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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 "nsISupports.idl"
+
+%{C++
+struct PRFileDesc;
+struct PRLibrary;
+#include <stdio.h>
+%}
+
+[ptr] native PRFileDescStar(PRFileDesc);
+[ptr] native PRLibraryStar(PRLibrary);
+[ptr] native FILE(FILE);
+
+interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
+
+/**
+ * An nsIFile is an abstract representation of a filename. It manages
+ * filename encoding issues, pathname component separators ('/' vs. '\\'
+ * vs. ':') and weird stuff like differing volumes with identical names, as
+ * on pre-Darwin Macintoshes.
+ *
+ * This file has long introduced itself to new hackers with this opening
+ * paragraph:
+ *
+ * This is the only correct cross-platform way to specify a file.
+ * Strings are not such a way. If you grew up on windows or unix, you
+ * may think they are. Welcome to reality.
+ *
+ * While taking the pose struck here to heart would be uncalled for, one
+ * may safely conclude that writing cross-platform code is an embittering
+ * experience.
+ *
+ * All methods with string parameters have two forms. The preferred
+ * form operates on UCS-2 encoded characters strings. An alternate
+ * form operates on characters strings encoded in the "native" charset.
+ *
+ * A string containing characters encoded in the native charset cannot
+ * be safely passed to javascript via xpconnect. Therefore, the "native
+ * methods" are not scriptable.
+ */
+[scriptable, main_process_scriptable_only, uuid(2fa6884a-ae65-412a-9d4c-ce6e34544ba1), builtinclass]
+interface nsIFile : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Create Types
+ *
+ * NORMAL_FILE_TYPE - A normal file.
+ * DIRECTORY_TYPE - A directory/folder.
+ */
+ const unsigned long NORMAL_FILE_TYPE = 0;
+ const unsigned long DIRECTORY_TYPE = 1;
+
+ /**
+ * append[Native]
+ *
+ * This function is used for constructing a descendent of the
+ * current nsIFile.
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * A string which is intended to be a child node of the nsIFile.
+ * For the |appendNative| method, the node must be in the native
+ * filesystem charset.
+ */
+ void append(in AString node);
+ [noscript] void appendNative(in ACString node);
+
+ /**
+ * Normalize the pathName (e.g. removing .. and . components on Unix).
+ */
+ void normalize();
+
+ /**
+ * create
+ *
+ * This function will create a new file or directory in the
+ * file system. Any nodes that have not been created or
+ * resolved, will be. If the file or directory already
+ * exists create() will return NS_ERROR_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * This specifies the type of file system object
+ * to be made. The only two types at this time
+ * are file and directory which are defined above.
+ * If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an
+ * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE).
+ *
+ * @param permissions
+ * The unix style octal permissions. This may
+ * be ignored on systems that do not need to do
+ * permissions.
+ */
+ [must_use] void create(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions);
+
+ /**
+ * Accessor to the leaf name of the file itself.
+ * For the |nativeLeafName| method, the nativeLeafName must
+ * be in the native filesystem charset.
+ */
+ attribute AString leafName;
+ [noscript] attribute ACString nativeLeafName;
+
+ /**
+ * copyTo[Native]
+ *
+ * This will copy this file to the specified newParentDir.
+ * If a newName is specified, the file will be renamed.
+ * If 'this' is not created we will return an error
+ * (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST).
+ *
+ * copyTo may fail if the file already exists in the destination
+ * directory.
+ *
+ * copyTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy.
+ *
+ * @param newParentDir
+ * This param is the destination directory. If the
+ * newParentDir is null, copyTo() will use the parent
+ * directory of this file. If the newParentDir is not
+ * empty and is not a directory, an error will be
+ * returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For the
+ * |CopyToNative| method, the newName must be in the
+ * native filesystem charset.
+ *
+ * @param newName
+ * This param allows you to specify a new name for
+ * the file to be copied. This param may be empty, in
+ * which case the current leaf name will be used.
