org.mozilla.pluglet.mozilla
Interface PlugletManager2

public interface PlugletManager2

extends PlugletManager

This interface extends the functionality of the PlugletManager interface, including methods to begin and end a wait cursor, determine if a URL protocol is supported, and get proxy information for a URL.

Method Summary

void	beginWaitCursor() Puts up a wait cursor.
void	endWaitCursor() Restores the previous (non-wait) cursor.
java.lang.String	findProxyForURL(java.net.URL url) For a given URL, this method returns a String for the proxy information.
boolean	supportsURLProtocol(java.lang.String protocol) Returns true if a URL protocol (e.g., http) is supported.

Methods inherited from interface org.mozilla.pluglet.mozilla.PlugletManager

getURL, postURL, reloadPluglets, userAgent

Method Detail

beginWaitCursor

public void beginWaitCursor()

Puts up a wait cursor.

endWaitCursor

public void endWaitCursor()

Restores the previous (non-wait) cursor.

supportsURLProtocol

public boolean supportsURLProtocol(java.lang.String protocol)

Returns true if a URL protocol (e.g., http) is supported.

Parameters:

protocol - This is the protocol name.

Returns:

Boolean returns true if the URL protocol is supported.

findProxyForURL

public java.lang.String findProxyForURL(java.net.URL url)

For a given URL, this method returns a String for the proxy information. The result will be in the following format:

• DIRECT -- means no proxy required
  
• PROXY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -- use proxy (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP Address)
  
• SOCKS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -- use SOCKS (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP Address)
  
• Mixed. e.g., PROXY 111.111.111.111;PROXY 112.112.112.112; PROXY 111.111.111.111;SOCKS 112.112.112.112 ....

Which proxy/SOCKS to use is determined by the Pluglet.

Parameters:

url - This is the URL for which proxy information is desired.

Returns:

Information (String) about the proxy. See above for the format.