/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
 *
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIApplicationCache;

/**
 * The application cache service manages the set of application cache
 * groups.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(10fdea21-1224-4c29-8507-8f3205a121d5)]
interface nsIApplicationCacheService : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Create a new, empty application cache for the given cache
     * group.
     */
    nsIApplicationCache createApplicationCache(in ACString group);

    /**
     * Get an application cache object for the given client ID.
     */
    nsIApplicationCache getApplicationCache(in ACString clientID);

    /**
     * Get the currently active cache object for a cache group.
     */
    nsIApplicationCache getActiveCache(in ACString group);

    /**
     * Deactivate the currently-active cache object for a cache group.
     */
    void deactivateGroup(in ACString group);

    /**
     * Try to find the best application cache to serve a resource.
     */
    nsIApplicationCache chooseApplicationCache(in ACString key);

    /**
     * Flags the key as being opportunistically cached.
     *
     * This method should also propagate the entry to other
     * application caches with the same opportunistic namespace, but
     * this is not currently implemented.
     *
     * @param cache
     *        The cache in which the entry is cached now.
     * @param key
     *        The cache entry key.
     */
    void cacheOpportunistically(in nsIApplicationCache cache, in ACString key);

    /**
     * Get the list of application cache groups.
     */
    void getGroups([optional] out unsigned long count,
                   [array, size_is(count), retval] out string groupIDs);

    /**
     * Get the list of application cache groups in the order of
     * activating time.
     */
    void getGroupsTimeOrdered([optional] out unsigned long count,
                              [array, size_is(count), retval] out string groupIDs);
};
