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authorMatt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain>2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=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"
+
+[scriptable, uuid(249f52a3-2599-4b00-ba40-0481364831a2)]
+interface nsIUTF8ConverterService : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Ensure that |aString| is encoded in UTF-8. If not,
+ * convert to UTF-8 assuming it's encoded in |aCharset|
+ * and return the converted string in UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @param aString a string to ensure its UTF8ness
+ * @param aCharset the charset to convert from if |aString| is not in UTF-8
+ * @param aSkipCheck determines whether or not to skip 'ASCIIness' and
+ * 'UTF8ness' check. Set this to PR_TRUE only if you suspect that
+ * aString can be mistaken for ASCII / UTF-8 but is actually NOT
+ * in ASCII / UTF-8 so that aString has to go through the conversion.
+ * skipping ASCIIness/UTF8ness check.
+ * The most common case is the input is in 7bit non-ASCII charsets
+ * like ISO-2022-JP, HZ or UTF-7 (in its original form or
+ * a modified form used in IMAP folder names).
+ * @param aAllowSubstitution when true, allow the decoder to substitute
+ * invalid input sequences by replacement characters (defaults to
+ * true)
+ * @return the converted string in UTF-8.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_UCONV_NOCONV when there is no decoder for aCharset
+ * or error code of nsIUnicodeDecoder in case of conversion failure
+ */
+
+ [optional_argc]
+ AUTF8String convertStringToUTF8(in ACString aString,
+ in string aCharset,
+ in boolean aSkipCheck,
+ [optional] in boolean aAllowSubstitution);
+
+/* XXX : To-be-added. convertStringFromUTF8 */
+
+ /**
+ * Ensure that |aSpec| (after URL-unescaping it) is encoded in UTF-8.
+ * If not, convert it to UTF-8, assuming it's encoded in |aCharset|,
+ * and return the result.
+ *
+ * <p>Make sure that all characters outside US-ASCII in your input spec
+ * are url-escaped if your spec is not in UTF-8 (before url-escaping)
+ * because the presence of non-ASCII characters is <strong>blindly</strong>
+ * regarded as an indication that your input spec is in unescaped UTF-8
+ * and it will be returned without further processing. No valid spec
+ * going around in Mozilla code would break this assumption.
+ *
+ * <p>XXX The above may change in the future depending on the usage pattern.
+ *
+ * @param aSpec an url-escaped URI spec to ensure its UTF8ness
+ * @param aCharset the charset to convert from if |aSpec| is not in UTF-8
+ * @return the converted spec in UTF-8.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_UCONV_NOCONV when there is no decoder for aCharset
+ * or error code of nsIUnicodeDecoder in case of conversion failure
+ */
+
+ AUTF8String convertURISpecToUTF8(in ACString aSpec,
+ in string aCharset);
+};
+