/* -*- 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 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ #include "nsISupports.idl" %{C++ struct PRFileDesc; struct PRLibrary; #include <stdio.h> %} [ptr] native PRFileDescStar(PRFileDesc); [ptr] native PRLibraryStar(PRLibrary); [ptr] native FILE(FILE); interface nsISimpleEnumerator; /** * An nsIFile is an abstract representation of a filename. It manages * filename encoding issues, pathname component separators ('/' vs. '\\' * vs. ':') and weird stuff like differing volumes with identical names, as * on pre-Darwin Macintoshes. * * This file has long introduced itself to new hackers with this opening * paragraph: * * This is the only correct cross-platform way to specify a file. * Strings are not such a way. If you grew up on windows or unix, you * may think they are. Welcome to reality. * * While taking the pose struck here to heart would be uncalled for, one * may safely conclude that writing cross-platform code is an embittering * experience. * * All methods with string parameters have two forms. The preferred * form operates on UCS-2 encoded characters strings. An alternate * form operates on characters strings encoded in the "native" charset. * * A string containing characters encoded in the native charset cannot * be safely passed to javascript via xpconnect. Therefore, the "native * methods" are not scriptable. */ [scriptable, main_process_scriptable_only, uuid(2fa6884a-ae65-412a-9d4c-ce6e34544ba1), builtinclass] interface nsIFile : nsISupports { /** * Create Types * * NORMAL_FILE_TYPE - A normal file. * DIRECTORY_TYPE - A directory/folder. */ const unsigned long NORMAL_FILE_TYPE = 0; const unsigned long DIRECTORY_TYPE = 1; /** * append[Native] * * This function is used for constructing a descendent of the * current nsIFile. * * @param node * A string which is intended to be a child node of the nsIFile. * For the |appendNative| method, the node must be in the native * filesystem charset. */ void append(in AString node); [noscript] void appendNative(in ACString node); /** * Normalize the pathName (e.g. removing .. and . components on Unix). */ void normalize(); /** * create * * This function will create a new file or directory in the * file system. Any nodes that have not been created or * resolved, will be. If the file or directory already * exists create() will return NS_ERROR_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS. * * @param type * This specifies the type of file system object * to be made. The only two types at this time * are file and directory which are defined above. * If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE). * * @param permissions * The unix style octal permissions. This may * be ignored on systems that do not need to do * permissions. */ [must_use] void create(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions); /** * Accessor to the leaf name of the file itself. * For the |nativeLeafName| method, the nativeLeafName must * be in the native filesystem charset. */ attribute AString leafName; [noscript] attribute ACString nativeLeafName; /** * copyTo[Native] * * This will copy this file to the specified newParentDir. * If a newName is specified, the file will be renamed. * If 'this' is not created we will return an error * (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST). * * copyTo may fail if the file already exists in the destination * directory. * * copyTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy. * * @param newParentDir * This param is the destination directory. If the * newParentDir is null, copyTo() will use the parent * directory of this file. If the newParentDir is not * empty and is not a directory, an error will be * returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For the * |CopyToNative| method, the newName must be in the * native filesystem charset. * * @param newName * This param allows you to specify a new name for * the file to be copied. This param may be empty, in * which case the current leaf name will be used. */ void copyTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName); [noscript] void CopyToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName); /** * copyToFollowingLinks[Native] * * This function is identical to copyTo with the exception that, * as the name implies, it follows symbolic links. The XP_UNIX * implementation always follow symbolic links when copying. For * the |CopyToFollowingLinks| method, the newName must be in the * native filesystem charset. */ void copyToFollowingLinks(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName); [noscript] void copyToFollowingLinksNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName); /** * moveTo[Native] * * A method to move this file or directory to newParentDir. * If a newName is specified, the file or directory will be renamed. * If 'this' is not created we will return an error * (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST). * If 'this' is a file, and the destination file already exists, moveTo * will replace the old file. * This object is updated to refer to the new file. * * moveTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy. * moveTo will do the right thing and allow copies across volumes. * moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_DIR_NOT_EMPTY) if 'this' is * a directory and the destination directory