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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* 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 nsIUTF8StringEnumerator;
interface nsIStreamListener;
interface nsISupports;
/**
* A channel interface which allows special handling of encoded content
*/
[scriptable, uuid(29c29ce6-8ce4-45e6-8d60-36c8fa3e255b)]
interface nsIEncodedChannel : nsISupports
{
/**
* This attribute holds the MIME types corresponding to the content
* encodings on the channel. The enumerator returns nsISupportsCString
* objects. The first one corresponds to the outermost encoding on the
* channel and then we work our way inward. "identity" is skipped and not
* represented on the list. Unknown encodings make the enumeration stop.
* If you want the actual Content-Encoding value, use
* getResponseHeader("Content-Encoding").
*
* When there is no Content-Encoding header, this property is null.
*
* Modifying the Content-Encoding header on the channel will cause
* this enumerator to have undefined behavior. Don't do it.
*
* Also note that contentEncodings only exist during or after OnStartRequest.
* Calling contentEncodings before OnStartRequest is an error.
*/
readonly attribute nsIUTF8StringEnumerator contentEncodings;
/**
* This attribute controls whether or not content conversion should be
* done per the Content-Encoding response header. applyConversion can only
* be set before or during OnStartRequest. Calling this during
* OnDataAvailable is an error.
*
* TRUE by default.
*/
attribute boolean applyConversion;
/**
* This attribute indicates the content has been decompressed in
* the parent process.
*/
attribute boolean hasContentDecompressed;
/**
* This function will start converters if they are available.
* aNewNextListener will be nullptr if no converter is available.
*/
void doApplyContentConversions(in nsIStreamListener aNextListener,
out nsIStreamListener aNewNextListener,
in nsISupports aCtxt);
};