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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIUrlListener;
interface nsIURI;
interface nsINntpUrl;
interface nsISupportsArray;
interface nsIMsgFolder;
interface nsIMsgWindow;

[scriptable, uuid(30106238-0991-11d4-a565-0060b0fc04b7)]
interface nsINNTPProtocol : nsISupports {

	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
	// IsBusy returns true if the connection is currently processing a url
	// and false otherwise.
	/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	void IsBusy(out boolean aIsConnectionBusy);

	void LoadNewsUrl(in nsIURI aUri, in nsISupports aConsumer);
	void Initialize(in nsIURI aURL, in nsIMsgWindow aMsgWindow);

    // Get last active time stamp
    void GetLastActiveTimeStamp(out PRTime aTimeStamp);

  attribute boolean isCachedConnection;

	void CloseConnection();
};
