Protocol handlers are configured with set_protocol_handler. You can configure a protocol to be handled internally, externally, or to prompt for an external handler. The call form looks like this:
set_protocol_handler(protocol, handler);
1. protocol
The protocol being configured. In other words, the scheme portion of the url, with no colon.
2. handler
- true
- Handle the protocol internally. That is, have Gecko try to handle it.
- null
- Prompt for a handler when attempting to open a link of this protocol.
- an nsIFile
Use the executable indicated by the nsIFile as a handler. You can get an nsIFile from make_file or find_file_in_path.
- a string
- The string is a template url for a web service for handling this protocol. The sequence "%s" in the string will be replaced by the url-encoded url of the resource.