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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
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface nsIFile;
%{C++
#define NS_MSGPROTOCOLINFO_CONTRACTID_PREFIX \
"@mozilla.org/messenger/protocol/info;1?type="
%}
[scriptable, uuid(9428b5f5-8b12-493c-aae2-18296c2877b1)]
interface nsIMsgProtocolInfo : nsISupports
{
/**
* the default path to store local data for this type of
* server. Each server is usually in a subdirectory below this
*/
attribute nsIFile defaultLocalPath;
/**
* the IID of the protocol-specific interface for this server
* usually used from JS to dynamically get server-specific attributes
*/
readonly attribute nsIIDRef serverIID;
/**
* does this server type require a username?
* for instance, news does not but IMAP/POP do
*/
readonly attribute boolean requiresUsername;
/**
* if the pretty name of the server should
* just be the e-mail address. Otherwise it usually
* ends up being something like "news on hostname"
*/
readonly attribute boolean preflightPrettyNameWithEmailAddress;
/**
* can this type of server be removed from the account manager?
* for instance, local mail is not removable
*/
readonly attribute boolean canDelete;
/**
* can this type of server log in at startup?
*/
readonly attribute boolean canLoginAtStartUp;
/**
* can you duplicate this server?
* for instance, local mail is unique and should not be duplicated.
*/
readonly attribute boolean canDuplicate;
/* the default port
This is similar to nsIProtocolHanderl.defaultPort,
but for architectural reasons, there is a mail-specific interface to this.
When the input param isSecure is set to true, for all supported protocols,
the secure port value is returned. If isSecure is set to false the default
port value is returned */
long getDefaultServerPort(in boolean isSecure);
/**
* An attribute that tell us whether on not we can
* get messages for the given server type
* this is poorly named right now.
* it's really is there an inbox for this type?
* XXX todo, rename this.
*/
readonly attribute boolean canGetMessages;
/**
* do messages arrive for this server
* if they do, we can use our junk controls on it.
*/
readonly attribute boolean canGetIncomingMessages;
/**
* do biff by default?
*/
readonly attribute boolean defaultDoBiff;
/**
* do we need to show compose message link in the AccountCentral page ?
*/
readonly attribute boolean showComposeMsgLink;
/**
* Will new folders be created asynchronously?
*/
readonly attribute boolean foldersCreatedAsync;
};