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-
- #include "nsISupports.idl"
- #include "nsISOAPMessage.idl"
-
- interface nsISOAPResponse;
- interface nsISOAPResponseListener;
- interface nsISOAPCallCompletion;
-
- /**
- * This interface is a convenience extension of the basic SOAP message,
- * which handles common patterns of calling, such as providing an
- * action URI in the HTTP header, locating and invoking the appropriate
- * transport based upon the protocol of the transportURI, and
- * automatically recieving the result in a new nsISOAPResponse object
- * which recieves an XML message.
- */
-
- [scriptable, uuid(a8fefe40-52bc-11d4-9a57-000064657374)]
- interface nsISOAPCall : nsISOAPMessage {
-
- /**
- * The URI to which the message will be sent, identifying the
- * transport and transport-specific information about the
- * destination.
- * This does not have to match the <code>targetObjectURI</code>.
- */
- attribute AString transportURI;
-
- /**
- * Enables alternative security model which may be available
- * from participating services. Securely adds a
- * "verifySource" header to the outgoing message with
- * "mustUnderstand" enabled, which permits the server to
- * decide whether the call should be honored from that
- * particular source. i
- * <p>When this verification header is enabled, the
- * calling script is released from the draconion
- * security checks of unverified SOAP calls. But
- * the service being invoked must not reject the
- * message, which is the prescribed action if a SOAP
- * server receives a header of type "mustUnderstand" that
- * it does not understand.
- * <p>Servers which accept "verified" messages
- * containing this header relieve the user of having to
- * configure and trust the domain of the web page never
- * to exploit behind his firewall, because the
- * responsibility is assumed by the service. If the
- * service is not behind a firewall, then merely
- * ignoring the packet is enough to free all
- * users of this facility to call the server whatever
- * their security configurations for unverified calls
- * may be. But it only works with services that
- * accept these verifySource headers.
- * <p>It is possible for a user to disable even verified
- * SOAP calls, but this is not the default setting.
- */
- attribute boolean verifySourceHeader;
-
- /**
- * Synchronously invoke the call. The method returns only when
- * we receive a response (or an error occurs). The
- * <code>transportURI</code> must have been set, the
- * parameter list (even if empty) must have been encoded,
- * and the transportURI must use some known protocol. A
- * synchronous call assumes that there will be exactly one
- * response per call.
- *
- * If not, an error is returned in the status of the response.
- *
- * @returns The SOAP response
- */
- nsISOAPResponse invoke();
-
- /**
- * Asynchronously invoke the call. At this point, the document
- * rooted by the Envelope element is encoded to form the body
- * of the SOAP message. The method returns immediately, and the
- * listener is invoked when we eventually receive a response
- * (or error or successful completion). The
- * <code>transportURI</code> must have been set, the
- * parameter list (even if empty) must have been encoded,
- * and the transportURI must use some known protocol.
- *
- * If not, an error is returned in the status of the response.
- *
- * @param aListener Handler to be invoked asynchronously after the
- * response is recieved. Should be null if no response is
- * expected.
- */
- nsISOAPCallCompletion asyncInvoke(in nsISOAPResponseListener aListener);
- };
-
- %{C++
- #define NS_SOAPCALL_CID \
- { /* 87d21ec0-539d-11d4-9a59-00104bdf5339 */ \
- 0x87d21ec0, 0x539d, 0x11d4, \
- {0x9a, 0x59, 0x00, 0x10, 0x4b, 0xdf, 0x53, 0x39} }
- #define NS_SOAPCALL_CONTRACTID \
- "@mozilla.org/xmlextras/soap/call;1"
- %}
-