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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"
+
+/**
+ * nsIURLParser specifies the interface to an URL parser that attempts to
+ * follow the definitions of RFC 2396.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(78c5d19f-f5d2-4732-8d3d-d5a7d7133bc0)]
+interface nsIURLParser : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * The string to parse in the following methods may be given as a null
+ * terminated string, in which case the length argument should be -1.
+ *
+ * Out parameters of the following methods are all optional (ie. the caller
+ * may pass-in a NULL value if the corresponding results are not needed).
+ * Signed out parameters may hold a value of -1 if the corresponding result
+ * is not part of the string being parsed.
+ *
+ * The parsing routines attempt to be as forgiving as possible.
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * ParseSpec breaks the URL string up into its 3 major components: a scheme,
+ * an authority section (hostname, etc.), and a path.
+ *
+ * spec = <scheme>://<authority><path>
+ */
+ void parseURL (in string spec, in long specLen,
+ out unsigned long schemePos, out long schemeLen,
+ out unsigned long authorityPos, out long authorityLen,
+ out unsigned long pathPos, out long pathLen);
+
+ /**
+ * ParseAuthority breaks the authority string up into its 4 components:
+ * username, password, hostname, and hostport.
+ *
+ * auth = <username>:<password>@<hostname>:<port>
+ */
+ void parseAuthority (in string authority, in long authorityLen,
+ out unsigned long usernamePos, out long usernameLen,
+ out unsigned long passwordPos, out long passwordLen,
+ out unsigned long hostnamePos, out long hostnameLen,
+ out long port);
+
+ /**
+ * userinfo = <username>:<password>
+ */
+ void parseUserInfo (in string userinfo, in long userinfoLen,
+ out unsigned long usernamePos, out long usernameLen,
+ out unsigned long passwordPos, out long passwordLen);
+
+ /**
+ * serverinfo = <hostname>:<port>
+ */
+ void parseServerInfo (in string serverinfo, in long serverinfoLen,
+ out unsigned long hostnamePos, out long hostnameLen,
+ out long port);
+
+ /**
+ * ParsePath breaks the path string up into its 3 major components: a file path,
+ * a query string, and a reference string.
+ *
+ * path = <filepath>?<query>#<ref>
+ */
+ void parsePath (in string path, in long pathLen,
+ out unsigned long filepathPos, out long filepathLen,
+ out unsigned long queryPos, out long queryLen,
+ out unsigned long refPos, out long refLen);
+
+ /**
+ * ParseFilePath breaks the file path string up into: the directory portion,
+ * file base name, and file extension.
+ *
+ * filepath = <directory><basename>.<extension>
+ */
+ void parseFilePath (in string filepath, in long filepathLen,
+ out unsigned long directoryPos, out long directoryLen,
+ out unsigned long basenamePos, out long basenameLen,
+ out unsigned long extensionPos, out long extensionLen);
+
+ /**
+ * filename = <basename>.<extension>
+ */
+ void parseFileName (in string filename, in long filenameLen,
+ out unsigned long basenamePos, out long basenameLen,
+ out unsigned long extensionPos, out long extensionLen);
+};
+
+%{C++
+// url parser key for use with the category manager
+// mapping from scheme to url parser.
+#define NS_IURLPARSER_KEY "@mozilla.org/urlparser;1"
+%}