nsIWebContentConverterService

Methods

setAutoHandler(contentType, handler)

Specifies the handler to be used to automatically handle all links of a
certain content type from now on.

Parameters

contentType The content type to automatically load with the specified handler
handler A web service handler. If this is null, no automatic action is performed and the user must choose. @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the service refered to by |handler| is not already registered.

getAutoHandler(contentType)

Gets the auto handler specified for a particular content type

Parameters

contentType The content type to look up an auto handler for.

Returns

The web service handler that will automatically handle all documents of the specified type. null if there is no automatic handler. (Handlers may be registered, just none of them specified as "automatic").

getWebContentHandlerByURI(contentType, uri)

Gets a web handler for the specified service URI

Parameters

contentType The content type of the service being located
uri The service URI of the handler to locate.

Returns

A web service handler that uses the specified uri.

loadPreferredHandler(request)

Loads the preferred handler when content of a registered type is about
to be loaded.

Parameters

request The nsIRequest for the load of the content

removeProtocolHandler(protocol, uri)

Removes a registered protocol handler

Parameters

protocol The protocol scheme to remove a service handler for
uri The uri of the service handler to remove

removeContentHandler(contentType, uri)

Removes a registered content handler

Parameters

contentType The content type to remove a service handler for
uri The uri of the service handler to remove

getContentHandlers(contentType, count, handlers)

Gets the list of content handlers for a particular type.

Parameters

contentType The content type to get handlers for

Returns

An array of nsIWebContentHandlerInfo objects

resetHandlersForType(contentType)

Resets the list of available content handlers to the default set from
the distribution.

Parameters

contentType The content type to reset handlers for