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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIDOMElement;

[scriptable, uuid(7d8a7a34-f492-43c0-9657-ec7dbbeba236)]
interface nsIShellService : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Determines whether or not Firefox is the "Default Browser."
   * This is simply whether or not Firefox is registered to handle 
   * http links. 
   * 
   * @param aStartupCheck true if this is the check being performed
   *                      by the first browser window at startup, 
   *                      false otherwise. 
   */
  boolean isDefaultBrowser(in boolean aStartupCheck);

  /**
   * Registers Firefox as the "Default Browser."
   *
   * @param aClaimAllTypes Register Firefox as the handler for 
   *                       additional protocols (ftp, chrome etc)
   *                       and web documents (.html, .xhtml etc).
   */
  void setDefaultBrowser(in boolean aClaimAllTypes);

  /** 
   * Used to determine whether or not to show a "Set Default Browser"
   * query dialog. This attribute is true if the application is starting
   * up and "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser" is true, otherwise it
   * is false.
   */
  attribute boolean shouldCheckDefaultBrowser;

  /** 
   * Flags for positioning/sizing of the Desktop Background image.
   */
  const long BACKGROUND_TILE      = 0x00;
  const long BACKGROUND_STRETCH   = 0x01;
  const long BACKGROUND_CENTER    = 0x02;

    /**
     * Sets the desktop background image using either the HTML <IMG> 
     * element supplied or the background image of the element supplied.
     *
     * @param aImageElement Either a HTML <IMG> element or an element with
     *                      a background image from which to source the
     *                      background image. 
     * @param aPosition     How to place the image on the desktop
     */
  void setDesktopBackground(in nsIDOMElement aElement, in long aPosition);

  /**
   * Constants identifying preferred applications that can be opened with
   * openPreferredApplication.
   */
  const long APPLICATION_MAIL        = 0;
  const long APPLICATION_NEWS        = 1;

  /**
   * Opens the preferred application specified.
   */
  void openPreferredApplication(in long aApplication);

};
 
