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- /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
- * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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- * The Original Code is the Mozilla toolkit.
- *
- * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
- * Benjamin Smedberg <benjamin@smedbergs.us>
- *
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-
- #include "nsISupports.idl"
-
- interface nsIFile;
- interface nsIURI;
- interface nsIDOMWindow;
-
- /**
- * Represents the command line used to invoke a XUL application. This may be the
- * original command-line of this instance, or a command line remoted from another
- * instance of the application.
- *
- * DEFINITIONS:
- * "arguments" are any values found on the command line.
- * "flags" are switches. In normalized form they are preceded by a single dash.
- * Some flags may take "parameters", e.g. "-url <param>" or "-install-xpi <param>"
- *
- * @status UNDER_REVIEW This interface is intended to be frozen, but isn't frozen
- * yet. Please use with care.
- */
-
- [scriptable, uuid(bc3173bd-aa46-46a0-9d25-d9867a9659b6)]
- interface nsICommandLine : nsISupports
- {
- /**
- * Number of arguments in the command line. The application name is not
- * part of the command line.
- */
- readonly attribute long length;
-
- /**
- * Get an argument from the array of command-line arguments.
- *
- * On windows, flags of the form /flag are normalized to -flag. /flag:param
- * are normalized to -flag param.
- *
- * On *nix and mac flags of the form --flag are normalized to -flag. --flag=param
- * are normalized to the form -flag param.
- *
- * @param aIndex The argument to retrieve. This index is 0-based, and does
- * not include the application name.
- * @return The indexth argument.
- * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aIndex is out of bounds.
- */
- AString getArgument(in long aIndex);
-
- /**
- * Find a command-line flag.
- *
- * @param aFlag The flag name to locate. Do not include the initial
- * hyphen.
- * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive comparisons.
- * @return The position of the flag in the command line.
- */
- long findFlag(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
-
- /**
- * Remove arguments from the command line. This normally occurs after
- * a handler has processed the arguments.
- *
- * @param aStart Index to begin removing.
- * @param aEnd Index to end removing, inclusive.
- */
- void removeArguments(in long aStart, in long aEnd);
-
- /**
- * A helper method which will find a flag and remove it in one step.
- *
- * @param aFlag The flag name to find and remove.
- * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive comparisons.
- * @return Whether the flag was found.
- */
- boolean handleFlag(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
-
- /**
- * Find a flag with a parameter and remove both. This is a helper
- * method that combines "findFlag" and "removeArguments" in one step.
- *
- * @return null (a void astring) if the flag is not found. The parameter value
- * if found. Note that null and the empty string are not the same.
- * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if the flag exists without a parameter
- *
- * @param aFlag The flag name to find and remove.
- * @param aCaseSensitive Whether to do case-sensitive flag search.
- */
- AString handleFlagWithParam(in AString aFlag, in boolean aCaseSensitive);
-
- /**
- * The type of command line being processed.
- *
- * STATE_INITIAL_LAUNCH is the first launch of the application instance.
- * STATE_REMOTE_AUTO is a remote command line automatically redirected to
- * this instance.
- * STATE_REMOTE_EXPLICIT is a remote command line explicitly redirected to
- * this instance using xremote/windde/appleevents.
- */
- readonly attribute unsigned long state;
-
- const unsigned long STATE_INITIAL_LAUNCH = 0;
- const unsigned long STATE_REMOTE_AUTO = 1;
- const unsigned long STATE_REMOTE_EXPLICIT = 2;
-
- /**
- * There may be a command-line handler which performs a default action if
- * there was no explicit action on the command line (open a default browser
- * window, for example). This flag allows the default action to be prevented.
- */
- attribute boolean preventDefault;
-
- /**
- * The working directory for this command line. Use this property instead
- * of the working directory for the current process, since a redirected
- * command line may have had a different working directory.
- */
- readonly attribute nsIFile workingDirectory;
-
- /**
- * A window to be targeted by this command line. In most cases, this will
- * be null (xremote will sometimes set this attribute).
- */
- readonly attribute nsIDOMWindow windowContext;
-
- /**
- * Resolve a file-path argument into an nsIFile. This method gracefully
- * handles relative or absolute file paths, according to the working
- * directory of this command line.
- *
- * @param aArgument The command-line argument to resolve.
- */
- nsIFile resolveFile(in AString aArgument);
-
- /**
- * Resolves a URI argument into a URI. This method has platform-specific
- * logic for converting an absolute URI or a relative file-path into the
- * appropriate URI object; it gracefully handles win32 C:\ paths which would
- * confuse the ioservice if passed directly.
- *
- * @param aArgument The command-line argument to resolve.
- */
- nsIURI resolveURI(in AString aArgument);
- };
-