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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIContentSecurityPolicy;
interface nsIPrincipal;
interface nsITransportSecurityInfo;
interface nsIURI;
interface nsIWebProgress;
interface nsIReferrerInfo;
interface nsIOpenWindowInfo;
[scriptable, uuid(14e5a0cb-e223-4202-95e8-fe53275193ea)]
interface nsIBrowser : nsISupports
{
/*
* Called by the child to inform the parent that links are dropped into
* content area.
*
* @param links a flat array of url, name, and type for each link
* @param triggeringPrincipal a principal that initiated loading
* of the dropped links
*/
void dropLinks(in Array<AString> links,
in nsIPrincipal triggeringPrincipal);
/**
* Swapping of frameloaders are usually initiated from a frameloader owner
* or other components operating on frameloader owners. This is done by calling
* swapFrameLoaders at MozFrameLoaderOwner webidl interface.
*
* This function aimed to provide the other way around -
* if the swapping is initiated from frameloader itself or other platform level
* components, it uses this interface to delegate the swapping request to
* frameloader owners and ask them to re-initiate frameloader swapping, so that
* frameloader owners such as <xul:browser> can setup their properties and /
* or listeners properly on swapping.
*/
void swapBrowsers(in nsIBrowser aOtherBrowser);
/**
* Close the browser (usually means to remove a tab).
*/
void closeBrowser();
/**
* A browser can change from remote to non-remote and vice versa.
* For example, when navigating from an in-process chrome page to
* a web page, this value would change from false to true.
*/
readonly attribute boolean isRemoteBrowser;
/**
* The browser's permanent key. This was added temporarily for Session Store,
*/
readonly attribute jsval permanentKey;
readonly attribute nsIPrincipal contentPrincipal;
readonly attribute nsIPrincipal contentPartitionedPrincipal;
readonly attribute nsIContentSecurityPolicy csp;
readonly attribute nsIReferrerInfo referrerInfo;
/**
* Whether or not the browser is in the process of an nsIWebNavigation
* navigation method.
*/
attribute boolean isNavigating;
/**
* Whether or not the character encoding menu may be enabled.
*/
attribute boolean mayEnableCharacterEncodingMenu;
/**
* Called by Gecko to update the browser when its state changes.
*
* @param aCharset the new character set of the document
* @param aDocumentURI the URI of the current document
* @param aContentType the content type of the document
*/
void updateForStateChange(in AString aCharset,
in nsIURI aDocumentURI,
in AString aContentType);
/**
* Called by Gecko to update the nsIWebNavigation when a location change occurs.
*
* @param aCanGoBack whether or not the nsIWebNavigation can go backwards in
* history
* @param aCanGoBackIgnoringUserInteraction whether or not the nsIWebNavigation
* can go backwards in history regardless
* of user interactions
* @param aCanGoForward whether or not the nsIWebNavigation can go
* forward in history
*/
void updateWebNavigationForLocationChange(in boolean aCanGoBack,
in boolean aCanGoBackIgnoringUserInteraction,
in boolean aCanGoForward);
/**
* Called by Gecko to update the browser when a location change occurs.
*
* @param aLocation the new location
* @param aCharset the character set of the document
* @param aMayEnableCharacterEncodingMenu whether or not the content encoding
* menu may be enabled
* @param aDocumentURI the URI of the new document
* @param aTitle the title of the new doucment
* @param aContentPrincipal the security principal of the new document
* @param aContentPartitionedPrincipal the security principal for the new
* document's storage
* @param aCSP the content security policy of the new document
* @param aReferrerInfo the referrer info of the new document
* @param aIsSynthetic whether or not the document is synthetic
* @param aHasRequestContextID whether or not the the request context has a
* value (true) or null should be used (false)
* @param aRequestContextID the request context ID
* @param aContentType the content type of the document
*/
void updateForLocationChange(in nsIURI aLocation,
in AString aCharset,
in boolean aMayEnableCharacterEncodingMenu,
in nsIURI aDocumentURI,
in AString aTitle,
in nsIPrincipal aContentPrincipal,
in nsIPrincipal aContentPartitionedPrincipal,
in nsIContentSecurityPolicy aCSP,
in nsIReferrerInfo aReferrerInfo,
in boolean aIsSynthetic,
in boolean aHasRequestContextID,
in uint64_t aRequestContextID,
in AString aContentType);
/**
* Called to perform any async tasks which must be completed before changing
* remoteness. Gecko will wait for the returned promise to resolve before
* performing the process switch.
*/
Promise prepareToChangeRemoteness();
/** Called immediately before changing remoteness */
void beforeChangeRemoteness();
/**
* Called immediately after changing remoteness.
*
* If this method returns `true`, Gecko will assume frontend handled resuming
* the load, and will not attempt to resume the load itself.
*/
boolean finishChangeRemoteness(in uint64_t aPendingSwitchId);
};