[tor-bugs] #34225 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add shortName in nsIURI

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#34225: Add shortName in nsIURI
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     Reporter:  sysrqb                    |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
                                          |  TorBrowserTeam202009
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 In #28805, we integrated the https-everywhere aliasing system for
 (securedrop) onion addresses. I think we can simplify the patch (and
 future patches) by including the alias/name within the current browser
 instance uri (`browser.currentURI`). We can achieve this by adding a
 `shortName` attribute (or something similar) in `netwerk/base/nsIURI.idl`.
 For simplicity, `host` can remain as the onion address, and we can add an
 additional attribute for the human-meaningful name.

 (Naming is hard, but luckily this is an implementation detail so it
 doesn't really matter which attribute label we choose)

 This will simplify patches where, in the current situation, we must pass
 around both the current `uri` and `onionAliasURI`.

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