xpcom/io/nsIScriptableInputStream.idl

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1 /* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
5
6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
7
8 interface nsIInputStream;
9
10 /**
11 * nsIScriptableInputStream provides scriptable access to an nsIInputStream
12 * instance.
13 */
14 [scriptable, uuid(3fce9015-472a-4080-ac3e-cd875dbe361e)]
15 interface nsIScriptableInputStream : nsISupports
16 {
17 /**
18 * Closes the stream.
19 */
20 void close();
21
22 /**
23 * Wrap the given nsIInputStream with this nsIScriptableInputStream.
24 *
25 * @param aInputStream parameter providing the stream to wrap
26 */
27 void init(in nsIInputStream aInputStream);
28
29 /**
30 * Return the number of bytes currently available in the stream
31 *
32 * @return the number of bytes
33 *
34 * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED if called after the stream has been closed
35 */
36 unsigned long long available();
37
38 /**
39 * Read data from the stream.
40 *
41 * WARNING: If the data contains a null byte, then this method will return
42 * a truncated string.
43 *
44 * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read
45 *
46 * @return the data, which will be an empty string if the stream is at EOF.
47 *
48 * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED if called after the stream has been closed
49 * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if init was not called
50 */
51 string read(in unsigned long aCount);
52
53 /**
54 * Read data from the stream, including NULL bytes.
55 *
56 * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read.
57 *
58 * @return the data from the stream, which will be an empty string if EOF
59 * has been reached.
60 *
61 * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if reading from the input stream
62 * would block the calling thread (non-blocking mode only).
63 * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if there are not enough bytes available to read
64 * aCount amount of data.
65 */
66 ACString readBytes(in unsigned long aCount);
67 };

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