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#include "domstubs.idl"
#include "nsIDOMXPathNSResolver.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(341d8cbe-bcb3-4d9a-a5a6-dd4ef72a402d)]
interface nsIXPathGenerator : nsISupports {
  /**
   * A collection of bitwise flags which modify behavior.
   * 0x01000000 and flags greater are reserved for custom implementations.
   */

  // Ignore ID-type attribute nodes on elements
  // and continue to the document or context node.
  const unsigned long IGNORE_ID_TYPE_ATTRS          = 0x00000001;

  // Return expression containing a single step that uses the descendant axis.
  const unsigned long USE_DESCENDANT_AXIS           = 0x00000002;

  /**
   * Flags to modify parameters for generating the xpath string (default 0)
   */
  attribute unsigned long searchFlags;

  /**
   * Namespace resolver corresponding to all generated xpaths.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMXPathNSResolver resolver;

  /**
   * Add a namespace URI and prefix to the namespace resolver.
   *
   * @param namespaceURI     The namespace URI of the namespace.
   * @param prefix           The prefix of the namespace.
   */
  void addNamespace(in DOMString namespaceURI,
                    in DOMString prefix);

  /**
   * Generate a xpath as a string.
   *
   * @param targetNode  The node our xpath ends at.
   * @param contextNode The node our xpath starts from.
   *                    If null, use targetNode's owner document.
   *
   * @return DOMString XPath from the context node to the target node.
   */
  DOMString generateXPath(in nsIDOMNode targetNode,
                          in nsIDOMNode contextNode);
};