xpcom/io/nsIUnicharOutputStream.idl

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1 /* vim:set expandtab ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 cin: */
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 /**
9 * An interface that allows writing unicode data.
10 */
11 [scriptable, uuid(2d00b1bb-8b21-4a63-bcc6-7213f513ac2e)]
12 interface nsIUnicharOutputStream : nsISupports
13 {
14 /**
15 * Write a single character to the stream. When writing many characters,
16 * prefer the string-taking write method.
17 *
18 * @retval true The character was written successfully
19 * @retval false Not all bytes of the character could be written.
20 */
21 boolean write(in unsigned long aCount,
22 [const, array, size_is(aCount)] in char16_t c);
23
24 /**
25 * Write a string to the stream.
26 *
27 * @retval true The string was written successfully
28 * @retval false Not all bytes of the string could be written.
29 */
30 boolean writeString(in AString str);
31
32 /**
33 * Flush the stream. This finishes the conversion and writes any bytes that
34 * finish the current byte sequence.
35 *
36 * It does NOT flush the underlying stream.
37 *
38 * @see nsIUnicodeEncoder::Finish
39 */
40 void flush();
41
42 /**
43 * Close the stream and free associated resources. This also closes the
44 * underlying stream.
45 */
46 void close();
47 };

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