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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; 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 "nsrootidl.idl"
+#include "nsIRDFNode.idl"
+
+
+/**
+ * An nsIRDFResource is an object that has unique identity in the 
+ * RDF data model. The object's identity is determined by its URI.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(fb9686a7-719a-49dc-9107-10dea5739341)]
+interface nsIRDFResource : nsIRDFNode {
+    /**
+     * The single-byte string value of the resource.
+     * @note THIS IS OBSOLETE. C++ should use GetValueConst and script
+     *       should use .valueUTF8
+     */
+    readonly attribute string Value;
+
+    /**
+     * The UTF-8 URI of the resource.
+     */
+    readonly attribute AUTF8String ValueUTF8;
+
+    /**
+     * An unscriptable version used to avoid a string copy. Meant
+     * for use as a performance optimization. The string is encoded
+     * in UTF-8.
+     */
+    [noscript] void GetValueConst([shared] out string aConstValue);
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called by the nsIRDFService after constructing
+     * a resource object to initialize its URI. You would not normally
+     * call this method directly
+     */
+    void Init(in string uri);
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the resource has the given URI.
+     */
+    boolean EqualsString(in string aURI);
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the "delegate" object for this resource. A resource
+     * may have several delegate objects, each of whose lifetimes is
+     * bound to the life of the resource object.
+     *
+     * This method will return the delegate for the given key after
+     * QueryInterface()-ing it to the requested IID.
+     *
+     * If no delegate exists for the specified key, this method will
+     * attempt to create one using the component manager. Specifically,
+     * it will combine aKey with the resource's URI scheme to produce
+     * a ContractID as follows:
+     *
+     *   component:/rdf/delegate-factory/[key]/[scheme]
+     *
+     * This ContractID will be used to locate a factory using the
+     * FindFactory() method of nsIComponentManager. If the nsIFactory
+     * exists, it will be used to create a "delegate factory"; that
+     * is, an object that supports nsIRDFDelegateFactory. The delegate
+     * factory will be used to construct the delegate object.
+     */
+    void GetDelegate(in string aKey, in nsIIDRef aIID,
+                     [iid_is(aIID),retval] out nsQIResult aResult);
+
+    /**
+     * Force a delegate to be "unbound" from the resource.
+     *
+     * Normally, a delegate object's lifetime will be identical to
+     * that of the resource to which it is bound; this method allows a
+     * delegate to unlink itself from an RDF resource prematurely.
+     */
+    void ReleaseDelegate(in string aKey);
+};
+
+