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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+ *
+ * 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"
+#include "nsICache.idl"
+
+interface nsICacheEntryDescriptor;
+interface nsICacheListener;
+interface nsIFile;
+
+[scriptable, uuid(1dd7708c-de48-4ffe-b5aa-cd218c762887)]
+interface nsICacheSession : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Expired entries will be doomed or evicted if this attribute is set to
+ * true. If false, expired entries will be returned (useful for offline-
+ * mode and clients, such as HTTP, that can update the valid lifetime of
+ * cached content). This attribute defaults to true.
+ */
+ attribute boolean doomEntriesIfExpired;
+
+ /**
+ * When set, entries created with this session will be placed to a cache
+ * based at this directory. Use when storing entries to a different
+ * profile than the active profile of the the current running application
+ * process.
+ */
+ attribute nsIFile profileDirectory;
+
+ /**
+ * A cache session can only give out one descriptor with WRITE access
+ * to a given cache entry at a time. Until the client calls MarkValid on
+ * its descriptor, other attempts to open the same cache entry will block.
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * Synchronous cache access. This method fails if it is called on the main
+ * thread. Use asyncOpenCacheEntry() instead. This returns a unique
+ * descriptor each time it is called, even if the same key is specified.
+ * When called by multiple threads for write access, only one writable
+ * descriptor will be granted. If 'blockingMode' is set to false, it will
+ * return NS_ERROR_CACHE_WAIT_FOR_VALIDATION rather than block when another
+ * descriptor has been given WRITE access but hasn't validated the entry yet.
+ */
+ nsICacheEntryDescriptor openCacheEntry(in ACString key,
+ in nsCacheAccessMode accessRequested,
+ in boolean blockingMode);
+
+ /**
+ * Asynchronous cache access. Does not block the calling thread. Instead,
+ * the listener will be notified when the descriptor is available. If
+ * 'noWait' is set to true, the listener will be notified immediately with
+ * status NS_ERROR_CACHE_WAIT_FOR_VALIDATION rather than queuing the request
+ * when another descriptor has been given WRITE access but hasn't validated
+ * the entry yet.
+ */
+ void asyncOpenCacheEntry(in ACString key,
+ in nsCacheAccessMode accessRequested,
+ in nsICacheListener listener,
+ [optional] in boolean noWait);
+
+ /**
+ * Evict all entries for this session's clientID according to its storagePolicy.
+ */
+ void evictEntries();
+
+ /**
+ * Return whether any of the cache devices implied by the session storage policy
+ * are currently enabled for instantiation if they don't already exist.
+ */
+ boolean isStorageEnabled();
+
+ /**
+ * Asynchronously doom an entry specified by the key. Listener will be
+ * notified about the status of the operation. Null may be passed if caller
+ * doesn't care about the result.
+ */
+ void doomEntry(in ACString key, in nsICacheListener listener);
+
+ /**
+ * Private entries will be doomed when the last private browsing session
+ * finishes.
+ */
+ attribute boolean isPrivate;
+};