xpcom/io/nsIStringStream.idl

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     1.4 +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
     1.5 +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
     1.6 + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
     1.7 + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
     1.8 +
     1.9 +#include "nsIInputStream.idl"
    1.10 +
    1.11 +/**
    1.12 + * nsIStringInputStream
    1.13 + *
    1.14 + * Provides scriptable and specialized C++-only methods for initializing a
    1.15 + * nsIInputStream implementation with a simple character array.
    1.16 + */
    1.17 +[scriptable, uuid(450cd2d4-f0fd-424d-b365-b1251f80fd53)]
    1.18 +interface nsIStringInputStream : nsIInputStream
    1.19 +{
    1.20 +    /**
    1.21 +     * SetData - assign data to the input stream (copied on assignment).
    1.22 +     *
    1.23 +     * @param data    - stream data
    1.24 +     * @param dataLen - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed)
    1.25 +     *
    1.26 +     * NOTE: C++ code should consider using AdoptData or ShareData to avoid
    1.27 +     * making an extra copy of the stream data.
    1.28 +     *
    1.29 +     * NOTE: For JS callers, the given data must not contain null characters
    1.30 +     * (other than a null terminator) because a null character in the middle of
    1.31 +     * the data string will be seen as a terminator when the data is converted
    1.32 +     * from a JS string to a C++ character array.
    1.33 +     */
    1.34 +    void setData(in string data, in long dataLen);
    1.35 +
    1.36 +    /**
    1.37 +     * NOTE: the following methods are designed to give C++ code added control
    1.38 +     * over the ownership and lifetime of the stream data.  Use with care :-)
    1.39 +     */
    1.40 +
    1.41 +    /**
    1.42 +     * AdoptData - assign data to the input stream.  the input stream takes
    1.43 +     * ownership of the given data buffer and will nsMemory::Free it when
    1.44 +     * the input stream is destroyed.
    1.45 +     *
    1.46 +     * @param data      - stream data
    1.47 +     * @param dataLen   - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed)
    1.48 +     */
    1.49 +    [noscript] void adoptData(in charPtr data, in long dataLen);
    1.50 +
    1.51 +    /**
    1.52 +     * ShareData - assign data to the input stream.  the input stream references
    1.53 +     * the given data buffer until the input stream is destroyed.  the given
    1.54 +     * data buffer must outlive the input stream.
    1.55 +     *
    1.56 +     * @param data      - stream data
    1.57 +     * @param dataLen   - stream data length (-1 if length should be computed)
    1.58 +     */
    1.59 +    [noscript] void shareData(in string data, in long dataLen);
    1.60 +};

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