console.log: link-firefox-addon: clicked file link: smb://diskstationwolf/photo/
console.log: link-firefox-addon: smb/afp link
console.log: link-firefox-addon: localpath smb://diskstationwolf/photo/
console.error: link-firefox-addon:
  Message: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520001 (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH) [nsILocalFile.initWithPath]"  nsresult: "0x80520001 (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH)"  location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://link-firefox-addon/lib/launchExplorer.js :: getNsIFileFromPath :: line 103"  data: no]
  Stack:
    getNsIFileFromPath@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://link-firefox-addon/lib/launchExplorer.js:103:9
start@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://link-firefox-addon/lib/launchExplorer.js:127:23
onAttach/<@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://link-firefox-addon/lib/main.js:49:17
emit@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:104:9
receive@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/content/worker.js:76:18
emit@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:104:9
emit@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:104:9
emit@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/event/core.js:115:45
processMessageReceived@resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/remote/parent.js:75:32

// url2path from here
// http://sources.disruptive-innovations.com/bluegriffon/trunk/modules/urlHelper.jsm
function url2path(url) {
    var path = url;

    if (/^file/i.test(url)) {
        try {
          var uri = Cc['@mozilla.org/network/standard-url;1']
                              .createInstance(Ci.nsIURL);
          var file = Cc['@mozilla.org/file/local;1']
                               .createInstance(Ci.nsILocalFile);
          uri.spec = url;

          try { // decent OS
            var unixPath = uri.path;

            // hack to have ~ path working in Linux
            unixPath = unixPath.replace(/(/){1,2}~/, "~"); // one or two slashes before ~

            file.initWithPath(unixPath);
          } catch (e) {}
          try { // Windows sucks
            file.initWithPath(uri.path.replace(/^//,"").replace(///g,"\"));
          } catch (e) {}
          path = decodeURI(file.path);
        } catch(e) {
        }
    }
    else if ( /^(smb|afp)/i.test(path) ) {
        console.log('smb/afp link');
        // how do we need to handle these links so nsiFile can open them?!
        /*
        var uri = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/standard-url;1"]
        .createInstance(Ci.nsIURI);
        uri.spec=path;

        var file = uri.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIFileURL).file;

        path = decodeURI(uri.spec);
        */
    }

    return path;
}

exports.url2path = url2path;

function getNsIFileFromPath ( path ) {
    var localPath = linkUtil.stripQuotes( path ),
        nsLocalFile, nsiFile;

    // we need this because the nsILocalFile seems not happy with file:/// on Windows
    // (but Windows explorer would be)

    localPath = url2path(localPath); //linkUtil.osSpecificLinkStringFix( localPath );
    console.log('localpath', localPath);


    //localPath = "smb://diskstationwolf/photo/"; //test

    nsFile = Cc[ "@mozilla.org/file/local;1" ].createInstance( Ci.nsILocalFile );
    //nsiFile = new FileUtils.File( localPath ); // is doing the same as the code before, just a wrapper.

    //nsLocalFile.initWithPath( localPath );
    //nsLocalFile.QueryInterface( Ci.nsIFile );

    /*var ioSvc = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"]
        .getService(Ci.nsIIOService);

    var uri = ioSvc.newURI(localPath, "", null); // create nsIURI instances!

    nsiFile = uri.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIFileURL).file;
*/

    // the following code works except smb/afp

    //try {
        nsFile.initWithPath(localPath);
        //nsiFile = new FileUtils.File( localPath ); // is doing the same as the code before, just a wrapper.
    //}
    /*catch(e) {
        console.log('file error', e);
        nsiFile = null;
    }*/

    return nsiFile//nsLocalFile;
};

exports.getNsIFileFromPath = getNsIFileFromPath;


function pathExists( localFile ) {
    //let localFile = getNsIFileFromPath( localPath );

    return localFile && localFile.exists();
}

exports.pathExists = pathExists;

function start( path, reveal ) {

    var nsLocalFile = getNsIFileFromPath( path );

    if ( pathExists( nsLocalFile ) ) {
        if ( reveal ) {
            nsLocalFile.reveal();
        } else {
                nsLocalFile.launch();
        }
    } else {
        notification.show( CONST.APP.name, CONST.MESSAGES.ERROR.BAD_LINK + path );
    }
}

exports.start = start;