+ */
+ void copyTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
+ [noscript] void CopyToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
+
+ /**
+ * copyToFollowingLinks[Native]
+ *
+ * This function is identical to copyTo with the exception that,
+ * as the name implies, it follows symbolic links. The XP_UNIX
+ * implementation always follow symbolic links when copying. For
+ * the |CopyToFollowingLinks| method, the newName must be in the
+ * native filesystem charset.
+ */
+ void copyToFollowingLinks(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
+ [noscript] void copyToFollowingLinksNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
+
+ /**
+ * moveTo[Native]
+ *
+ * A method to move this file or directory to newParentDir.
+ * If a newName is specified, the file or directory will be renamed.
+ * If 'this' is not created we will return an error
+ * (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST).
+ * If 'this' is a file, and the destination file already exists, moveTo
+ * will replace the old file.
+ * This object is updated to refer to the new file.
+ *
+ * moveTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy.
+ * moveTo will do the right thing and allow copies across volumes.
+ * moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_DIR_NOT_EMPTY) if 'this' is
+ * a directory and the destination directory is not empty.
+ * moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) if 'this' is
+ * a directory and the destination directory is not writable.
+ *
+ * @param newParentDir
+ * This param is the destination directory. If the
+ * newParentDir is empty, moveTo() will rename the file
+ * within its current directory. If the newParentDir is
+ * not empty and does not name a directory, an error will
+ * be returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For
+ * the |moveToNative| method, the newName must be in the
+ * native filesystem charset.
+ *
+ * @param newName
+ * This param allows you to specify a new name for
+ * the file to be moved. This param may be empty, in
+ * which case the current leaf name will be used.
+ */
+ void moveTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
+ [noscript] void moveToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
+
+ /**
+ * renameTo
+ *
+ * This method is identical to moveTo except that if this file or directory
+ * is moved to a a different volume, it fails and returns an error
+ * (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED).
+ * This object will still point to the old location after renaming.
+ */
+ void renameTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
+ [noscript] void renameToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
+
+ /**
+ * This will try to delete this file. The 'recursive' flag
+ * must be PR_TRUE to delete directories which are not empty.
+ *
+ * This will not resolve any symlinks.
+ */
+ void remove(in boolean recursive);
+
+ /**
+ * Attributes of nsIFile.
+ */
+
+ attribute unsigned long permissions;
+ attribute unsigned long permissionsOfLink;
+
+ /**
+ * File Times are to be in milliseconds from
+ * midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970 Greenwich Mean
+ * Time (GMT).
+ */
+ attribute PRTime lastModifiedTime;
+ attribute PRTime lastModifiedTimeOfLink;
+
+ /**
+ * WARNING! On the Mac, getting/setting the file size with nsIFile
+ * only deals with the size of the data fork. If you need to
+ * know the size of the combined data and resource forks use the
+ * GetFileSizeWithResFork() method defined on nsILocalFileMac.
+ */
+ attribute int64_t fileSize;
+ readonly attribute int64_t fileSizeOfLink;
+
+ /**
+ * target & path
+ *
+ * Accessor to the string path. The native version of these
+ * strings are not guaranteed to be a usable path to pass to
+ * NSPR or the C stdlib. There are problems that affect
+ * platforms on which a path does not fully specify a file
+ * because two volumes can have the same name (e.g., mac).
+ * This is solved by holding "private", native data in the
+ * nsIFile implementation. This native data is lost when
+ * you convert to a string.
+ *
+ * DO NOT PASS TO USE WITH NSPR OR STDLIB!
+ *
+ * target
+ * Find out what the symlink points at. Will give error
+ * (NS_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_PATH) if not a symlink.
+ *
+ * path
+ * Find out what the nsIFile points at.
+ *
+ * Note that the ACString attributes are returned in the
+ * native filesystem charset.
+ *
+ */
+ readonly attribute AString target;
+ [noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativeTarget;
+ readonly attribute AString path;
+ [noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativePath;
+
+ boolean exists();
+ boolean isWritable();
+ boolean isReadable();
+ boolean isExecutable();
+ boolean isHidden();
+ boolean isDirectory();
+ boolean isFile();
+ boolean isSymlink();
+ /**
+ * Not a regular file, not a directory, not a symlink.
