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authorMatt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain>2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500
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+/* -*- Mode: idl; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface mozIStorageConnection;
+interface nsIFile;
+interface nsIFileURL;
+interface nsIPropertyBag2;
+interface nsIVariant;
+interface mozIStorageCompletionCallback;
+
+/**
+ * The mozIStorageService interface is intended to be implemented by
+ * a service that can create storage connections (mozIStorageConnection)
+ * to either a well-known profile database or to a specific database file.
+ *
+ * This is the only way to open a database connection.
+ *
+ * @note The first reference to mozIStorageService must be made on the main
+ * thread.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(07b6b2f5-6d97-47b4-9584-e65bc467fe9e)]
+interface mozIStorageService : nsISupports {
+ /**
+ * Open an asynchronous connection to a database.
+ *
+ * This method MUST be called from the main thread. The connection object
+ * returned by this function is not threadsafe. You MUST use it only from
+ * the main thread.
+ *
+ * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT
+ * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses
+ * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening
+ * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE.
+ *
+ * @param aDatabaseStore Either a nsIFile representing the file that contains
+ * the database or a special string to open a special database. The special
+ * string may be:
+ * - "memory" to open an in-memory database.
+ *
+ * @param aOptions A set of options (may be null). Options may contain:
+ * - bool shared (defaults to |false|).
+ * -- If |true|, opens the database with a shared-cache. The
+ * shared-cache mode is more memory-efficient when many
+ * connections to the same database are expected, though, the
+ * connections will contend the cache resource. In any cases
+ * where performance matter, working without a shared-cache will
+ * improve concurrency. @see openUnsharedDatabase
+ *
+ * - int growthIncrement (defaults to none).
+ * -- Set the growth increment for the main database. This hints SQLite to
+ * grow the database file by a given chunk size and may reduce
+ * filesystem fragmentation on large databases.
+ * @see mozIStorageConnection::setGrowthIncrement
+ *
+ * @param aCallback A callback that will receive the result of the operation.
+ * In case of error, it may receive as status:
+ * - NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY if allocating a new storage object fails.
+ * - NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED if the database file is corrupted.
+ * In case of success, it receives as argument the new database
+ * connection, as an instance of |mozIStorageAsyncConnection|.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if |aDatabaseStore| is neither a file nor
+ * one of the special strings understood by this method, or if one of
+ * the options passed through |aOptions| does not have the right type.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_SAME_THREAD if called from a thread other than the
+ * main thread.
+ */
+ void openAsyncDatabase(in nsIVariant aDatabaseStore,
+ [optional] in nsIPropertyBag2 aOptions,
+ in mozIStorageCompletionCallback aCallback);
+ /**
+ * Get a connection to a named special database storage.
+ *
+ * @param aStorageKey a string key identifying the type of storage
+ * requested. Valid values include: "memory".
+ *
+ * @see openDatabase for restrictions on how database connections may be
+ * used. For the profile database, you should only access it from the main
+ * thread since other callers may also have connections.
+ *
+ * @returns a new mozIStorageConnection for the requested
+ * storage database.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aStorageKey is invalid.
+ */
+ mozIStorageConnection openSpecialDatabase(in string aStorageKey);
+
+ /**
+ * Open a connection to the specified file.
+ *
+ * Consumers should check mozIStorageConnection::connectionReady to ensure
+ * that they can use the database. If this value is false, it is strongly
+ * recommended that the database be backed up with
+ * mozIStorageConnection::backupDB so user data is not lost.
+ *
+ * ==========
+ * DANGER
+ * ==========
+ *
+ * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT
+ * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses
+ * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening
+ * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE.
+ *
+ * The connection object returned by this function is not threadsafe. You must
+ * use it only from the thread you created it from.
+ *
+ * @param aDatabaseFile
+ * A nsIFile that represents the database that is to be opened..
+ *
+ * @returns a mozIStorageConnection for the requested database file.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
+ * If allocating a new storage object fails.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED
+ * If the database file is corrupted.
+ */
+ mozIStorageConnection openDatabase(in nsIFile aDatabaseFile);
+
+ /**
+ * Open a connection to the specified file that doesn't share a sqlite cache.
+ *
+ * Without a shared-cache, each connection uses its own pages cache, which
+ * may be memory inefficient with a large number of connections, in such a
+ * case so you should use openDatabase instead. On the other side, if cache
+ * contention may be an issue, for instance when concurrency is important to
+ * ensure responsiveness, using unshared connections may be a performance win.
+ *
+ * ==========
+ * DANGER
+ * ==========
+ *
+ * If you have more than one connection to a file, you MUST use the EXACT
+ * SAME NAME for the file each time, including case. The sqlite code uses
+ * a simple string compare to see if there is already a connection. Opening
+ * a connection to "Foo.sqlite" and "foo.sqlite" will CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE.
+ *
+ * The connection object returned by this function is not threadsafe. You must
+ * use it only from the thread you created it from.
+ *
+ * @param aDatabaseFile
+ * A nsIFile that represents the database that is to be opened.
+ *
+ * @returns a mozIStorageConnection for the requested database file.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
+ * If allocating a new storage object fails.
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED
+ * If the database file is corrupted.
+ */
+ mozIStorageConnection openUnsharedDatabase(in nsIFile aDatabaseFile);
+
+ /**
+ * See openDatabase(). Exactly the same only initialized with a file URL.
+ * Custom parameters can be passed to SQLite and VFS implementations through
+ * the query part of the URL.
+ *
+ * @param aURL
+ * A nsIFileURL that represents the database that is to be opened.
+ */
+ mozIStorageConnection openDatabaseWithFileURL(in nsIFileURL aFileURL);
+
+ /*
+ * Utilities
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * Copies the specified database file to the specified parent directory with
+ * the specified file name. If the parent directory is not specified, it
+ * places the backup in the same directory as the current file. This function
+ * ensures that the file being created is unique.
+ *
+ * @param aDBFile
+ * The database file that will be backed up.
+ * @param aBackupFileName
+ * The name of the new backup file to create.
+ * @param [optional] aBackupParentDirectory
+ * The directory you'd like the backup file to be placed.
+ * @return The nsIFile representing the backup file.
+ */
+ nsIFile backupDatabaseFile(in nsIFile aDBFile, in AString aBackupFileName,
+ [optional] in nsIFile aBackupParentDirectory);
+};
+
+%{C++
+
+#define MOZ_STORAGE_MEMORY_STORAGE_KEY "memory"
+
+%}