gecko-dev/netwerk/base/nsIStreamTransportService.idl

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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsITransport;
interface nsIInputStream;
interface nsIOutputStream;

/**
 * This service read/writes a stream on a background thread.
 *
 * Use this service to transform any blocking stream (e.g., file stream)
 * into a fully asynchronous stream that can be read/written without 
 * blocking the main thread.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(5e0adf7d-9785-45c3-a193-04f25a75da8f)]
interface nsIStreamTransportService : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * CreateInputTransport
     *
     * @param aStream
     *        The input stream that will be read on a background thread.
     *        This stream must implement "blocking" stream semantics.
     * @param aStartOffset
     *        The input stream will be read starting from this offset.  Pass
     *        -1 to read from the current stream offset.  NOTE: this parameter
     *        is ignored if the stream does not support nsISeekableStream.
     * @param aReadLimit
     *        This parameter limits the number of bytes that will be read from
     *        the input stream.  Pass -1 to read everything.
     * @param aCloseWhenDone
     *        Specify this flag to have the input stream closed once its
     *        contents have been completely read.
     *
     * @return nsITransport instance.
     */
    nsITransport createInputTransport(in nsIInputStream aStream,
                                      in long long aStartOffset,
                                      in long long aReadLimit,
                                      in boolean aCloseWhenDone);

    /**
     * CreateOutputTransport
     *
     * @param aStream
     *        The output stream that will be written to on a background thread.
     *        This stream must implement "blocking" stream semantics.
     * @param aStartOffset
     *        The output stream will be written starting at this offset.  Pass
     *        -1 to write to the current stream offset.  NOTE: this parameter
     *        is ignored if the stream does not support nsISeekableStream.
     * @param aWriteLimit
     *        This parameter limits the number of bytes that will be written to
     *        the output stream.  Pass -1 for unlimited writing.
     * @param aCloseWhenDone
     *        Specify this flag to have the output stream closed once its
     *        contents have been completely written.
     *
     * @return nsITransport instance.
     */
    nsITransport createOutputTransport(in nsIOutputStream aStream,
                                       in long long aStartOffset,
                                       in long long aWriteLimit,
                                       in boolean aCloseWhenDone);
};