gecko-dev/xpcom/io/nsIBufferInputStream.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the NPL. You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
* http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
*
* Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* NPL.
*
* The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights
* Reserved.
*/
#include "nsIInputStream.idl"
interface nsIBuffer;
[scriptable, uuid(93e9a230-1955-11d3-933b-000064657374)]
interface nsIBufferInputStream : nsIInputStream
{
/**
* Returns the buffer underlying this input stream.
*/
readonly attribute nsIBuffer Buffer;
/**
* Searches for a string in the input stream. Since the stream has a notion
* of EOF, it is possible that the string may at some time be in the
* buffer, but is is not currently found up to some offset. Consequently,
* both the found and not found cases return an offset:
* if found, return offset where it was found
* if not found, return offset of the first byte not searched
* In the case the stream is at EOF and the string is not found, the first
* byte not searched will correspond to the length of the buffer.
*/
void Search(in string forString,
in boolean ignoreCase,
out boolean found,
out unsigned long offsetSearchedTo);
/**
* Set this attribute to put the stream in non-blocking mode.
*/
attribute boolean NonBlocking;
};