nsIFrameLoader.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIDocShell;
interface nsIURI;

[scriptable, uuid(d675c531-6bdc-417c-b176-635060105f07)]
interface nsIFrameLoader : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Get the docshell from the frame loader.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDocShell docShell;

  /**
   * Start loading the frame. This method figures out what to load
   * from the owner content in the frame loader.
   */
  void loadFrame();

  /**
   * Loads the specified URI in this frame. Behaves identically to loadFrame,
   * except that this method allows specifying the URI to load.
   */
  void loadURI(in nsIURI aURI);

  /**
   * Destroy the frame loader and everything inside it. This will
   * clear the weak owner content reference.
   */
  void destroy();

  /**
   * Find out whether the loader's frame is at too great a depth in
   * the frame tree.  This can be used to decide what operations may
   * or may not be allowed on the loader's docshell.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean depthTooGreat;
};

[scriptable, uuid(641c2d90-4ada-4367-bdb1-80831614161d)]
interface nsIFrameLoaderOwner : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The frame loader owned by this nsIFrameLoaderOwner
   */
  readonly attribute nsIFrameLoader frameLoader;

  /**
   * Swap frame loaders with the given nsIFrameLoaderOwner.  This may
   * only be posible in a very limited range of circumstances, or
   * never, depending on the object implementing this interface.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED if the swapping logic is not
   *   implemented for the two given frame loader owners.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_SECURITY_ERR if the swap is not allowed on
   *   security grounds.
   */
  void swapFrameLoaders(in nsIFrameLoaderOwner aOtherOwner);
};