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nsIDOMHTMLCanvasElement.idl
/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "nsIDOMHTMLElement.idl"

/**
 * The nsIDOMHTMLCanvasElement interface is the interface to a HTML
 * <canvas> element.
 *
 * For more information on this interface, please see
 * http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#graphics
 *
 * @status UNDER_DEVELOPMENT
 */

interface nsIDOMBlob;
interface nsIDOMFile;
interface nsIVariant;
interface nsIInputStreamCallback;

[uuid(8978d1c5-2981-4678-a1c3-b0b7bae04fbc)]
interface nsIDOMHTMLCanvasElement : nsISupports
{
  attribute unsigned long width;
  attribute unsigned long height;
  attribute boolean mozOpaque;

  // Valid calls are:
  //  toDataURL();              -- defaults to image/png
  //  toDataURL(type);          -- uses given type
  //  toDataURL(type, params);  -- uses given type, and any valid parameters
  [implicit_jscontext]
  DOMString toDataURL([optional] in DOMString type,
                      [optional] in jsval params);

  // Valid calls are
  // mozGetAsFile(name);              -- defaults to image/png
  // mozGetAsFile(name, type);        -- uses given type
  nsIDOMFile mozGetAsFile(in DOMString name, [optional] in DOMString type);

  // A Mozilla-only extension to get a canvas context backed by double-buffered
  // shared memory. Only privileged callers can call this.
  nsISupports MozGetIPCContext(in DOMString contextId);

  // A Mozilla-only extension that returns the canvas' image data as a data
  // stream in the desired image format.
  void mozFetchAsStream(in nsIInputStreamCallback callback,
                                        [optional] in DOMString type);
};

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