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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIDOMWindow;
interface nsIURI;

[scriptable, uuid(48987797-dd33-46d4-a860-8d420810669c)]

/**
 * The C++ source has access to the browser script source through
 * nsIBrowserWindow. It is intended to be attached to the chrome
 * DOMWindow of a browser window. A DOMWindow that does not happen to
 * be a browser chrome window will simply have no access to any such
 * interface.
 */
interface nsIBrowserDOMWindow : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * values for openURI's aWhere parameter
   */
  const short OPEN_DEFAULTWINDOW = 0;
  const short OPEN_CURRENTWINDOW = 1;
  const short OPEN_NEWWINDOW     = 2;
  const short OPEN_NEWTAB        = 3;

  /**
   * values for openURI's aContext parameter
   */
  const short OPEN_EXTERNAL      = 1; // external link
  const short OPEN_NEW           = 2; // internal open new window

  /**
   * Load a URI
   * @param aURI the URI to open. null is allowed; it means about:blank.
   * @param aWhere see possible values described above.
   * @param aOpener window requesting the open (can be null).
   * @param aContext the context in which the URI is being opened. This
   *                 is used only when aWhere == OPEN_DEFAULTWINDOW.
   * @return the window into which the URI was opened.
  */
  nsIDOMWindow openURI(in nsIURI aURI, in nsIDOMWindow aOpener,
                       in short aWhere, in short aContext);
};