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diff --git a/netwerk/dns/nsIEffectiveTLDService.idl b/netwerk/dns/nsIEffectiveTLDService.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..adfbae8a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/netwerk/dns/nsIEffectiveTLDService.idl @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; 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 nsIURI; + +[scriptable, uuid(68067eb5-ad8d-43cb-a043-1cc85ebe06e7)] +interface nsIEffectiveTLDService : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Returns the public suffix of a URI. A public suffix is the highest-level domain + * under which individual domains may be registered; it may therefore contain one + * or more dots. For example, the public suffix for "www.bbc.co.uk" is "co.uk", + * because the .uk TLD does not allow the registration of domains at the + * second level ("bbc.uk" is forbidden). + * + * The public suffix will be returned encoded in ASCII/ACE and will be normalized + * according to RFC 3454, i.e. the same encoding returned by nsIURI::GetAsciiHost(). + * If consumers wish to compare the result of this method against the host from + * another nsIURI, the host should be obtained using nsIURI::GetAsciiHost(). + * In the case of nested URIs, the innermost URI will be used. + * + * @param aURI The URI to be analyzed + * + * @returns the public suffix + * + * @throws NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED + * or other error returned by nsIIDNService::normalize when + * the hostname contains characters disallowed in URIs + * @throws NS_ERROR_HOST_IS_IP_ADDRESS + * if the host is a numeric IPv4 or IPv6 address (as determined by + * the success of a call to PR_StringToNetAddr()). + */ + ACString getPublicSuffix(in nsIURI aURI); + + /** + * Returns the base domain of a URI; that is, the public suffix with a given + * number of additional domain name parts. For example, the result of this method + * for "www.bbc.co.uk", depending on the value of aAdditionalParts parameter, will + * be: + * + * 0 (default) -> bbc.co.uk + * 1 -> www.bbc.co.uk + * + * Similarly, the public suffix for "www.developer.mozilla.org" is "org", and the base + * domain will be: + * + * 0 (default) -> mozilla.org + * 1 -> developer.mozilla.org + * 2 -> www.developer.mozilla.org + * + * The base domain will be returned encoded in ASCII/ACE and will be normalized + * according to RFC 3454, i.e. the same encoding returned by nsIURI::GetAsciiHost(). + * If consumers wish to compare the result of this method against the host from + * another nsIURI, the host should be obtained using nsIURI::GetAsciiHost(). + * In the case of nested URIs, the innermost URI will be used. + * + * @param aURI The URI to be analyzed + * @param aAdditionalParts Number of domain name parts to be + * returned in addition to the public suffix + * + * @returns the base domain (public suffix plus the requested number of additional parts) + * + * @throws NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED + * or other error returned by nsIIDNService::normalize when + * the hostname contains characters disallowed in URIs + * @throws NS_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DOMAIN_LEVELS + * when there are insufficient subdomain levels in the hostname to satisfy the + * requested aAdditionalParts value. + * @throws NS_ERROR_HOST_IS_IP_ADDRESS + * if aHost is a numeric IPv4 or IPv6 address (as determined by + * the success of a call to PR_StringToNetAddr()). + * + * @see getPublicSuffix() + */ + ACString getBaseDomain(in nsIURI aURI, [optional] in uint32_t aAdditionalParts); + + /** + * NOTE: It is strongly recommended to use getPublicSuffix() above if a suitable + * nsIURI is available. Only use this method if this is not the case. + * + * Returns the public suffix of a host string. Otherwise identical to getPublicSuffix(). + * + * @param aHost The host to be analyzed. Any additional parts (e.g. scheme, + * port, or path) will cause this method to throw. ASCII/ACE and + * UTF8 encodings are acceptable as input; normalization will + * be performed as specified in getBaseDomain(). + * + * @see getPublicSuffix() + */ + ACString getPublicSuffixFromHost(in AUTF8String aHost); + + /** + * NOTE: It is strongly recommended to use getBaseDomain() above if a suitable + * nsIURI is available. Only use this method if this is not the case. + * + * Returns the base domain of a host string. Otherwise identical to getBaseDomain(). + * + * @param aHost The host to be analyzed. Any additional parts (e.g. scheme, + * port, or path) will cause this method to throw. ASCII/ACE and + * UTF8 encodings are acceptable as input; normalization will + * be performed as specified in getBaseDomain(). + * + * @see getBaseDomain() + */ + ACString getBaseDomainFromHost(in AUTF8String aHost, [optional] in uint32_t aAdditionalParts); + + /** + * Returns the parent sub-domain of a host string. If the host is a base + * domain, it will throw NS_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DOMAIN_LEVELS. + * + * For example: "player.bbc.co.uk" would return "bbc.co.uk" and + * "bbc.co.uk" would throw NS_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DOMAIN_LEVELS. + * + * @param aHost The host to be analyzed. Any additional parts (e.g. scheme, + * port, or path) will cause this method to throw. ASCII/ACE and + * UTF8 encodings are acceptable as input; normalization will + * be performed as specified in getBaseDomain(). + */ + ACString getNextSubDomain(in AUTF8String aHost); +}; + |