gecko-dev/xpcom/io/nsIInputStream.h
1998-04-13 20:24:54 +00:00

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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 nsIInputStream_h___
#define nsIInputStream_h___
#include "nscore.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"
#define NS_IINPUTSTREAM_IID \
{ 0x022396f0, 0x93b5, 0x11d1, \
{0x89, 0x5b, 0x00, 0x60, 0x08, 0x91, 0x1b, 0x81} }
/** Abstract byte input stream */
class nsIInputStream : public nsISupports {
public:
/** Read data from the stream.
* @param aErrorCode the error code if an error occurs
* @param aBuf the buffer into which the data is read
* @param aOffset the start offset of the data
* @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read
* @return number of bytes read or -1 if error
*/
virtual PRInt32 Read(PRInt32* aErrorCode,
char* aBuf,
PRInt32 aOffset,
PRInt32 aCount) = 0;
/** Close the stream. */
virtual void Close() = 0;
};
/** Error codes */
//@{
// XXX fix up the values to work with nsqresult
/// End of file
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_EOF 1
/// Stream closed
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_CLOSED 2
/// Error from the operating system
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_OSERROR 3
/// Illegal arguments
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_ILLEGAL_ARGS 4
/// For unichar streams
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_NO_CONVERTER 5
/// For unichar streams
#define NS_INPUTSTREAM_BAD_CONVERSION 6
//@}
/** Open a file using a local file name. Return an input stream that
can read the file. Use an implementation of nsIByteBuffer to do
buffered reading of the stream. */
extern NS_BASE nsresult NS_OpenFile(nsIInputStream** aInstancePtrResult,
const char* aLocalFileName);
/** Open a stream from a resource file name. Need two sents? */
extern NS_BASE nsresult NS_OpenResource(nsIInputStream** aInstancePtrResult,
const char* aResourceFileName);
#endif /* nsInputStream_h___ */