+ */
+ boolean isSpecial();
+
+ /**
+ * createUnique
+ *
+ * This function will create a new file or directory in the
+ * file system. Any nodes that have not been created or
+ * resolved, will be. If this file already exists, we try
+ * variations on the leaf name "suggestedName" until we find
+ * one that did not already exist.
+ *
+ * If the search for nonexistent files takes too long
+ * (thousands of the variants already exist), we give up and
+ * return NS_ERROR_FILE_TOO_BIG.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * This specifies the type of file system object
+ * to be made. The only two types at this time
+ * are file and directory which are defined above.
+ * If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an
+ * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE).
+ *
+ * @param permissions
+ * The unix style octal permissions. This may
+ * be ignored on systems that do not need to do
+ * permissions.
+ */
+ [must_use]
+ void createUnique(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions);
+
+ /**
+ * clone()
+ *
+ * This function will allocate and initialize a nsIFile object to the
+ * exact location of the |this| nsIFile.
+ *
+ * @param file
+ * A nsIFile which this object will be initialize
+ * with.
+ *
+ */
+ nsIFile clone();
+
+ /**
+ * Will determine if the inFile equals this.
+ */
+ boolean equals(in nsIFile inFile);
+
+ /**
+ * Will determine if inFile is a descendant of this file.
+ * This routine looks in subdirectories too.
+ */
+ boolean contains(in nsIFile inFile);
+
+ /**
+ * Parent will be null when this is at the top of the volume.
+ */
+ readonly attribute nsIFile parent;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an enumeration of the elements in a directory. Each
+ * element in the enumeration is an nsIFile.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_DIRECTORY if the current nsIFile does
+ * not specify a directory.
+ */
+ readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator directoryEntries;
+
+ /**
+ * initWith[Native]Path
+ *
+ * This function will initialize the nsIFile object. Any
+ * internal state information will be reset.
+ *
+ * @param filePath
+ * A string which specifies a full file path to a
+ * location. Relative paths will be treated as an
+ * error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH). For
+ * initWithNativePath, the filePath must be in the native
+ * filesystem charset.
+ */
+ void initWithPath(in AString filePath);
+ [noscript] void initWithNativePath(in ACString filePath);
+
+ /**
+ * initWithFile
+ *
+ * Initialize this object with another file
+ *
+ * @param aFile
+ * the file this becomes equivalent to
+ */
+ void initWithFile(in nsIFile aFile);
+
+ /**
+ * followLinks
+ *
+ * This attribute will determine if the nsLocalFile will auto
+ * resolve symbolic links. By default, this value will be false
+ * on all non unix systems. On unix, this attribute is effectively
+ * a noop.
+ */
+ attribute boolean followLinks;
+
+ /**
+ * Flag for openNSPRFileDesc(), to hint to the OS that the file will be
+ * read sequentially with agressive readahead.
+ */
+ const unsigned long OS_READAHEAD = 0x40000000;
+
+ /**
+ * Flag for openNSPRFileDesc(). Deprecated and unreliable!
+ * Instead use NS_OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile() to create a temporary
+ * file which will be deleted upon close!
+ */
+ const unsigned long DELETE_ON_CLOSE = 0x80000000;
+
+ /**
+ * Return the result of PR_Open on the file. The caller is
+ * responsible for calling PR_Close on the result. On success, the
+ * returned PRFileDescr must be non-null.
+ *
+ * @param flags the PR_Open flags from prio.h, plus optionally
+ * OS_READAHEAD or DELETE_ON_CLOSE. OS_READAHEAD is a hint to the
+ * OS that the file will be read sequentially with agressive
+ * readahead. DELETE_ON_CLOSE is unreliable on Windows and is deprecated.
+ * Instead use NS_OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile() to create a temporary
+ * file which will be deleted upon close.