is not empty. * moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) if 'this' is * a directory and the destination directory is not writable. * * @param newParentDir * This param is the destination directory. If the * newParentDir is empty, moveTo() will rename the file * within its current directory. If the newParentDir is * not empty and does not name a directory, an error will * be returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For * the |moveToNative| method, the newName must be in the * native filesystem charset. * * @param newName * This param allows you to specify a new name for * the file to be moved. This param may be empty, in * which case the current leaf name will be used. */ void moveTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName); [noscript] void moveToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName); /** * renameTo * * This method is identical to moveTo except that if this file or directory * is moved to a a different volume, it fails and returns an error * (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED). * This object will still point to the old location after renaming. */ void renameTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName); [noscript] void renameToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName); /** * This will try to delete this file. The 'recursive' flag * must be PR_TRUE to delete directories which are not empty. * * This will not resolve any symlinks. */ void remove(in boolean recursive); /** * Attributes of nsIFile. */ attribute unsigned long permissions; attribute unsigned long permissionsOfLink; /** * File Times are to be in milliseconds from * midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970 Greenwich Mean * Time (GMT). */ attribute PRTime lastModifiedTime; attribute PRTime lastModifiedTimeOfLink; /** * WARNING! On the Mac, getting/setting the file size with nsIFile * only deals with the size of the data fork. If you need to * know the size of the combined data and resource forks use the * GetFileSizeWithResFork() method defined on nsILocalFileMac. */ attribute int64_t fileSize; readonly attribute int64_t fileSizeOfLink; /** * target & path * * Accessor to the string path. The native version of these * strings are not guaranteed to be a usable path to pass to * NSPR or the C stdlib. There are problems that affect * platforms on which a path does not fully specify a file * because two volumes can have the same name (e.g., mac). * This is solved by holding "private", native data in the * nsIFile implementation. This native data is lost when * you convert to a string. * * DO NOT PASS TO USE WITH NSPR OR STDLIB! * * target * Find out what the symlink points at. Will give error * (NS_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_PATH) if not a symlink. * * path * Find out what the nsIFile points at. * * Note that the ACString attributes are returned in the * native filesystem charset. * */ readonly attribute AString target; [noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativeTarget; readonly attribute AString path; [noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativePath; boolean exists(); boolean isWritable(); boolean isReadable(); boolean isExecutable(); boolean isHidden(); boolean isDirectory(); boolean isFile(); boolean isSymlink(); /** * Not a regular file, not a directory, not a symlink. */ boolean isSpecial(); /** * createUnique * * This function will create a new file or directory in the * file system. Any nodes that have not been created or * resolved, will be. If this file already exists, we try * variations on the leaf name "suggestedName" until we find * one that did not already exist. * * If the search for nonexistent files takes too long * (thousands of the variants already exist), we give up and * return NS_ERROR_FILE_TOO_BIG. * * @param type * This specifies the type of file system object * to be made. The only two types at this time * are file and directory which are defined above. * If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE). * * @param permissions * The unix style octal permissions. This may * be ignored on systems that do not need to do * permissions. */ [must_use] void createUnique(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions); /** * clone() * * This function will allocate and initialize a nsIFile object to the * exact location of the |this| nsIFile. * * @param file * A nsIFile which this object will be initialize * with. * */ nsIFile clone(); /** * Will determine if the inFile equals this. */ boolean equals(in nsIFile inFile); /** * Will determine if inFile is a descendant of this file. * This routine looks in subdirectories too. */ boolean contains(in nsIFile inFile); /** * Parent will be null when this is at the top of the volume. */ readonly attribute nsIFile parent; /** * Returns an enumeration of the elements in a directory. Each * element in the enumeration is an nsIFile. * * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_DIRECTORY if the current nsIFile does * not specify a directory. */ readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator directoryEntries; /** * initWith[Native]Path * * This function will initialize the nsIFile object. Any * internal state information will be reset. * * @param filePath * A string which specifies a full file path to a * location. Relative