tenfourfox/storage/mozIStorageAsyncConnection.idl

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/* -*- Mode: idl; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/* 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
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsISupports.idl"
interface mozIStorageAggregateFunction;
interface mozIStorageCompletionCallback;
interface mozIStorageFunction;
interface mozIStorageProgressHandler;
interface mozIStorageBaseStatement;
interface mozIStorageStatement;
interface mozIStorageAsyncStatement;
interface mozIStorageStatementCallback;
interface mozIStoragePendingStatement;
interface nsIFile;
/**
* mozIStorageAsyncConnection represents an asynchronous database
* connection attached to a specific file or to an in-memory data
* storage. It is the primary interface for interacting with a
* database from the main thread, including creating prepared
* statements, executing SQL, and examining database errors.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(8bfd34d5-4ddf-4e4b-89dd-9b14f33534c6)]
interface mozIStorageAsyncConnection : nsISupports {
/**
* Close this database connection, allowing all pending statements
* to complete first.
*
* @param aCallback [optional]
* A callback that will be notified when the close is completed,
* with the following arguments:
* - status: the status of the call
* - value: |null|
*
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_SAME_THREAD
* If is called on a thread other than the one that opened it.
*/
void asyncClose([optional] in mozIStorageCompletionCallback aCallback);
/**
* Clone a database and make the clone read only if needed.
*
* @param aReadOnly
* If true, the returned database should be put into read-only mode.
*
* @param aCallback
* A callback that will be notified when the operation is complete,
* with the following arguments:
* - status: the status of the operation
* - value: in case of success, an intance of
* mozIStorageAsyncConnection cloned from this one.
*
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_SAME_THREAD
* If is called on a thread other than the one that opened it.
* @throws NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED
* If this connection is a memory database.
*
* @note If your connection is already read-only, you will get a read-only
* clone.
* @note Due to a bug in SQLite, if you use the shared cache
* (see mozIStorageService), you end up with the same privileges as the
* first connection opened regardless of what is specified in aReadOnly.
* @note The following pragmas are copied over to a read-only clone:
* - cache_size
* - temp_store
* The following pragmas are copied over to a writeable clone:
* - cache_size
* - temp_store
* - foreign_keys
* - journal_size_limit
* - synchronous
* - wal_autocheckpoint
*/
void asyncClone(in boolean aReadOnly,
in mozIStorageCompletionCallback aCallback);
/**
* The current database nsIFile. Null if the database
* connection refers to an in-memory database.
*/
readonly attribute nsIFile databaseFile;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Statement creation
/**
* Create an asynchronous statement for the given SQL. An
* asynchronous statement can only be used to dispatch asynchronous
* requests to the asynchronous execution thread and cannot be used
* to take any synchronous actions on the database.
*
* The expression may use ? to indicate sequential numbered arguments,
* ?1, ?2 etc. to indicate specific numbered arguments or :name and
* $var to indicate named arguments.
*
* @param aSQLStatement
* The SQL statement to execute.
* @return a new mozIStorageAsyncStatement
* @note The statement is created lazily on first execution.
*/
mozIStorageAsyncStatement createAsyncStatement(in AUTF8String aSQLStatement);
/**
* Execute an array of statements created with this connection using
* any currently bound parameters. When the array contains multiple
* statements, the execution is wrapped in a single
* transaction. These statements can be reused immediately, and
* reset does not need to be called.
*
* @param aStatements
* The array of statements to execute asynchronously, in the order they
* are given in the array.
* @param aNumStatements
* The number of statements in aStatements.
* @param aCallback [optional]
* The callback object that will be notified of progress, errors, and
* completion.
* @return an object that can be used to cancel the statements execution.
*
* @note If you have any custom defined functions, they must be
* re-entrant since they can be called on multiple threads.
*/
mozIStoragePendingStatement executeAsync(
[array, size_is(aNumStatements)] in mozIStorageBaseStatement aStatements,
in unsigned long aNumStatements,
[optional] in mozIStorageStatementCallback aCallback
);
/**
* Execute asynchronously an SQL expression, expecting no arguments.
*
* @param aSQLStatement
* The SQL statement to execute
* @param aCallback [optional]
* The callback object that will be notified of progress, errors, and
* completion.
* @return an object that can be used to cancel the statement execution.
*/
mozIStoragePendingStatement executeSimpleSQLAsync(
in AUTF8String aSQLStatement,
[optional] in mozIStorageStatementCallback aCallback);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Functions
/**
* Create a new SQL function. If you use your connection on multiple threads,
* your function needs to be threadsafe, or it should only be called on one
* thread.
*
* @param aFunctionName
* The name of function to create, as seen in SQL.
* @param aNumArguments
* The number of arguments the function takes. Pass -1 for
* variable-argument functions.
* @param aFunction
* The instance of mozIStorageFunction, which implements the function
* in question.
*/
void createFunction(in AUTF8String aFunctionName,
in long aNumArguments,
in mozIStorageFunction aFunction);
/**
* Create a new SQL aggregate function. If you use your connection on
* multiple threads, your function needs to be threadsafe, or it should only
* be called on one thread.
*
* @param aFunctionName
* The name of aggregate function to create, as seen in SQL.
* @param aNumArguments
* The number of arguments the function takes. Pass -1 for
* variable-argument functions.
* @param aFunction
* The instance of mozIStorageAggreagteFunction, which implements the
* function in question.
*/
void createAggregateFunction(in AUTF8String aFunctionName,
in long aNumArguments,
in mozIStorageAggregateFunction aFunction);
/**
* Delete custom SQL function (simple or aggregate one).
*
* @param aFunctionName
* The name of function to remove.
*/
void removeFunction(in AUTF8String aFunctionName);
/**
* Sets a progress handler. Only one handler can be registered at a time.
* If you need more than one, you need to chain them yourself. This progress
* handler should be threadsafe if you use this connection object on more than
* one thread.
*
* @param aGranularity
* The number of SQL virtual machine steps between progress handler
* callbacks.
* @param aHandler
* The instance of mozIStorageProgressHandler.
* @return previous registered handler.
*/
mozIStorageProgressHandler setProgressHandler(in int32_t aGranularity,
in mozIStorageProgressHandler aHandler);
/**
* Remove a progress handler.
*
* @return previous registered handler.
*/
mozIStorageProgressHandler removeProgressHandler();
};