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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsILDAPOperation;
interface nsILDAPMessageListener;

[scriptable, uuid(337ad2fe-1dd2-11b2-89f8-aae1221ec86c)]
interface nsILDAPConnection : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * the string version of lderrno
     */
    readonly attribute wstring errorString;

    /**
     * DN to bind as.  use the init() method to set this.
     *
     * @exception NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
     */
    readonly attribute AUTF8String bindName;
    
    /**
     * private parameter (anything caller desires)
     */
    attribute nsISupports closure;

    /** 
     * Set up the connection.  Note that init() must be called on a thread
     * that already has an nsIEventQueue.
     *
     * @param aHost             server name for ldap_init()
     * @param aPort             server port number for ldap_init()
     *                          -1 == default port (389)
     * @param aSSL              use SSL on this connection?
     * @param aBindName         DN to bind as
     * @param aMessageListener  Callback for DNS resolution completion
     * @param aClosure          private parameter (anything caller desires)
     *
     * @exception NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE        null pointer passed in
     * @exception NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY        ran out of memory
     * @exception NS_ERROR_OFFLINE              we are in off-line mode
     * @exception NS_ERROR_FAILURE              
     * @exception NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED           internal error
     */
    void init(in string aHost, in short aPort, in boolean aSSL,
              in AUTF8String aBindName, 
              in nsILDAPMessageListener aMessageListener,
              in nsISupports aClosure);

    /**
     * Get information about the last error that occured on this connection.
     *
     * @param matched   if the server is returning LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT, 
     *                  LDAP_ALIAS_PROBLEM, LDAP_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX, 
     *                  or LDAP_ALIAS_DEREF_PROBLEM, this will contain
     *                  the portion of DN that matches the entry that is 
     *                  closest to the requested entry
     *
     * @param s         additional error information from the server
     * 
     * @return          the error code, as defined in nsILDAPErrors.idl
     */
    long getLdErrno(out AUTF8String matched, out AUTF8String s);
};
