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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 "msgIStructuredHeaders.idl"

%{C++
#define NS_IMIMEHEADERS_CONTRACTID \
  "@mozilla.org/messenger/mimeheaders;1"
%}

/**
 * An interface that can extract individual headers from a body of headers.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(a9222679-b991-4786-8314-f8819c3a2ba3)]
interface nsIMimeHeaders : msgIStructuredHeaders {
  /// Feed in the text of headers
  void initialize(in ACString allHeaders);

  /**
   * Get the text of a header.
   *
   * Leading and trailing whitespace from headers will be stripped from the
   * return value. If getAllOfThem is set to true, then the returned string will
   * have all of the values of the header, in order, joined with the ',\r\n\t'.
   *
   * If the header is not present, then the returned value is NULL.
   */
  ACString extractHeader(in string headerName, in boolean getAllOfThem);

  /**
   * The current text of all header data.
   *
   * Unlike the asMimeText property, this result preserves the original
   * representation of the header text, including alternative line endings or
   * custom, non-8-bit text. For instances of this interface, this attribute is
   * usually preferable to asMimeText.
   */
  readonly attribute ACString allHeaders;
};