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#include "nsISupports.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(28F16D80-157B-11d5-A542-0010A401EB10)]

/**
 * This interface defines a "permission" object,
 * used to specify allowed/blocked objects from
 * user-specified sites (cookies, images etc).
 */

interface nsIPermission : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * The name of the host for which the permission is set
     */
    readonly attribute AUTF8String host;

    /**
     * a case-sensitive ASCII string, indicating the type of permission
     * (e.g., "cookie", "image", etc).
     * This string is specified by the consumer when adding a permission 
     * via nsIPermissionManager.
     * @see nsIPermissionManager
     */
    readonly attribute ACString type;

    /**
     * The permission (see nsIPermissionManager.idl for allowed values)
     */
    readonly attribute PRUint32 capability;
};