source: vbox/trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/obsolete/nsIFileSpec.idl@ 4837

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/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
    THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED AND UNSUPPORTED!  USE |nsIFile| and |nsILocalFile|.
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */


// This is the only correct cross-platform way to specify a file.
// Strings are not such a way. If you grew up on windows or unix, you
// may think they are. Welcome to reality.

#include "nsISupports.idl"

%{C++
#include "nsFileSpec.h" // for factory method
%}

interface nsIFileURL;
interface nsIFilePath;
interface nsIOutputStream;
interface nsIInputStream;

// Define Contractid and CID
%{C++

/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
    THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED AND UNSUPPORTED!  USE |nsIFile| and |nsILocalFile|.
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

// {A5740FA2-146E-11d3-B00D-00C04FC2E79B} 
#define NS_FILESPEC_CID \
{ 0xa5740fa2, 0x146e, 0x11d3, { 0xb0, 0xd, 0x0, 0xc0, 0x4f, 0xc2, 0xe7, 0x9b } }

#define NS_FILESPEC_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/filespec;1"
#define NS_FILESPEC_CLASSNAME "File Spec"

%}

      native nsFileSpec(nsFileSpec);
[ref] native nsFileSpecRef(nsFileSpec);
[ptr] native nsFileSpecPtr(nsFileSpec);

[scriptable, uuid(d8c0a080-0868-11d3-915f-d9d889d48e3c)]
interface nsIFileSpec : nsISupports
{
        void fromFileSpec([const] in nsIFileSpec original);

        attribute string URLString;
        attribute string unixStyleFilePath;
        attribute string persistentDescriptorString;
        attribute string nativePath;

        readonly attribute string NSPRPath;

        void error();

        boolean isValid();
        boolean failed();

        attribute string leafName;

        readonly attribute nsIFileSpec parent;
        readonly attribute nsIInputStream inputStream;
        readonly attribute nsIOutputStream outputStream;
    boolean isChildOf(in nsIFileSpec possibleParent);
        [noscript] readonly attribute nsFileSpec fileSpec;
        [noscript] void setFromFileSpec([const] in nsFileSpecRef spec);
        
        attribute string fileContents;

        void makeUnique();
        void makeUniqueWithSuggestedName(in string suggestedName);

        readonly attribute unsigned long modDate;
        boolean modDateChanged(in unsigned long oldStamp);

        boolean isDirectory();
        boolean isFile();
        boolean exists();
        boolean isHidden();

        boolean equals(in nsIFileSpec spec);

        readonly attribute unsigned long fileSize;
        readonly attribute long long diskSpaceAvailable;

        void appendRelativeUnixPath(in string relativePath);

        void createDir();
        void touch();
    
        boolean isSymlink();
        void resolveSymlink();

        void delete(in boolean recursive);
    void truncate(in long aNewLength);
        void rename([const] in string newLeafName);
        void copyToDir([const] in nsIFileSpec newParentDir);
        void moveToDir([const] in nsIFileSpec newParentDir);
        void execute([const] in string args);
        
        void openStreamForReading();
        void openStreamForWriting();
        void openStreamForReadingAndWriting();
        void closeStream();
        boolean isStreamOpen();
        
        boolean eof();
        long read(inout string buffer, in long requestedCount);
        void readLine(inout string line, in long bufferSize, out boolean wasTruncated);

    /** Check eof() before each call.
     * CAUTION: false result only indicates line was truncated
     * to fit buffer, or an error occurred (OTHER THAN eof).
     */
        long write(in string data, in long requestedCount);
        void flush();
        
        void seek(in long offset);
        long tell();
        void endLine();
        attribute AString unicodePath;
        
};
        
// Define Contractid and CID
%{C++
// {a3020981-2018-11d3-915f-a957795b7ebc}
#define NS_DIRECTORYITERATOR_CID \
{ 0xa3020981, 0x2018, 0x11d3, { 0x91, 0x5f, 0xa9, 0x57, 0x79, 0x5b, 0x7e, 0xbc } }

#define NS_DIRECTORYITERATOR_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/directoryiterator;1"
#define NS_DIRECTORYITERATOR_CLASSNAME "nsIDirectoryIterator"
%}

[scriptable, uuid(d8c0a083-0868-11d3-915f-d9d889d48e3c)]
interface nsIDirectoryIterator : nsISupports
{
        void init(in nsIFileSpec parent, in boolean resolveSymlink);
        boolean exists();
        void next();
        readonly attribute nsIFileSpec currentSpec;
};

%{C++
// Factory methods if you link with xpcom
NS_COM_OBSOLETE nsresult NS_NewFileSpecWithSpec(const nsFileSpec& aSrcFileSpec, nsIFileSpec **result);
NS_COM_OBSOLETE nsresult NS_NewFileSpec(nsIFileSpec** result);
NS_COM_OBSOLETE nsresult NS_NewDirectoryIterator(nsIDirectoryIterator** result);

// Convert from nsIFile to nsIFileSpec
//
// XXX This function is here only to assist with the migration from nsIFileSpec
// to nsIFile.  This function will dissappear in future mozilla releases.
//
// ...ripped from nsPrefService.cpp:
//
//   "So discouraged is the use of nsIFileSpec, nobody wanted to have this routine be
//    public - It might lead to continued use of nsIFileSpec. Right now, [mozilla] has
//    such a need for it, here it is. Let's stop having to use it though."
//
NS_COM_OBSOLETE nsresult NS_NewFileSpecFromIFile(nsIFile *aFile, nsIFileSpec **result);

#define NS_BOOL_ACCESSOR(_method) { PRBool yes; return NS_SUCCEEDED(f->_method(&yes)) && yes; }
inline PRBool Exists(nsIFileSpec* f) NS_BOOL_ACCESSOR(Exists)
inline PRBool Exists(nsIDirectoryIterator* f) NS_BOOL_ACCESSOR(Exists)
inline PRBool IsDirectory(nsIFileSpec* f) NS_BOOL_ACCESSOR(IsDirectory)

%}