Stub for proposed API: ExternalUriOpener

This change enables the use of the `Simple Browser` extension in the
context of `vscode` API v1.77.x.

This is accomplished by stubbing missing `vscode` proposed API
i.e. ExternalUriOpener

Signed-off-by: Alvaro Sanchez-Leon <alvaro.sanchez-leon@ericsson.com>

packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/plugin-context.ts

@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ import {
     TextDiffTabInput,
     TextMergeTabInput,
     WebviewEditorTabInput,
-    DocumentPasteEdit
+    DocumentPasteEdit,
+    ExternalUriOpenerPriority
 } from './types-impl';
 import { AuthenticationExtImpl } from './authentication-ext';
 import { SymbolKind } from '../common/plugin-api-rpc-model';
@@ -573,6 +574,11 @@ export function createAPIFactory(
             },
             get tabGroups(): theia.TabGroups {
                 return tabsExt.tabGroups;
+            },
+
+            // ExternalUriOpener @stubbed
+            registerExternalUriOpener(id: string, opener: theia.ExternalUriOpener, metadata: theia.ExternalUriOpenerMetadata): theia.Disposable {
+                return Disposable.NULL;
             }
         };
 
@@ -1350,7 +1356,8 @@ export function createAPIFactory(
             TabInputTerminal: TerminalEditorTabInput,
             TerminalLocation,
             TerminalExitReason,
-            DocumentPasteEdit
+            DocumentPasteEdit,
+            ExternalUriOpenerPriority
         };
     };
 }

packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts

@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ export enum SourceControlInputBoxValidationType {
     Information = 2
 }
 
+export enum ExternalUriOpenerPriority {
+    None = 0,
+    Option = 1,
+    Default = 2,
+    Preferred = 3,
+}
+
 @es5ClassCompat
 export class ColorTheme implements theia.ColorTheme {
     constructor(public readonly kind: ColorThemeKind) { }

packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 import './theia-extra';
 import './theia-proposed';
+import './theia.proposed.externalUriOpener';
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 /* eslint-disable max-len */

packages/plugin/src/theia.proposed.externalUriOpener.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+// *****************************************************************************
+// Copyright (C) 2023 Ericsson and others.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+//
+// This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+// Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the Eclipse
+// Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License, version 2
+// with the GNU Classpath Exception which is available at
+// https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+// *****************************************************************************
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+// code copied and modified from https://vscode.dev/github/microsoft/vscode/blob/1.77.3/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.externalUriOpener.d.ts
+
+export module '@theia/plugin' {
+    /**
+     * Details if an `ExternalUriOpener` can open a uri.
+     *
+     * The priority is also used to rank multiple openers against each other and determine
+     * if an opener should be selected automatically or if the user should be prompted to
+     * select an opener.
+     *
+     * The editor will try to use the best available opener, as sorted by `ExternalUriOpenerPriority`.
+     * If there are multiple potential "best" openers for a URI, then the user will be prompted
+     * to select an opener.
+     */
+    export enum ExternalUriOpenerPriority {
+        /**
+         * The opener is disabled and will never be shown to users.
+         *
+         * Note that the opener can still be used if the user specifically
+         * configures it in their settings.
+         */
+        None = 0,
+
+        /**
+         * The opener can open the uri but will not cause a prompt on its own
+         * since the editor always contributes a built-in `Default` opener.
+         */
+        Option = 1,
+
+        /**
+         * The opener can open the uri.
+         *
+         * The editor's built-in opener has `Default` priority. This means that any additional `Default`
+         * openers will cause the user to be prompted to select from a list of all potential openers.
+         */
+        Default = 2,
+
+        /**
+         * The opener can open the uri and should be automatically selected over any
+         * default openers, include the built-in one from the editor.
+         *
+         * A preferred opener will be automatically selected if no other preferred openers
+         * are available. If multiple preferred openers are available, then the user
+         * is shown a prompt with all potential openers (not just preferred openers).
+         */
+        Preferred = 3,
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles opening uris to external resources, such as http(s) links.
+     *
+     * Extensions can implement an `ExternalUriOpener` to open `http` links to a webserver
+     * inside of the editor instead of having the link be opened by the web browser.
+     *
+     * Currently openers may only be registered for `http` and `https` uris.
+     */
+    export interface ExternalUriOpener {
+
+        /**
+         * Check if the opener can open a uri.
+         *
+         * @param uri The uri being opened. This is the uri that the user clicked on. It has
+         * not yet gone through port forwarding.
+         * @param token Cancellation token indicating that the result is no longer needed.
+         *
+         * @return Priority indicating if the opener can open the external uri.
+         */
+        canOpenExternalUri(uri: Uri, token: CancellationToken): ExternalUriOpenerPriority | Thenable<ExternalUriOpenerPriority>;
+
+        /**
+         * Open a uri.
+         *
+         * This is invoked when:
+         *
+         * - The user clicks a link which does not have an assigned opener. In this case, first `canOpenExternalUri`
+         *   is called and if the user selects this opener, then `openExternalUri` is called.
+         * - The user sets the default opener for a link in their settings and then visits a link.
+         *
+         * @param resolvedUri The uri to open. This uri may have been transformed by port forwarding, so it
+         * may not match the original uri passed to `canOpenExternalUri`. Use `ctx.originalUri` to check the
+         * original uri.
+         * @param ctx Additional information about the uri being opened.
+         * @param token Cancellation token indicating that opening has been canceled.
+         *
+         * @return Thenable indicating that the opening has completed.
+         */
+        openExternalUri(resolvedUri: Uri, ctx: OpenExternalUriContext, token: CancellationToken): Thenable<void> | void;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Additional information about the uri being opened.
+     */
+    export interface OpenExternalUriContext {
+        /**
+         * The uri that triggered the open.
+         *
+         * This is the original uri that the user clicked on or that was passed to `openExternal.`
+         * Due to port forwarding, this may not match the `resolvedUri` passed to `openExternalUri`.
+         */
+        readonly sourceUri: Uri;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Additional metadata about a registered `ExternalUriOpener`.
+     */
+    interface ExternalUriOpenerMetadata {
+
+        /**
+         * List of uri schemes the opener is triggered for.
+         *
+         * Currently only `http` and `https` are supported.
+         */
+        readonly schemes: readonly string[];
+
+        /**
+         * Text displayed to the user that explains what the opener does.
+         *
+         * For example, 'Open in browser preview'
+         */
+        readonly label: string;
+    }
+
+    export namespace window {
+        /**
+         * Register a new `ExternalUriOpener`.
+         *
+         * When a uri is about to be opened, an `onOpenExternalUri:SCHEME` activation event is fired.
+         *
+         * @param id Unique id of the opener, such as `myExtension.browserPreview`. This is used in settings
+         *   and commands to identify the opener.
+         * @param opener Opener to register.
+         * @param metadata Additional information about the opener.
+         *
+         * @returns Disposable that unregisters the opener.
+         */
+        export function registerExternalUriOpener(id: string, opener: ExternalUriOpener, metadata: ExternalUriOpenerMetadata): Disposable;
+    }
+}