RetroZilla/caps/idl/nsIPrincipal.idl

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/* Defines the abstract interface for a principal. */
#include "nsISerializable.idl"
%{C++
struct JSContext;
struct JSPrincipals;
%}
interface nsIURI;
[ptr] native JSContext(JSContext);
[ptr] native JSPrincipals(JSPrincipals);
[uuid(fb9ddeb9-26f9-46b8-85d5-3978aaee05aa)]
interface nsIPrincipal : nsISerializable
{
/**
* Values of capabilities for each principal. Order is
* significant: if an operation is performed on a set
* of capabilities, the minimum is computed.
*/
const short ENABLE_DENIED = 1;
const short ENABLE_UNKNOWN = 2;
const short ENABLE_WITH_USER_PERMISSION = 3;
const short ENABLE_GRANTED = 4;
/**
* Returns the security preferences associated with this principal.
* prefBranch will be set to the pref branch to which these preferences
* pertain. id is a pseudo-unique identifier, pertaining to either the
* fingerprint or the origin. subjectName is a name that identifies the
* entity this principal represents (may be empty). grantedList and
* deniedList are space-separated lists of capabilities which were
* explicitly granted or denied by a pref.
*/
void getPreferences(out string prefBranch, out string id,
out string subjectName,
out string grantedList, out string deniedList);
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equivalent to this principal.
* Principals are considered equal if they are the same principal,
* they have the same origin, or have the same certificate fingerprint ID
*/
boolean equals(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* Returns a hash value for the principal.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long hashValue;
/**
* Returns the JS equivalent of the principal.
* @see JSPrincipals.h
*/
JSPrincipals getJSPrincipals(in JSContext cx);
/**
* The domain security policy of the principal.
*/
// XXXcaa should this be here? The script security manager is the only
// thing that should care about this. Wouldn't storing this data in one
// of the hashtables in nsScriptSecurityManager be better?
// XXXbz why is this writable? Who should have write access to this? What
// happens if this principal is in our hashtable and we pass it out of the
// security manager and someone writes to this field? Especially if they
// write garbage? If we need to give someone other than the security
// manager a way to set this (which I question, since it can increase the
// permissions of a page) it should be a |void clearSecurityPolicy()|
// method.
attribute voidPtr securityPolicy;
// XXXcaa probably should be turned into {get|set}CapabilityFlags
// XXXbz again, what if this lives in our hashtable and someone
// messes with it? Is that OK?
short canEnableCapability(in string capability);
void setCanEnableCapability(in string capability, in short canEnable);
boolean isCapabilityEnabled(in string capability, in voidPtr annotation);
void enableCapability(in string capability, inout voidPtr annotation);
void revertCapability(in string capability, inout voidPtr annotation);
void disableCapability(in string capability, inout voidPtr annotation);
/**
* The codebase URI to which this principal pertains. This is
* generally the document URI.
*/
readonly attribute nsIURI URI;
/**
* The domain URI to which this principal pertains.
* This is congruent with HTMLDocument.domain, and may be null.
* Setting this has no effect on the URI.
*/
attribute nsIURI domain;
/**
* The origin of this principal's codebase URI.
* An origin is defined as: scheme + host + port.
* (or the full URI for hostless schemes)
*/
// XXXcaa this should probably be turned into an nsIURI.
// The system principal's origin should be some caps namespace
// with a chrome URI. All of chrome should probably be the same.
readonly attribute string origin;
/**
* Whether this principal is associated with a certificate.
*/
readonly attribute boolean hasCertificate;
/**
* The fingerprint ID of this principal's certificate.
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
// XXXcaa kaie says this may not be unique. We should probably
// consider using something else for this....
readonly attribute AUTF8String fingerprint;
/**
* The pretty name for the certificate. This sort of (but not really)
* identifies the subject of the certificate (the entity that stands behind
* the certificate). Note that this may be empty; prefer to get the
* certificate itself and get this information from it, since that may
* provide more information.
*
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String prettyName;
/**
* Returns whether the other principal is equal to or weaker than this
* principal. Principals are equal if they are the same object, they
* have the same origin, or they have the same certificate ID.
*
* Thus a principal subsumes itself if it is equal to itself.
*
* The system principal subsumes itself and all other principals except
* the non-principal.
*
* The non-principal is not equal to itself or any other principal, and
* therefore does not subsume itself.
*
* Both codebase and certificate principals are subsumed by the system
* principal, but no codebase or certificate principal yet subsumes any
* other codebase or certificate principal. This may change in a future
* release; note that nsIPrincipal is unfrozen, not slated to be frozen.
*/
boolean subsumes(in nsIPrincipal other);
/**
* The subject name for the certificate. This actually identifies the
* subject of the certificate. This may well not be a string that would
* mean much to a typical user on its own (e.g. it may have a number of
* different names all concatenated together with some information on what
* they mean in between).
*
* Throws if there is no certificate associated with this principal.
*/
readonly attribute AUTF8String subjectName;
/**
* The certificate associated with this principal, if any. If there isn't
* one, this will return null. Getting this attribute never throws.
*/
readonly attribute nsISupports certificate;
};