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 nsISocketProvider
[scriptable, uuid(00b3df92-e830-11d8-d48e-0004e22243f8)]
interface nsISocketProvider : nsISupports

Constants

 PROXY_RESOLVES_HOST

 This flag is set if the proxy is to perform hostname resolution instead
 of the client.  When set, the hostname parameter passed when in this
 interface will be used instead of the address structure passed for a
 later connect et al. request.
const long PROXY_RESOLVES_HOST = 1

Methods

 addToSocket

 This function is called to allow the socket provider to layer a
 PRFileDesc on top of another PRFileDesc.  For example, SSL via a SOCKS
 proxy.

 Parameters are the same as newSocket with the exception of aFileDesc,
 which is an in-param instead.
[noscript] void addToSocket(in long aFamily, in string aHost, in long aPort, in string aProxyHost, in long aProxyPort, in unsigned long aFlags, in PRFileDescStar aFileDesc, out nsISupports aSecurityInfo) 
 newSocket

 @param aFamily
        The address family for this socket (PR_AF_INET or PR_AF_INET6).
 @param aHost
        The hostname for this connection.
 @param aPort
        The port for this connection.
 @param aProxyHost
        If non-null, the proxy hostname for this connection.
 @param aProxyPort
        The proxy port for this connection.
 @param aFlags
        Control flags that govern this connection (see below.)
 @param aFileDesc
        The resulting PRFileDesc.
 @param aSecurityInfo
        Any security info that should be associated with aFileDesc.  This
        object typically implements nsITransportSecurityInfo.
[noscript] void newSocket(in long aFamily, in string aHost, in long aPort, in string aProxyHost, in long aProxyPort, in unsigned long aFlags, out PRFileDescStar aFileDesc, out nsISupports aSecurityInfo)