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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; 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/. */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIInterfaceRequestor;
+interface nsIWebBrowserChrome;
+interface nsIURIContentListener;
+interface nsIDOMWindow;
+interface mozIDOMWindowProxy;
+interface nsIWeakReference;
+
+%{C++
+namespace mozilla {
+class DocShellOriginAttributes;
+}
+%}
+
+[ref] native const_OriginAttributesRef(const mozilla::DocShellOriginAttributes);
+
+/**
+ * The nsIWebBrowser interface is implemented by web browser objects.
+ * Embedders use this interface during initialisation to associate
+ * the new web browser instance with the embedders chrome and
+ * to register any listeners. The interface may also be used at runtime
+ * to obtain the content DOM window and from that the rest of the DOM.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(4052b6da-4faa-4646-b3a1-7e16a01c2dc2)]
+interface nsIWebBrowser : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Registers a listener of the type specified by the iid to receive
+ * callbacks. The browser stores a weak reference to the listener
+ * to avoid any circular dependencies.
+ * Typically this method will be called to register an object
+ * to receive <CODE>nsIWebProgressListener</CODE> or
+ * <CODE>nsISHistoryListener</CODE> notifications in which case the
+ * the IID is that of the interface.
+ *
+ * @param aListener The listener to be added.
+ * @param aIID The IID of the interface that will be called
+ * on the listener as appropriate.
+ * @return <CODE>NS_OK</CODE> for successful registration;
+ * <CODE>NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG</CODE> if aIID is not
+ * supposed to be registered using this method;
+ * <CODE>NS_ERROR_FAILURE</CODE> either aListener did not
+ * expose the interface specified by the IID, or some
+ * other internal error occurred.
+ *
+ * @see removeWebBrowserListener
+ * @see nsIWeakReference
+ * @see nsIWebProgressListener
+ * @see nsISHistoryListener
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>NS_OK</CODE>, listener was successfully added;
+ * <CODE>NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG</CODE>, one of the arguments was
+ * invalid or the object did not implement the interface
+ * specified by the IID.
+ */
+ void addWebBrowserListener(in nsIWeakReference aListener, in nsIIDRef aIID);
+
+ /**
+ * Removes a previously registered listener.
+ *
+ * @param aListener The listener to be removed.
+ * @param aIID The IID of the interface on the listener that will
+ * no longer be called.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>NS_OK</CODE>, listener was successfully removed;
+ * <CODE>NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG</CODE> arguments was invalid or
+ * the object did not implement the interface specified by the IID.
+ *
+ * @see addWebBrowserListener
+ * @see nsIWeakReference
+ */
+ void removeWebBrowserListener(in nsIWeakReference aListener, in nsIIDRef aIID);
+
+ /**
+ * The chrome object associated with the browser instance. The embedder
+ * must create one chrome object for <I>each</I> browser object
+ * that is instantiated. The embedder must associate the two by setting
+ * this property to point to the chrome object before creating the browser
+ * window via the browser's <CODE>nsIBaseWindow</CODE> interface.
+ *
+ * The chrome object must also implement <CODE>nsIEmbeddingSiteWindow</CODE>.
+ *
+ * The chrome may optionally implement <CODE>nsIInterfaceRequestor</CODE>,
+ * <CODE>nsIWebBrowserChromeFocus</CODE>,
+ * <CODE>nsIContextMenuListener</CODE> and
+ * <CODE>nsITooltipListener</CODE> to receive additional notifications
+ * from the browser object.
+ *
+ * The chrome object may optionally implement <CODE>nsIWebProgressListener</CODE>
+ * instead of explicitly calling <CODE>addWebBrowserListener</CODE> and
+ * <CODE>removeWebBrowserListener</CODE> to register a progress listener
+ * object. If the implementation does this, it must also implement
+ * <CODE>nsIWeakReference</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @note The implementation should not refcount the supplied chrome
+ * object; it should assume that a non <CODE>nullptr</CODE> value is
+ * always valid. The embedder must explicitly set this value back
+ * to nullptr if the chrome object is destroyed before the browser
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @see nsIBaseWindow
+ * @see nsIWebBrowserChrome
+ * @see nsIEmbeddingSiteWindow
+ * @see nsIInterfaceRequestor
+ * @see nsIWebBrowserChromeFocus
+ * @see nsIContextMenuListener
+ * @see nsITooltipListener
+ * @see nsIWeakReference
+ * @see nsIWebProgressListener
+ */
+ attribute nsIWebBrowserChrome containerWindow;
+
+ /**
+ * URI content listener parent. The embedder may set this property to
+ * their own implementation if they intend to override or prevent
+ * how certain kinds of content are loaded.
+ *
+ * @note If this attribute is set to an object that implements
+ * nsISupportsWeakReference, the implementation should get the
+ * nsIWeakReference and hold that. Otherwise, the implementation
+ * should not refcount this interface; it should assume that a non
+ * null value is always valid. In that case, the embedder should
+ * explicitly set this value back to null if the parent content
+ * listener is destroyed before the browser object.
+ *
+ * @see nsIURIContentListener
+ */
+ attribute nsIURIContentListener parentURIContentListener;
+
+ /**
+ * The top-level DOM window. The embedder may walk the entire
+ * DOM starting from this value.
+ *
+ * @see nsIDOMWindow
+ */
+ readonly attribute mozIDOMWindowProxy contentDOMWindow;
+
+ /**
+ * Whether this web browser is active. Active means that it's visible
+ * enough that we want to avoid certain optimizations like discarding
+ * decoded image data and throttling the refresh driver. In Firefox,
+ * this corresponds to the visible tab.
+ *
+ * Defaults to true. For optimal performance, set it to false when
+ * appropriate.
+ */
+ attribute boolean isActive;
+
+ /**
+ * Set Origin Attributes on the nsIWebBrowser.
+ * The Origin Attributes will be passed to the docshell once it has been
+ * created
+ */
+ [noscript, notxpcom, nostdcall, binaryname(SetOriginAttributes)]
+ void binarySetOriginAttributes(in const_OriginAttributesRef aOriginAttrs);
+};