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-
- /**
- * This file contains an interface to the Permission Manager,
- * used to persistenly store permissions for different object types (cookies,
- * images etc) on a site-by-site basis.
- *
- * This service broadcasts the following notification when the permission list
- * is changed:
- *
- * topic : "perm-changed" (PERM_CHANGE_NOTIFICATION)
- * broadcast whenever the permission list changes in some way. there
- * are four possible data strings for this notification; one
- * notification will be broadcast for each change, and will involve
- * a single permission.
- * subject: an nsIPermission interface pointer representing the permission object
- * that changed.
- * data : "deleted"
- * a permission was deleted. the subject is the deleted permission.
- * "added"
- * a permission was added. the subject is the added permission.
- * "changed"
- * a permission was changed. the subject is the new permission.
- * "cleared"
- * the entire permission list was cleared. the subject is null.
- */
-
- #include "nsISupports.idl"
- #include "nsISimpleEnumerator.idl"
-
- interface nsIURI;
- interface nsIObserver;
-
- [scriptable, uuid(4F6B5E00-0C36-11d5-A535-0010A401EB10)]
- interface nsIPermissionManager : nsISupports
- {
- /**
- * Predefined return values for the testPermission method and for
- * the permission param of the add method
- */
- const PRUint32 UNKNOWN_ACTION = 0;
- const PRUint32 ALLOW_ACTION = 1;
- const PRUint32 DENY_ACTION = 2;
-
- /**
- * Add permission information for a given URI and permission type. This
- * operation will cause the type string to be registered if it does not
- * currently exist.
- *
- * @param uri the uri to add the permission for
- * @param type a case-sensitive ASCII string, identifying the consumer.
- * Consumers should choose this string to be unique, with
- * respect to other consumers. The number of unique type
- * indentifiers may be limited.
- * @param permission an integer from 1 to 15, representing the desired
- * action (e.g. allow or deny). The interpretation of
- * this number is up to the consumer, and may represent
- * different actions for different types. Consumers may
- * use one of the enumerated permission actions defined
- * above. 0 is reserved for UNKNOWN_ACTION, and shouldn't
- * be used.
- * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if there is no more room for adding
- * a new type
- */
- void add(in nsIURI uri,
- in string type,
- in PRUint32 permission);
-
- /**
- * Remove permission information for a given URI and permission type.
- * Note that this method takes a host string, not an nsIURI.
- *
- * @param host the host to remove the permission for
- * @param type a case-sensitive ASCII string, identifying the consumer.
- * The type must have been previously registered using the
- * add() method.
- */
- void remove(in AUTF8String host,
- in string type);
-
- /**
- * Clear permission information for all websites.
- */
- void removeAll();
-
- /**
- * Test whether a website has permission to perform the given action.
- * @param uri the uri to be tested
- * @param type a case-sensitive ASCII string, identifying the consumer
- * @param return see add(), param permission. returns UNKNOWN_ACTION when
- * there is no stored permission for this uri and / or type.
- */
- PRUint32 testPermission(in nsIURI uri,
- in string type);
-
- /**
- * Allows enumeration of all stored permissions
- * @return an nsISimpleEnumerator interface that allows access to
- * nsIPermission objects
- */
- readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator enumerator;
- };
-
- %{ C++
- #define NS_PERMISSIONMANAGER_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/permissionmanager;1"
-
- #define PERM_CHANGE_NOTIFICATION "perm-changed"
- %}
-