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+ *   Radha Kulkarni (radha@netscape.com)
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+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIHistoryEntry;
+interface nsISHistoryListener;
+interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
+/**
+ * An interface to the primary properties of the Session History
+ * component. In an embedded browser environment, the nsIWebBrowser
+ * object creates an instance of session history for each open window.
+ * A handle to the session history object can be obtained from
+ * nsIWebNavigation. In a non-embedded situation, the  owner of the
+ * session history component must create a instance of it and set
+ * it in the nsIWebNavigation object.
+ * This interface is accessible from javascript. 
+ *
+ * @status FROZEN
+ */
+ 
+
+%{C++
+#define NS_SHISTORY_CID \
+{0x7294fe9c, 0x14d8, 0x11d5, {0x98, 0x82, 0x00, 0xC0, 0x4f, 0xa0, 0x2f, 0x40}}
+
+#define NS_SHISTORY_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/browser/shistory;1"
+%}
+
+[scriptable, uuid(7294FE9B-14D8-11D5-9882-00C04FA02F40)]
+interface nsISHistory: nsISupports
+{
+  /**
+   * A readonly property of the interface that returns 
+   * the number of toplevel documents currently available
+   * in session history.
+   */
+   readonly attribute long count;
+
+  /**
+   * A readonly property of the interface that returns 
+   * the index of the current document in session history.
+   */
+   readonly attribute long index;
+
+  /**
+   * A read/write property of the interface, used to Get/Set
+   * the maximum number of toplevel documents, session history 
+   * can hold for each instance. 
+   */
+   attribute long maxLength;
+
+  /**
+   * Called to obtain handle to the history entry at a
+   * given index.
+   *
+   * @param index             The index value whose entry is requested.
+   * @param modifyIndex       A boolean flag that indicates if the current
+   *                          index of session history should be modified 
+   *                          to the parameter index.
+   *
+   * @return                  <code>NS_OK</code> history entry for 
+   *                          the index is obtained successfully.
+   *                          <code>NS_ERROR_FAILURE</code> Error in obtaining
+   *                          history entry for the given index.
+   */
+   nsIHistoryEntry getEntryAtIndex(in long index, in boolean modifyIndex);
+
+
+  /**
+   * Called to purge older documents from history.
+   * Documents can be removed from session history for various 
+   * reasons. For example to  control memory usage of the browser, to 
+   * prevent users from loading documents from history, to erase evidence of
+   * prior page loads etc...
+   *
+   * @param numEntries        The number of toplevel documents to be
+   *                          purged from history. During purge operation,
+   *                          the latest documents are maintained and older 
+   *                          'numEntries' documents are removed from history.
+   * @throws                  <code>NS_SUCCESS_LOSS_OF_INSIGNIFICANT_DATA</code> Purge was vetod.
+   * @throws                  <code>NS_ERROR_FAILURE</code> numEntries is
+   *                          invalid or out of bounds with the size of history.
+   *                          
+   */
+   void PurgeHistory(in long numEntries);
+
+  /**
+   * Called to register a listener for the session history component.
+   * Listeners are notified when pages are loaded or purged from history.
+   * 
+   * @param aListener         Listener object to be notified for all
+   *                          page loads that initiate in session history.
+   *
+   * @note                    A listener object must implement 
+   *                          nsISHistoryListener and nsSupportsWeakReference
+   *
+   * @see nsISHistoryListener
+   * @see nsSupportsWeakReference
+   */
+   void addSHistoryListener(in nsISHistoryListener aListener);
+
+  /**
+   * Called to remove a listener for the session history component.
+   * Listeners are notified when pages are loaded from history.
+   * 
+   * @param aListener         Listener object to be removed from 
+   *                          session history.
+   *
+   * @note                    A listener object must implement 
+   *                          nsISHistoryListener and nsSupportsWeakReference
+   * @see nsISHistoryListener
+   * @see nsSupportsWeakReference
+   */ 
+   void removeSHistoryListener(in nsISHistoryListener aListener);
+
+  /**
+   * Called to obtain a enumerator for all the  documents stored in 
+   * session history. The enumerator object thus returned by this method
+   * can be traversed using nsISimpleEnumerator. 
+   *
+   * @note  To access individual history entries of the enumerator, perform the
+   *        following steps:
+   *        1) Call nsISHistory->GetSHistoryEnumerator() to obtain handle 
+   *           the nsISimpleEnumerator object.
+   *        2) Use nsISimpleEnumerator->GetNext() on the object returned
+   *           by step #1 to obtain handle to the next object in the list. 
+   *           The object returned by this step is of type nsISupports.
+   *        3) Perform a QueryInterface on the object returned by step #2 
+   *           to nsIHistoryEntry.
+   *        4) Use nsIHistoryEntry to access properties of each history entry. 
+   *
+   * @see nsISimpleEnumerator
+   * @see nsIHistoryEntry
+   * @see QueryInterface()
+   * @see do_QueryInterface()
+   */
+   readonly attribute nsISimpleEnumerator SHistoryEnumerator;
+};