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1.2 +++ b/netwerk/base/public/nsIThreadRetargetableStreamListener.idl Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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1.4 +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
1.5 +/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
1.6 +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
1.7 + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
1.8 + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
1.9 +
1.10 +#include "nsISupports.idl"
1.11 +
1.12 +/**
1.13 + * nsIThreadRetargetableStreamListener
1.14 + *
1.15 + * To be used by classes which implement nsIStreamListener and whose
1.16 + * OnDataAvailable callback may be retargeted for delivery off the main thread.
1.17 + */
1.18 +[uuid(fb2304b8-f82f-4433-af68-d874a2ebbdc1)]
1.19 +interface nsIThreadRetargetableStreamListener : nsISupports
1.20 +{
1.21 + /**
1.22 + * Checks this listener and any next listeners it may have to verify that
1.23 + * they can receive OnDataAvailable off the main thread. It is the
1.24 + * responsibility of the implementing class to decide on the criteria to
1.25 + * determine if retargeted delivery of these methods is possible, but it must
1.26 + * check any and all nsIStreamListener objects that might be called in the
1.27 + * listener chain.
1.28 + *
1.29 + * An exception should be thrown if a listener in the chain does not
1.30 + * support retargeted delivery, i.e. if the next listener does not implement
1.31 + * nsIThreadRetargetableStreamListener, or a call to its checkListenerChain()
1.32 + * fails.
1.33 + */
1.34 + void checkListenerChain();
1.35 +};
1.36 +
