gecko-dev/network/public/nsITransport.h

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
*
* 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.
*/
#ifndef nsITransport_h___
#define nsITransport_h___
#include "nscore.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "prio.h"
#include "nsIStreamListener.h"
#include "nsIOutputStream.h"
#include "nsIURL.h"
#define NS_ITRANSPORT_IID \
{ 0x54ae75a0, 0x99e8, 0x11d2, \
{0xb9, 0x47, 0x00, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x52, 0x35, 0x1a} }
class nsITransport : public nsIStreamListener {
public:
static const nsIID& GetIID() { static nsIID iid = NS_ITRANSPORT_IID; return iid; }
/** Accessors */
/**
* Returns the URL that is associated with the Transport.
*
* If the transport doesn't have URL associated with it
* because it was constructed by passing host and port,
* it will return NULL.
*
* @param result the URL that was used to build the transport
* @return The return value is currently ignored.
*/
NS_IMETHOD GetURL(nsIURI* *result) = 0;
/**
* Sets up the InputStreamListener. Transport layer will notify this
* consumer when it writes data from the socket into its input stream.
*
* @param aListener: The InputStreamConsumer provided by the protocol
* instance which the transport layer should use for input stream
* notifications. The transport layer assumes responsibility for
* building a stream listener proxy for the protocol's listener.
*
* @return The return value is currently ignored.
*/
NS_IMETHOD SetInputStreamConsumer(nsIStreamListener* listener) = 0;
/**
* Returns a proxied stream listener which the transport layer expects
* notifications through for the output stream. The protocol will bind the
* listener returned to its output stream where it writes data it wants
* sent through the transport layer.
* As with the input stream consumer case, the transport layer returns a
* proxied consumer.
*
* @return aConsumer: The proxied transport layer's consumer for the
* protocol's output stream.
*/
NS_IMETHOD GetOutputStreamConsumer(nsIStreamListener ** aConsumer) = 0;
/**
* Returns an output stream which the protocol instance should write data
* it wants transmitted through the transport layer into. After writing data
* to this stream, the protocol should notify the output stream consumer.
* This informs the transport layer that data is available.
*
* @param aOutputStream: The output stream the protocol will write data for
* transmission into.
*
* @return NS_FAILURE if the stream could not be returned.
*/
NS_IMETHOD GetOutputStream(nsIOutputStream ** aOutputStream) = 0;
/**
* Returns true if the transport has been opened already and FALSE otherwise.
* If a transport has not been opened yet, then you should open it using
* Open(nsIURI *).
**/
NS_IMETHOD IsTransportOpen(PRBool * aSocketOpen) = 0;
/**
* This replaces LoadUrl. Before using a transport, you should open the transport.
* This functionality may go away after we remove the reliance on sock stub. You
* should always call open the first time you want to use the transport in order to
* open its underlying object (file, socket, etc.). You can later issue a ::StopBinding
* call on the transport which should cause the underlying object (file, socket, etc.) to
* be closed. You could then open the transport again with another URL. Note, for sockets,
* if you wish to re-use a connection, you shouldn't call StopBinding on it as this would
* cause the connection to be closed...
**/
NS_IMETHOD Open(nsIURI * aUrl) = 0;
};
#endif /* nsITransport_h___ */