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-
- #include "nsIProtocolHandler.idl"
-
- interface nsIFile;
-
- [scriptable, uuid(255602ea-c31f-4d29-8f35-905ead3f76f4)]
- interface nsIFileProtocolHandler : nsIProtocolHandler
- {
- /**
- * This method constructs a new file URI
- *
- * @param aFile nsIFile
- * @return reference to a new nsIURI object
- */
- nsIURI newFileURI(in nsIFile aFile);
-
- /**
- * Converts the nsIFile to the corresponding URL string. NOTE: under
- * some platforms this is a lossy conversion (e.g., Mac Carbon build).
- * If the nsIFile is a local file, then the result will be a file://
- * URL string.
- *
- * The resulting string may contain URL-escaped characters.
- */
- AUTF8String getURLSpecFromFile(in nsIFile file);
-
- /**
- * Converts the URL string into the corresponding nsIFile if possible.
- * A local file will be created if the URL string begins with file://.
- */
- nsIFile getFileFromURLSpec(in AUTF8String url);
-
- /**
- * Takes a local file and tries to interpret it as an internet shortcut
- * (e.g. .url files on windows).
- * @param file The local file to read
- * @return The URI the file refers to
- *
- * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the OS does not support such files.
- * @throw NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if this file is not an internet shortcut.
- */
- nsIURI readURLFile(in nsIFile file);
- };
-