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/* -*- Mode: C++; 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
#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIMsgFolder.idl"
interface nsIMsgWindow;
interface nsINntpIncomingServer;
[scriptable, uuid(9a12c3a5-9de5-4c57-ace3-d51802b525a9)]
interface nsIMsgNewsFolder : nsISupports {
readonly attribute AString unicodeName;
/**|rawName| is an 8-bit string to represent the name of a newsgroup used by
* a news server. It's offered for the convenience of callers so that they
* don't have to convert |unicodeName| to the server-side name when
* communicating with a news server. It's US-ASCII except for some
* 'stand-alone' Chinese news servers that use GB2312 for newsgroup names
* violating RFC 1036. For those servers, it's GB2312. However, it can be any
* other single and multibyte encoding in principle. The encoding of this
* string is stored in |nsINntpIncomingServer| because that's a server-wide
* property.
**/
readonly attribute ACString rawName;
readonly attribute nsINntpIncomingServer nntpServer;
attribute boolean saveArticleOffline;
/**
* @name Authentication methods
* NNTP authentication is slightly wonky, due to edge cases that are not seen
* in other protocols. Authentication is not necessary; if authentication is
* used, it could be configured on a per-group basis or even require only a
* username and not a password.
*
* Since passwords could be per-group, it is necessary to refer to passwords
* using the methods on this interface and not nsIMsgIncomingServer. Passwords
* for the server as a whole are found via the root folder. If the server is
* configured to use single sign-on (the default), asking any group for its
* password will result in the server's password, otherwise, each group stores
* its password individually.
*
* Due to this setup, most of the password management functions on
* nsIMsgIncomingServer do not correctly work. The only one that would affect
* the passwords stored on folders correctly is forgetPassword; using any
* other on a news server would result in inconsistent state.
*
* Before requesting either the username or password for authentication, it is
* first necessary to call getAuthenticationCredentials. If the method returns
* true, then groupUsername and groupPassword are appropriately set up for
* necessary authentication; if not, then authentication must be stopped.
*/
/// @{
/**
* Gets the authentication credentials, returning if the results are valid.
*
* If mustPrompt is true, then the user will always be asked for the
* credentials. Otherwise, if mayPrompt is true, then the user will be asked
* for credentials if there are no saved credentials. If mayPrompt is false,
* then no prompt will be shown, even if there are no saved credentials.
*
* If this method returns true, then groupUsername and groupPassword will
* contain non-empty results that could be used for authentication. If this
* method returns false, then the values of groupUsername and groupPassword
* will be cleared if they had previously been set. This could happen if
* mustPrompt were true and the user decided to cancel the authentication
* prompt.
*
* Note that this method will be executed synchronously; if an async prompt
* is wanted, it is the responsibility of the caller to manage it explicitly
* with nsIMsgAsyncPrompter.
*/
boolean getAuthenticationCredentials(in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow,
in boolean mayPrompt, in boolean mustPrompt);
/// The username that should be used for this group
attribute ACString groupUsername;
/// The password that should be used for this group
attribute ACString groupPassword;
/// Forgets saved authentication credentials permanently.
void forgetAuthenticationCredentials();
/// @}
void reorderGroup(in nsIMsgFolder aNewsgroupToMove, in nsIMsgFolder aRefNewsgroup);
nsIMsgFolder addNewsgroup(in AUTF8String newsgroupName, in ACString setStr);
void setReadSetFromStr(in ACString setStr);
/// returns the server's default charset.
readonly attribute ACString charset;
readonly attribute AUTF8String newsrcLine;
readonly attribute ACString optionLines;
readonly attribute ACString unsubscribedNewsgroupLines;
void SetNewsrcHasChanged(in boolean newsrcHasChanged);
void updateSummaryFromNNTPInfo(in long oldest, in long youngest, in long total);
void removeMessage(in nsMsgKey key);
void removeMessages(in Array<nsMsgKey> keys);
void cancelComplete();
void cancelFailed();
ACString getMessageIdForKey(in nsMsgKey key);
void getNextNMessages(in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow);
/**
* Feed the article (message) into the folder, allowing offline storage
* to take place if configured.
*
* @param articleNumber - The article being loaded. It must already be in
* the database.
* @param data - Article data, including end-of-line terminators.
*/
void notifyArticleDownloaded(in unsigned long articleNumber, in ACString data);
void notifyFinishedDownloadinghdrs();
/**
* Requests that a message be canceled.
*
* Note that, before sending the news cancel, this method will check to make
* sure that the user has proper permission to cancel the message.
*
* @param aMsgHdr The header of the message to be canceled.
* @param aMsgWindow The standard message window object, for error dialogs.
*/
void cancelMessage(in nsIMsgDBHdr aMsgHdr, in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow);
};