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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
/**
* 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.
*
* All methods with string parameters have two forms. The preferred
* form operates on UCS-2 encoded characters strings. An alternate
* form operates on characters strings encoded in the "native" charset.
*
* A string containing characters encoded in the native charset cannot
* be safely passed to javascript via xpconnect. Therefore, the "native
* methods" are not scriptable.
*
* @status FROZEN
*/
[scriptable, uuid(c8c0a080-0868-11d3-915f-d9d889d48e3c)]
interface nsIFile : nsISupports
{
/**
* Create Types
*
* NORMAL_FILE_TYPE - A normal file.
* DIRECTORY_TYPE - A directory/folder.
*/
const unsigned long NORMAL_FILE_TYPE = 0;
const unsigned long DIRECTORY_TYPE = 1;
/**
* append[Native]
*
* This function is used for constructing a descendent of the
* current nsIFile.
*
* @param node
* A string which is intended to be a child node of the nsIFile.
* For the |appendNative| method, the node must be in the native
* filesystem charset.
*/
void append(in AString node);
[noscript] void appendNative(in ACString node);
/**
* Normalize the pathName (e.g. removing .. and . components on Unix).
*/
void normalize();
/**
* create
*
* This function will create a new file or directory in the
* file system. Any nodes that have not been created or
* resolved, will be. If the file or directory already
* exists create() will return NS_ERROR_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS.
*
* @param type
* This specifies the type of file system object
* to be made. The only two types at this time
* are file and directory which are defined above.
* If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an
* error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE).
*
* @param permissions
* The unix style octal permissions. This may
* be ignored on systems that do not need to do
* permissions.
*/
void create(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions);
/**
* Accessor to the leaf name of the file itself.
* For the |nativeLeafName| method, the nativeLeafName must
* be in the native filesystem charset.
*/
attribute AString leafName;
[noscript] attribute ACString nativeLeafName;
/**
* copyTo[Native]
*
* This will copy this file to the specified newParentDir.
* If a newName is specified, the file will be renamed.
* If 'this' is not created we will return an error
* (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST).
*
* copyTo may fail if the file already exists in the destination
* directory.
*
* copyTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy.
*
* @param newParentDir
* This param is the destination directory. If the
* newParentDir is null, copyTo() will use the parent
* directory of this file. If the newParentDir is not
* empty and is not a directory, an error will be
* returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For the
* |CopyToNative| method, the newName must be in the
* native filesystem charset.
*
* @param newName
* This param allows you to specify a new name for
* the file to be copied. This param may be empty, in
* which case the current leaf name will be used.
*/
void copyTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
[noscript] void CopyToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
/**
* copyToFollowingLinks[Native]
*
* This function is identical to copyTo with the exception that,
* as the name implies, it follows symbolic links. The XP_UNIX
* implementation always follow symbolic links when copying. For
* the |CopyToFollowingLinks| method, the newName must be in the
* native filesystem charset.
*/
void copyToFollowingLinks(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
[noscript] void copyToFollowingLinksNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
/**
* moveTo[Native]
*
* A method to move this file or directory to newParentDir.
* If a newName is specified, the file or directory will be renamed.
* If 'this' is not created we will return an error
* (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST).
* If 'this' is a file, and the destination file already exists, moveTo
* will replace the old file.
*
* moveTo will NOT resolve aliases/shortcuts during the copy.
* moveTo will do the right thing and allow copies across volumes.
* moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_DIR_NOT_EMPTY) if 'this' is
* a directory and the destination directory is not empty.
* moveTo will return an error (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) if 'this' is
* a directory and the destination directory is not writable.
*
* @param newParentDir
* This param is the destination directory. If the
* newParentDir is empty, moveTo() will rename the file
* within its current directory. If the newParentDir is
* not empty and does not name a directory, an error will
* be returned (NS_ERROR_FILE_DESTINATION_NOT_DIR). For
* the |moveToNative| method, the newName must be in the
* native filesystem charset.