+ */
+ [noscript, must_use] PRFileDescStar openNSPRFileDesc(in long flags,
+ in long mode);
+
+ /**
+ * Return the result of fopen on the file. The caller is
+ * responsible for calling fclose on the result. On success, the
+ * returned FILE pointer must be non-null.
+ */
+ [noscript, must_use] FILE openANSIFileDesc(in string mode);
+
+ /**
+ * Return the result of PR_LoadLibrary on the file. The caller is
+ * responsible for calling PR_UnloadLibrary on the result.
+ */
+ [noscript, must_use] PRLibraryStar load();
+
+ // number of bytes available on disk to non-superuser
+ [must_use] readonly attribute int64_t diskSpaceAvailable;
+
+ /**
+ * appendRelative[Native]Path
+ *
+ * Append a relative path to the current path of the nsIFile object.
+ *
+ * @param relativeFilePath
+ * relativeFilePath is a native relative path. For security reasons,
+ * this cannot contain .. or cannot start with a directory separator.
+ * For the |appendRelativeNativePath| method, the relativeFilePath
+ * must be in the native filesystem charset.
+ */
+ void appendRelativePath(in AString relativeFilePath);
+ [noscript] void appendRelativeNativePath(in ACString relativeFilePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Accessor to a null terminated string which will specify
+ * the file in a persistent manner for disk storage.
+ *
+ * The character set of this attribute is undefined. DO NOT TRY TO
+ * INTERPRET IT AS HUMAN READABLE TEXT!
+ */
+ [must_use] attribute ACString persistentDescriptor;
+
+ /**
+ * reveal
+ *
+ * Ask the operating system to open the folder which contains
+ * this file or folder. This routine only works on platforms which
+ * support the ability to open a folder and is run async on Windows.
+ * This routine must be called on the main.
+ */
+ [must_use] void reveal();
+
+ /**
+ * launch
+ *
+ * Ask the operating system to attempt to open the file.
+ * this really just simulates "double clicking" the file on your platform.
+ * This routine only works on platforms which support this functionality
+ * and is run async on Windows. This routine must be called on the
+ * main thread.
+ */
+ [must_use] void launch();
+
+ /**
+ * getRelativeDescriptor
+ *
+ * Returns a relative file path in an opaque, XP format. It is therefore
+ * not a native path.
+ *
+ * The character set of the string returned from this function is
+ * undefined. DO NOT TRY TO INTERPRET IT AS HUMAN READABLE TEXT!
+ *
+ * @param fromFile
+ * the file from which the descriptor is relative.
+ * Throws if fromFile is null.
+ */
+ [must_use] ACString getRelativeDescriptor(in nsIFile fromFile);
+
+ /**
+ * setRelativeDescriptor
+ *
+ * Initializes the file to the location relative to fromFile using
+ * a string returned by getRelativeDescriptor.
+ *
+ * @param fromFile
+ * the file to which the descriptor is relative
+ * @param relative
+ * the relative descriptor obtained from getRelativeDescriptor
+ */
+ [must_use]
+ void setRelativeDescriptor(in nsIFile fromFile, in ACString relativeDesc);
+
+ /**
+ * getRelativePath
+ *
+ * Returns a relative file from 'fromFile' to this file as a UTF-8 string.
+ * Going up the directory tree is represented via "../". '/' is used as
+ * the path segment separator. This is not a native path, since it's UTF-8
+ * encoded.
+ *
+ * @param fromFile
+ * the file from which the path is relative.
+ * Throws if fromFile is null.
+ */
+ [must_use] AUTF8String getRelativePath(in nsIFile fromFile);
+
+ /**
+ * setRelativePath
+ *
+ * Initializes the file to the location relative to fromFile using
+ * a string returned by getRelativePath.
+ *
+ * @param fromFile
+ * the file from which the path is relative
+ * @param relative
+ * the relative path obtained from getRelativePath
+ */
+ [must_use]
+ void setRelativePath(in nsIFile fromFile, in AUTF8String relativeDesc);
+};
+
+%{C++
+#ifdef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
+#include "nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h"
+#endif
+%}