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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ |
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2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public |
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3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this |
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4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ |
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5 |
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6 #include "nsIInputStream.idl" |
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7 |
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8 /** |
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9 * nsIStringInputStream |
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10 * |
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11 * Provides scriptable and specialized C++-only methods for initializing a |
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12 * nsIInputStream implementation with a simple character array. |
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13 */ |
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14 [scriptable, uuid(450cd2d4-f0fd-424d-b365-b1251f80fd53)] |
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15 interface nsIStringInputStream : nsIInputStream |
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16 { |
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17 /** |
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18 * SetData - assign data to the input stream (copied on assignment). |
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19 * |
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20 * @param data - stream data |
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21 * @param dataLen - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed) |
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22 * |
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23 * NOTE: C++ code should consider using AdoptData or ShareData to avoid |
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24 * making an extra copy of the stream data. |
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25 * |
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26 * NOTE: For JS callers, the given data must not contain null characters |
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27 * (other than a null terminator) because a null character in the middle of |
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28 * the data string will be seen as a terminator when the data is converted |
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29 * from a JS string to a C++ character array. |
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30 */ |
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31 void setData(in string data, in long dataLen); |
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32 |
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33 /** |
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34 * NOTE: the following methods are designed to give C++ code added control |
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35 * over the ownership and lifetime of the stream data. Use with care :-) |
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36 */ |
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37 |
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38 /** |
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39 * AdoptData - assign data to the input stream. the input stream takes |
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40 * ownership of the given data buffer and will nsMemory::Free it when |
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41 * the input stream is destroyed. |
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42 * |
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43 * @param data - stream data |
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44 * @param dataLen - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed) |
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45 */ |
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46 [noscript] void adoptData(in charPtr data, in long dataLen); |
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47 |
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48 /** |
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49 * ShareData - assign data to the input stream. the input stream references |
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50 * the given data buffer until the input stream is destroyed. the given |
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51 * data buffer must outlive the input stream. |
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52 * |
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53 * @param data - stream data |
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54 * @param dataLen - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed) |
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55 */ |
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56 [noscript] void shareData(in string data, in long dataLen); |
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57 }; |