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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; 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 nsIUTF8StringEnumerator;
+interface nsIURI;
+
+/* nsIGIOMimeApp holds information about an application that is looked up
+ with nsIGIOService::GetAppForMimeType. */
+// 66009894-9877-405b-9321-bf30420e34e6 prev uuid
+
+[scriptable, uuid(ca6bad0c-8a48-48ac-82c7-27bb8f510fbe)]
+interface nsIGIOMimeApp : nsISupports
+{
+ const long EXPECTS_URIS = 0;
+ const long EXPECTS_PATHS = 1;
+ const long EXPECTS_URIS_FOR_NON_FILES = 2;
+
+ readonly attribute AUTF8String id;
+ readonly attribute AUTF8String name;
+ readonly attribute AUTF8String command;
+ readonly attribute long expectsURIs; // see constants above
+ readonly attribute nsIUTF8StringEnumerator supportedURISchemes;
+
+ void launch(in AUTF8String uri);
+ void setAsDefaultForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);
+ void setAsDefaultForFileExtensions(in AUTF8String extensions);
+ void setAsDefaultForURIScheme(in AUTF8String uriScheme);
+};
+
+/*
+ * The VFS service makes use of two distinct registries.
+ *
+ * The application registry holds information about applications (uniquely
+ * identified by id), such as which MIME types and URI schemes they are
+ * capable of handling, whether they run in a terminal, etc.
+ *
+ * The MIME registry holds information about MIME types, such as which
+ * extensions map to a given MIME type. The MIME registry also stores the
+ * id of the application selected to handle each MIME type.
+ */
+
+// prev id dea20bf0-4e4d-48c5-b932-dc3e116dc64b
+[scriptable, uuid(eda22a30-84e1-4e16-9ca0-cd1553c2b34a)]
+interface nsIGIOService : nsISupports
+{
+
+ /*** MIME registry methods ***/
+
+ /* Obtain the MIME type registered for an extension. The extension
+ should not include a leading dot. */
+ AUTF8String getMimeTypeFromExtension(in AUTF8String extension);
+
+ /* Obtain the preferred application for opening a given URI scheme */
+ nsIGIOMimeApp getAppForURIScheme(in AUTF8String aURIScheme);
+
+ /* Obtain the preferred application for opening a given MIME type */
+ nsIGIOMimeApp getAppForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);
+
+ /* Obtain the preferred application for opening a given MIME type */
+ nsIGIOMimeApp createAppFromCommand(in AUTF8String cmd,
+ in AUTF8String appName);
+
+ /* Obtain a description for the given MIME type */
+ AUTF8String getDescriptionForMimeType(in AUTF8String mimeType);
+
+ /*** Misc. methods ***/
+
+ /* Open the given URI in the default application */
+ void showURI(in nsIURI uri);
+ [noscript] void showURIForInput(in ACString uri);
+
+ /* Open path in file manager using org.freedesktop.FileManager1 interface */
+ [noscript] void orgFreedesktopFileManager1ShowItems(in ACString path);
+};
+
+%{C++
+#define NS_GIOSERVICE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/gio-service;1"
+%}