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#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 called on a thread other than the one that opened it.  The
   *         callback will not be dispatched.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED
   *         If called on a connection that has already been closed or was
   *         never properly opened.  The callback will still be dispatched
   *         to the main thread despite the returned error.
   */
  void asyncClose([optional] in mozIStorageCompletionCallback aCallback);

  /**
   * Clone a database and make the clone read only if needed.
   * SQL Functions and attached on-disk databases are applied to the new clone.
   *
   * @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();
};