RetroZilla/extensions/webservices/public/nsISOAPTransport.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsISOAPTransportListener;
interface nsISOAPCall;
interface nsISOAPResponse;
interface nsISOAPResponseListener;
interface nsISOAPCallCompletion;

[scriptable, uuid(99ec6695-535f-11d4-9a58-000064657374)]
interface nsISOAPTransport : nsISupports {

  /**
   * Send the specified message to the specified destination.
   * This will fail if synchronous calls are not supported or if there is any
   * failure in the actual message exchange.  Failure of the call itself will be
   * contained in the response.
   *
   * @param aCall Actual message to be sent.
   *
   * @param aResponse Message to be recieved.  Calling synchronously assumes that 
   *   exactly one response is expected.
   */
  void syncCall(in nsISOAPCall aCall, in nsISOAPResponse aResponse);

  /**
   * Send the specified message to the specified destination synchronously waiting 
   * for completion and any response.
   * This will fail if there is any failure in the setup of the message exchange.
   * Later errors will only be known through the response listener.  Failures of the
   * call itself will be contained in the response passed to the response listener.
   *
   * @param aCall Actual message to be sent.
   *
   * @param aListener Handler to be invoked (single threaded) as each response is 
   *  received and finally with null.  If specified as null, no responses are returned.
   *
   * @param response Message to recieve response and be handled by listener.  May be 
   *   null if listener is null.
   */
  nsISOAPCallCompletion asyncCall(in nsISOAPCall aCall,
                                  in nsISOAPResponseListener aListener,
                                  in nsISOAPResponse aResponse);

  /**
   * Add listener for unsolicited messages arriving on the transport.  Listeners
   *  are provided with the opportunity to accept and process messages.  Typically
   *  a listener will be a service dispatcher.  Listeners will be invoked in the
   *  reverse order of declaration, allowing more local service dispatchers to
   *  temporarily override permanent service dispatchers.  This will fail if the
   *  desired listener was already added to the transport with the specified
   *  capture flag or if the transport does not support incoming messages.
   *
   * @param aListener The listener to recieve unsolicited messages from the
   *   transport.
   *
   * @param aCapture True if the listener should capture the message before
   *   later-declared services.
   */
  void addListener(in nsISOAPTransportListener aListener,
                   in boolean aCapture);

  /**
   * Remove listener for unsolicited messages arriving on the transport.  This
   *  will fail if the specified listener was not added with the specified
   *  capture setting.
   *
   * @param aListener The listener to stop from recieving unsolicited messages 
   *  from the transport.
   *
   * @param aCapture True if the listener was added to capture the message before
   *   later-declared services (must be specified to remove, since a listener
   *   may be registered as both).
   */
  void removeListener(in nsISOAPTransportListener aListener,
                      in boolean aCapture);
};

%{C++
#define NS_SOAPTRANSPORT_CONTRACTID  \
"@mozilla.org/xmlextras/soap/transport;1"
#define NS_SOAPTRANSPORT_CONTRACTID_PREFIX   NS_SOAPTRANSPORT_CONTRACTID "?protocol="
%}