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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; 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"
+
+interface nsIFile;
+interface nsISocketTransport;
+interface nsIProxyInfo;
+interface nsIRunnable;
+
+%{C++
+class nsASocketHandler;
+struct PRFileDesc;
+%}
+
+[ptr] native PRFileDescPtr(PRFileDesc);
+[ptr] native nsASocketHandlerPtr(nsASocketHandler);
+
+[scriptable, uuid(ad56b25f-e6bb-4db3-9f7b-5b7db33fd2b1)]
+interface nsISocketTransportService : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Creates a transport for a specified host and port.
+ *
+ * @param aSocketTypes
+ * array of socket type strings. null if using default socket type.
+ * @param aTypeCount
+ * specifies length of aSocketTypes.
+ * @param aHost
+ * specifies the target hostname or IP address literal of the peer
+ * for this socket.
+ * @param aPort
+ * specifies the target port of the peer for this socket.
+ * @param aProxyInfo
+ * specifies the transport-layer proxy type to use. null if no
+ * proxy. used for communicating information about proxies like
+ * SOCKS (which are transparent to upper protocols).
+ *
+ * @see nsIProxiedProtocolHandler
+ * @see nsIProtocolProxyService::GetProxyInfo
+ *
+ * NOTE: this function can be called from any thread
+ */
+ nsISocketTransport createTransport([array, size_is(aTypeCount)]
+ in string aSocketTypes,
+ in unsigned long aTypeCount,
+ in AUTF8String aHost,
+ in long aPort,
+ in nsIProxyInfo aProxyInfo);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a transport built on a Unix domain socket, connecting to the
+ * given filename.
+ *
+ * Since Unix domain sockets are always local to the machine, they are
+ * not affected by the nsIIOService's 'offline' flag.
+ *
+ * On systems that don't support Unix domain sockets at all, this
+ * returns NS_ERROR_SOCKET_ADDRESS_NOT_SUPPORTED.
+ *
+ * The system-level socket API may impose restrictions on the length of
+ * the filename that are stricter than those of the underlying
+ * filesystem. If the file name is too long, this returns
+ * NS_ERROR_FILE_NAME_TOO_LONG.
+ *
+ * The |aPath| parameter must specify an existing directory entry.
+ * Otherwise, this returns NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND.
+ *
+ * The program must have search permission on all components of the
+ * path prefix of |aPath|, and read and write permission on |aPath|
+ * itself. Without such permission, this returns
+ * NS_ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.
+ *
+ * The |aPath| parameter must refer to a unix-domain socket. Otherwise,
+ * this returns NS_ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. (POSIX specifies
+ * ECONNREFUSED when "the target address was not listening for
+ * connections", and this is what Linux returns.)
+ *
+ * @param aPath
+ * The file name of the Unix domain socket to which we should
+ * connect.
+ */
+ nsISocketTransport createUnixDomainTransport(in nsIFile aPath);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds a new socket to the list of controlled sockets.
+ *
+ * This will fail with the error code NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the maximum
+ * number of sockets is already reached.
+ * In this case, the notifyWhenCanAttachSocket method should be used.
+ *
+ * @param aFd
+ * Open file descriptor of the socket to control.
+ * @param aHandler
+ * Socket handler that will receive notifications when the socket is
+ * ready or detached.
+ *
+ * NOTE: this function may only be called from an event dispatch on the
+ * socket thread.
+ */
+ [noscript] void attachSocket(in PRFileDescPtr aFd,
+ in nsASocketHandlerPtr aHandler);
+
+ /**
+ * if the number of sockets reaches the limit, then consumers can be
+ * notified when the number of sockets becomes less than the limit. the
+ * notification is asynchronous, delivered via the given nsIRunnable
+ * instance on the socket transport thread.
+ *
+ * @param aEvent
+ * Event that will receive the notification when a new socket can
+ * be attached
+ *
+ * NOTE: this function may only be called from an event dispatch on the
+ * socket thread.
+ */
+ [noscript] void notifyWhenCanAttachSocket(in nsIRunnable aEvent);
+};
+
+[scriptable, uuid(c5204623-5b58-4a16-8b2e-67c34dd02e3f)]
+interface nsIRoutedSocketTransportService : nsISocketTransportService
+{
+ // use this instead of createTransport when you have a transport
+ // that distinguishes between origin and route (aka connection)
+ nsISocketTransport createRoutedTransport([array, size_is(aTypeCount)]
+ in string aSocketTypes,
+ in unsigned long aTypeCount,
+ in AUTF8String aHost, // origin
+ in long aPort, // origin
+ in AUTF8String aHostRoute,
+ in long aPortRoute,
+ in nsIProxyInfo aProxyInfo);
+};