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/* this interface is basically for the old ListNewsGroupState class
 * (the implementation of this class probably wants to also implement
 * or contain ChangeListener so that it can react to OnAnnouncerGoingAway()
 * to destroy the DBView)
 */
#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIMsgNewsFolder;
interface nsINntpUrl;
interface nsIMsgWindow;

[scriptable, uuid(E628ED19-9452-11d2-B7EA-00805F05FFA5)]
interface nsINNTPNewsgroupList : nsISupports {
  
  void initialize(in nsINntpUrl runningURL, in nsIMsgNewsFolder newsFolder);
  
  long getRangeOfArtsToDownload(in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow, in long first_message,
                                in long last_message,
                                in long maxextra,
                                out long real_first_message,
                                out long real_last_message);
  
  void addToKnownArticles(in long first_message, in long last_message);


  /* The NNTP module of netlib calls these to feed XOVER data to the message
     library, in response to a news:group.name URL having been opened.
     If MSG_FinishXOVER() returns a message ID, that message will be loaded
     next (used for selecting the first unread message in a group after
     listing that group.)

     deprecated:
     The "out" arguments are (if non-NULL) a file descriptor to write the XOVER
     line to, followed by a "\n".  This is used by the XOVER-caching code.
  */
  /* the XOVER Sink should maintain the ListNewsGroupState */
  void initXOVER(in long first_message, in long last_message);  
  void processXOVERLINE(in string line, out unsigned long status);
  void processNonXOVER(in string line);
  void resetXOVER();
  void finishXOVERLINE(in long status, out long newstatus);
  void clearXOVERState();

  attribute boolean getOldMessages;
};