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#include "nsIBaseStream.idl"
#include "nsIInputStream.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(7f13b870-e95f-11d1-beae-00805f8a66dc)]
interface nsIOutputStream : nsIBaseStream
{
    /** Write data into the stream.
     *  @param aBuf the buffer from which the data is read
     *  @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to write
     *  @return aWriteCount out parameter to hold the number of
     *         bytes written. if an error occurs, the writecount
     *         is undefined
     */
    unsigned long Write(in string buf, in unsigned long count);

    /**
     * Flushes the stream.
     */
    void Flush();
};