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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* 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
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+#ifndef nsIContentSink_h___
+#define nsIContentSink_h___
+
+/**
+ * MODULE NOTES:
+ * @update gess 4/1/98
+ *
+ * This pure virtual interface is used as the "glue" that connects the parsing
+ * process to the content model construction process.
+ *
+ * The icontentsink interface is a very lightweight wrapper that represents the
+ * content-sink model building process. There is another one that you may care
+ * about more, which is the IHTMLContentSink interface. (See that file for details).
+ */
+#include "nsISupports.h"
+#include "nsString.h"
+#include "mozFlushType.h"
+#include "nsIDTD.h"
+
+class nsParserBase;
+
+#define NS_ICONTENT_SINK_IID \
+{ 0xcf9a7cbb, 0xfcbc, 0x4e13, \
+ { 0x8e, 0xf5, 0x18, 0xef, 0x2d, 0x3d, 0x58, 0x29 } }
+
+class nsIContentSink : public nsISupports {
+public:
+
+ NS_DECLARE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ICONTENT_SINK_IID)
+
+ /**
+ * This method is called by the parser when it is entered from
+ * the event loop. The content sink wants to know how long the
+ * parser has been active since we last processed events on the
+ * main event loop and this call calibrates that measurement.
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD WillParse(void)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * This method gets called when the parser begins the process
+ * of building the content model via the content sink.
+ *
+ * Default implementation provided since the sink should have the option of
+ * doing nothing in response to this call.
+ *
+ * @update 5/7/98 gess
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD WillBuildModel(nsDTDMode aDTDMode) {
+ return NS_OK;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method gets called when the parser concludes the process
+ * of building the content model via the content sink.
+ *
+ * Default implementation provided since the sink should have the option of
+ * doing nothing in response to this call.
+ *
+ * @update 5/7/98 gess
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD DidBuildModel(bool aTerminated) {
+ return NS_OK;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method gets called when the parser gets i/o blocked,
+ * and wants to notify the sink that it may be a while before
+ * more data is available.
+ *
+ * @update 5/7/98 gess
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD WillInterrupt(void)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * This method gets called when the parser i/o gets unblocked,
+ * and we're about to start dumping content again to the sink.
+ *
+ * @update 5/7/98 gess
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD WillResume(void)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * This method gets called by the parser so that the content
+ * sink can retain a reference to the parser. The expectation
+ * is that the content sink will drop the reference when it
+ * gets the DidBuildModel notification i.e. when parsing is done.
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD SetParser(nsParserBase* aParser)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * Flush content so that the content model is in sync with the state
+ * of the sink.
+ *
+ * @param aType the type of flush to perform
+ */
+ virtual void FlushPendingNotifications(mozFlushType aType)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * Set the document character set. This should be passed on to the
+ * document itself.
+ */
+ NS_IMETHOD SetDocumentCharset(nsACString& aCharset)=0;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the target object (often a document object) into which
+ * the content built by this content sink is being added, if any
+ * (IOW, may return null).
+ */
+ virtual nsISupports *GetTarget()=0;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if there's currently script executing that we need to hold
+ * parsing for.
+ */
+ virtual bool IsScriptExecuting()
+ {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Posts a runnable that continues parsing.
+ */
+ virtual void ContinueInterruptedParsingAsync() {}
+};
+
+NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(nsIContentSink, NS_ICONTENT_SINK_IID)
+
+#endif /* nsIContentSink_h___ */