*
* @param newName
* This param allows you to specify a new name for
* the file to be moved. This param may be empty, in
* which case the current leaf name will be used.
*/
void moveTo(in nsIFile newParentDir, in AString newName);
[noscript] void moveToNative(in nsIFile newParentDir, in ACString newName);
/**
* This will try to delete this file. The 'recursive' flag
* must be PR_TRUE to delete directories which are not empty.
*
* This will not resolve any symlinks.
*/
void remove(in boolean recursive);
/**
* Attributes of nsIFile.
*/
attribute unsigned long permissions;
attribute unsigned long permissionsOfLink;
/**
* File Times are to be in milliseconds from
* midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970 Greenwich Mean
* Time (GMT).
*/
attribute PRInt64 lastModifiedTime;
attribute PRInt64 lastModifiedTimeOfLink;
/**
* WARNING! On the Mac, getting/setting the file size with nsIFile
* only deals with the size of the data fork. If you need to
* know the size of the combined data and resource forks use the
* GetFileSizeWithResFork() method defined on nsILocalFileMac.
*/
attribute PRInt64 fileSize;
readonly attribute PRInt64 fileSizeOfLink;
/**
* target & path
*
* Accessor to the string path. The native version of these
* strings are not guaranteed to be a usable path to pass to
* NSPR or the C stdlib. There are problems that affect
* platforms on which a path does not fully specify a file
* because two volumes can have the same name (e.g., XP_MAC).
* This is solved by holding "private", native data in the
* nsIFile implementation. This native data is lost when
* you convert to a string.
*
* DO NOT PASS TO USE WITH NSPR OR STDLIB!
*
* target
* Find out what the symlink points at. Will give error
* (NS_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_PATH) if not a symlink.
*
* path
* Find out what the nsIFile points at.
*
* Note that the ACString attributes are returned in the
* native filesystem charset.
*
*/
readonly attribute AString target;
[noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativeTarget;
readonly attribute AString path;
[noscript] readonly attribute ACString nativePath;
boolean exists();
boolean isWritable();
boolean isReadable();
boolean isExecutable();
boolean isHidden();
boolean isDirectory();
boolean isFile();
boolean isSymlink();
/**
* Not a regular file, not a directory, not a symlink.
*/
boolean isSpecial();
/**
* createUnique
*
* This function will create a new file or directory in the
* file system. Any nodes that have not been created or
* resolved, will be. If this file already exists, we try
* variations on the leaf name "suggestedName" until we find
* one that did not already exist.
*
* If the search for nonexistent files takes too long
* (thousands of the variants already exist), we give up and
* return NS_ERROR_FILE_TOO_BIG.
*
* @param type
* This specifies the type of file system object
* to be made. The only two types at this time
* are file and directory which are defined above.
* If the type is unrecongnized, we will return an
* error (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNKNOWN_TYPE).
*
* @param permissions
* The unix style octal permissions. This may
* be ignored on systems that do not need to do
* permissions.
*/
void createUnique(in unsigned long type, in unsigned long permissions);
/**
* clone()
*
* This function will allocate and initialize a nsIFile object to the
* exact location of the |this| nsIFile.
*
* @param file
* A nsIFile which this object will be initialize
* with.
*
*/
nsIFile clone();
/**
* Will determine if the inFile equals this.
*/
boolean equals(in nsIFile inFile);
/**
* Will determine if inFile is a descendant of this file
* If |recur| is true, look in subdirectories too
*/
boolean contains(in nsIFile inFile, in boolean recur);
/**
* Parent will be null when this is at the top of the volume.
*/
readonly attribute nsIFile parent;
/**
* Returns an enumeration of the elements in a directory. Each
* element in the enumeration is an nsIFile.
*
* @return NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_DIRECTORY if the current nsIFile does
* not specify a directory.
*/
readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator directoryEntries;
};
%{C++
#ifdef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
#include "nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h"
#endif
%}