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diff --git a/netwerk/base/nsISocketTransportService.idl b/netwerk/base/nsISocketTransportService.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06350b532 --- /dev/null +++ b/netwerk/base/nsISocketTransportService.idl @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +/* -*- 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); +}; |