paths will be treated as an * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH). For * initWithNativePath, the filePath must be in the native * filesystem charset. */ void initWithPath(in AString filePath); [noscript] void initWithNativePath(in ACString filePath); /** * initWithFile * * Initialize this object with another file * * @param aFile * the file this becomes equivalent to */ void initWithFile(in nsIFile aFile); /** * followLinks * * This attribute will determine if the nsLocalFile will auto * resolve symbolic links. By default, this value will be false * on all non unix systems. On unix, this attribute is effectively * a noop. */ attribute boolean followLinks; /** * Flag for openNSPRFileDesc(), to hint to the OS that the file will be * read sequentially with agressive readahead. */ const unsigned long OS_READAHEAD = 0x40000000; /** * Flag for openNSPRFileDesc(). Deprecated and unreliable! * Instead use NS_OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile() to create a temporary * file which will be deleted upon close! */ const unsigned long DELETE_ON_CLOSE = 0x80000000; /** * Return the result of PR_Open on the file. The caller is * responsible for calling PR_Close on the result. On success, the * returned PRFileDescr must be non-null. * * @param flags the PR_Open flags from prio.h, plus optionally * OS_READAHEAD or DELETE_ON_CLOSE. OS_READAHEAD is a hint to the * OS that the file will be read sequentially with agressive * readahead. DELETE_ON_CLOSE is unreliable on Windows and is deprecated. * Instead use NS_OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile() to create a temporary * file which will be deleted upon close. */ [noscript, must_use] PRFileDescStar openNSPRFileDesc(in long flags, in long mode); /** * Return the result of fopen on the file. The caller is * responsible for calling fclose on the result. On success, the * returned FILE pointer must be non-null. */ [noscript, must_use] FILE openANSIFileDesc(in string mode); /** * Return the result of PR_LoadLibrary on the file. The caller is * responsible for calling PR_UnloadLibrary on the result. */ [noscript, must_use] PRLibraryStar load(); // number of bytes available on disk to non-superuser [must_use] readonly attribute int64_t diskSpaceAvailable; /** * appendRelative[Native]Path * * Append a relative path to the current path of the nsIFile object. * * @param relativeFilePath * relativeFilePath is a native relative path. For security reasons, * this cannot contain .. or cannot start with a directory separator. * For the |appendRelativeNativePath| method, the relativeFilePath * must be in the native filesystem charset. */ void appendRelativePath(in AString relativeFilePath); [noscript] void appendRelativeNativePath(in ACString relativeFilePath); /** * Accessor to a null terminated string which will specify * the file in a persistent manner for disk storage. * * The character set of this attribute is undefined. DO NOT TRY TO * INTERPRET IT AS HUMAN READABLE TEXT! */ [must_use] attribute ACString persistentDescriptor; /** * reveal * * Ask the operating system to open the folder which contains * this file or folder. This routine only works on platforms which * support the ability to open a folder and is run async on Windows. * This routine must be called on the main. */ [must_use] void reveal(); /** * launch * * Ask the operating system to attempt to open the file. * this really just simulates "double clicking" the file on your platform. * This routine only works on platforms which support this functionality * and is run async on Windows. This routine must be called on the * main thread. */ [must_use] void launch(); /** * getRelativeDescriptor * * Returns a relative file path in an opaque, XP format. It is therefore * not a native path. * * The character set of the string returned from this function is * undefined. DO NOT TRY TO INTERPRET IT AS HUMAN READABLE TEXT! * * @param fromFile * the file from which the descriptor is relative. * Throws if fromFile is null. */ [must_use] ACString getRelativeDescriptor(in nsIFile fromFile); /** * setRelativeDescriptor * * Initializes the file to the location relative to fromFile using * a string returned by getRelativeDescriptor. * * @param fromFile * the file to which the descriptor is relative * @param relative * the relative descriptor obtained from getRelativeDescriptor */ [must_use] void setRelativeDescriptor(in nsIFile fromFile, in ACString relativeDesc); /** * getRelativePath * * Returns a relative file from 'fromFile' to this file as a UTF-8 string. * Going up the directory tree is represented via "../". '/' is used as * the path segment separator. This is not a native path, since it's UTF-8 * encoded. * * @param fromFile * the file from which the path is relative. * Throws if fromFile is null. */ [must_use] AUTF8String getRelativePath(in nsIFile fromFile); /** * setRelativePath * * Initializes the file to the location relative to fromFile using * a string returned by getRelativePath. * * @param fromFile * the file from which the path is relative * @param relative * the relative path obtained from getRelativePath */ [must_use] void setRelativePath(in nsIFile fromFile, in AUTF8String relativeDesc); }; %{C++ #ifdef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API #include "nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h" #endif %}