document */
351 void beginningOfDocument();
353 /** sets the document selection to the end of the document */
354 void endOfDocument();
356 /* ------------ Node manipulation methods -------------- */
359 * setAttribute() sets the attribute of aElement.
360 * No checking is done to see if aAttribute is a legal attribute of the node,
361 * or if aValue is a legal value of aAttribute.
363 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
364 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to set
365 * @param aValue the value to set aAttribute to
367 void setAttribute(in nsIDOMElement aElement, in AString attributestr,
368 in AString attvalue);
371 * getAttributeValue() retrieves the attribute's value for aElement.
373 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
374 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to get
375 * @param aResultValue [OUT] the value of aAttribute.
376 * Only valid if aResultIsSet is PR_TRUE
377 * @return PR_TRUE if aAttribute is set on the current node,
378 * PR_FALSE if it is not.
380 boolean getAttributeValue(in nsIDOMElement aElement,
381 in AString attributestr,
382 out AString resultValue);
385 * removeAttribute() deletes aAttribute from the attribute list of aElement.
386 * If aAttribute is not an attribute of aElement, nothing is done.
388 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
389 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to get
391 void removeAttribute(in nsIDOMElement aElement,
392 in AString aAttribute);
395 * cloneAttribute() copies the attribute from the source node to
396 * the destination node and delete those not in the source.
398 * The supplied nodes MUST BE ELEMENTS (most callers are working with nodes)
399 * @param aAttribute the name of the attribute to copy
400 * @param aDestNode the destination element to operate on
401 * @param aSourceNode the source element to copy attributes from
402 * @exception NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER at least one of the nodes is null
403 * @exception NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE at least one of the nodes is not an
404 * element
406 void cloneAttribute(in AString aAttribute,
407 in nsIDOMNode aDestNode, in nsIDOMNode aSourceNode);
410 * cloneAttributes() is similar to nsIDOMNode::cloneNode(),
411 * it assures the attribute nodes of the destination are identical
412 * with the source node by copying all existing attributes from the
413 * source and deleting those not in the source.
414 * This is used when the destination node (element) already exists
416 * The supplied nodes MUST BE ELEMENTS (most callers are working with nodes)
417 * @param aDestNode the destination element to operate on
418 * @param aSourceNode the source element to copy attributes from
420 void cloneAttributes(in nsIDOMNode destNode, in nsIDOMNode sourceNode);
422 /**
423 * createNode instantiates a new element of type aTag and inserts it
424 * into aParent at aPosition.
425 * @param aTag The type of object to create
426 * @param aParent The node to insert the new object into
427 * @param aPosition The place in aParent to insert the new node
428 * @return The node created. Caller must release aNewNode.
430 nsIDOMNode createNode(in AString tag,
431 in nsIDOMNode parent,
432 in long position);
434 /**
435 * insertNode inserts aNode into aParent at aPosition.
436 * No checking is done to verify the legality of the insertion.
437 * That is the responsibility of the caller.
438 * @param aNode The DOM Node to insert.
439 * @param aParent The node to insert the new object into
440 * @param aPosition The place in aParent to insert the new node
441 * 0=first child, 1=second child, etc.
442 * any number > number of current children = last child
444 void insertNode(in nsIDOMNode node,
445 in nsIDOMNode parent,
446 in long aPosition);
449 /**
450 * splitNode() creates a new node identical to an existing node,
451 * and split the contents between the two nodes
452 * @param aExistingRightNode the node to split.
453 * It will become the new node's next sibling.
454 * @param aOffset the offset of aExistingRightNode's
455 * content|children to do the split at
456 * @param aNewLeftNode [OUT] the new node resulting from the split,
457 * becomes aExistingRightNode's previous sibling.
459 void splitNode(in nsIDOMNode existingRightNode,
460 in long offset,
461 out nsIDOMNode newLeftNode);
463 /**
464 * joinNodes() takes 2 nodes and merge their content|children.
465 * @param aLeftNode The left node. It will be deleted.
466 * @param aRightNode The right node. It will remain after the join.
467 * @param aParent The parent of aExistingRightNode
469 * There is no requirement that the two nodes be
470 * of the same type. However, a text node can be
471 * merged only with another text node.
473 void joinNodes(in nsIDOMNode leftNode,
474 in nsIDOMNode rightNode,
475 in nsIDOMNode parent);
477 /**
478 * deleteNode removes aChild from aParent.
479 * @param aChild The node to delete
481 void deleteNode(in nsIDOMNode child);
484 * Returns true if markNodeDirty() has any effect. Returns false if
485 * markNodeDirty() is a no-op.
487 [notxpcom] boolean outputsMozDirty();
489 /**
490 * markNodeDirty() sets a special dirty attribute on the node.
491 * Usually this will be called immediately after creating a new node.
492 * @param aNode The node for which to insert formatting.
494 void markNodeDirty(in nsIDOMNode node);
496 /* ---------- direction controller ---------- */
498 /**
499 * Switches the editor element direction; from "Left-to-Right" to
500 * "Right-to-Left", and vice versa.
502 void switchTextDirection();
504 /* ------------ Output methods -------------- */
507 * Output methods:
508 * aFormatType is a mime type, like text/plain.
510 AString outputToString(in AString formatType,
511 in unsigned long flags);
512 void outputToStream(in nsIOutputStream aStream,
513 in AString formatType,
514 in ACString charsetOverride,
515 in unsigned long flags);
518 /* ------------ Various listeners methods --------------
519 * nsIEditor holds strong references to the editor observers, action listeners
520 * and document state listeners.
523 /** add an EditorObserver to the editors list of observers. */
524 void addEditorObserver(in nsIEditorObserver observer);
526 /** Remove an EditorObserver from the editor's list of observers. */
527 void removeEditorObserver(in nsIEditorObserver observer);
529 /** add an EditActionListener to the editors list of listeners. */
530 void addEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
532 /** Remove an EditActionListener from the editor's list of listeners. */
533 void removeEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
535 /** Add a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
536 void addDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
538 /** Remove a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
539 void removeDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
542 /* ------------ Debug methods -------------- */
545 * And a debug method -- show us what the tree looks like right now
547 void dumpContentTree();
549 /** Dumps a text representation of the content tree to standard out */
550 void debugDumpContent() ;
552 /* Run unit tests. Noop in optimized builds */
553 void debugUnitTests(out long outNumTests, out long outNumTestsFailed);
555 /* checks if a node is read-only or not */
556 [notxpcom] boolean isModifiableNode(in nsIDOMNode aNode);
558 /* Set true if you want to suppress dispatching input event. */
559 attribute boolean suppressDispatchingInputEvent;
562 * True if an edit action is being handled (in other words, between calls of
563 * nsIEditorObserver::BeforeEditAction() and nsIEditorObserver::EditAction()
564 * or nsIEditorObserver::CancelEditAction(). Otherwise, false.
566 [noscript] readonly attribute boolean isInEditAction;