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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface imgIDecoderObserver;
interface imgIRequest;

interface nsIChannel;
interface nsILoadGroup;
interface nsIStreamListener;
interface nsIURI;

interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
interface nsIChannelPolicy;

#include "nsIRequest.idl" // for nsLoadFlags

/**
 * imgILoader interface
 *
 * @author Stuart Parmenter <pavlov@netscape.com>
 * @version 0.3
 * @see imagelib2
 */
[scriptable, uuid(47fbc3e7-c654-4ffb-83fc-a861394145ee)]
interface imgILoader : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Start the load and decode of an image.
   * @param aURI the URI to load
   * @param aInitialDocumentURI the URI that 'initiated' the load -- used for 3rd party cookie blocking
   * @param aReferrerURI the 'referring' URI
   * @param aLoadGroup Loadgroup to put the image load into
   * @param aObserver the observer (may be null)
   * @param aCX some random data
   * @param aLoadFlags Load flags for the request
   * @param aCacheKey cache key to use for a load if the original
   *                  image came from a request that had post data
   * @param aRequest A newly created, unused imgIRequest object or NULL for one to
                     be created for you.


   * libpr0n does NOT keep a strong ref to the observer; this prevents
   * reference cycles.  This means that callers of loadImage should
   * make sure to Cancel() the resulting request before the observer
   * goes away.
   */
  imgIRequest loadImage(in nsIURI aURI,
                        in nsIURI aInitialDocumentURL,
                        in nsIURI aReferrerURI,
                        in nsILoadGroup aLoadGroup,
                        in imgIDecoderObserver aObserver,
                        in nsISupports aCX,
                        in nsLoadFlags aLoadFlags,
                        in nsISupports cacheKey,
                        in imgIRequest aRequest,
                        in nsIChannelPolicy channelPolicy);

  /**
   * Start the load and decode of an image.
   * @param aChannel the channel to load the image from.  This must
   *                 already be opened before ths method is called, and there
   *                 must have been no OnDataAvailable calls for it yet.   
   * @param aObserver the observer (may be null)
   * @param cx some random data
   * @param aListener [out]
   *        A listener that you must send the channel's notifications and data to.
   *        Can be null, in which case imagelib has found a cached image and is
   *        not interested in the data. @aChannel will be canceled for you in
   *        this case.
   *
   * libpr0n does NOT keep a strong ref to the observer; this prevents
   * reference cycles.  This means that callers of loadImageWithChannel should
   * make sure to Cancel() the resulting request before the observer goes away.
   */
  imgIRequest loadImageWithChannel(in nsIChannel aChannel,
                        in imgIDecoderObserver aObserver,
                        in nsISupports cx,
                        out nsIStreamListener aListener);

  /**
   * Checks if a decoder for the an image with the given mime type is available
   * @param mimeType The type to find a decoder for
   * @return true if a decoder is available, false otherwise
   */
  boolean supportImageWithMimeType(in string mimeType);
};
