gecko-dev/xpcom/io/nsIUnicharOutputStream.idl
cbiesinger%web.de 2e7e16befb Bug 295047 Want unicode stream readers/writers: Makes nsIUnicharInputStream and
nsIConverterInputStream scriptable, and adds nsIUnicharOutputStream and
nsIConverterOutputStream (together with implementations).
r=jshin sr=darin a=chofmann
2005-06-24 19:44:50 +00:00

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#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* An interface that allows writing unicode data.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(2d00b1bb-8b21-4a63-bcc6-7213f513ac2e)]
interface nsIUnicharOutputStream : nsISupports
{
/**
* Write a single character to the stream. When writing many characters,
* prefer the string-taking write method.
*
* @retval true The character was written successfully
* @retval false Not all bytes of the character could be written.
*/
boolean write(in unsigned long aCount,
[const, array, size_is(aCount)] in PRUnichar c);
/**
* Write a string to the stream.
*
* @retval true The string was written successfully
* @retval false Not all bytes of the string could be written.
*/
boolean writeString(in AString str);
/**
* Flush the stream. This finishes the conversion and writes any bytes that
* finish the current byte sequence.
*
* It does NOT flush the underlying stream.
*
* @see nsIUnicodeEncoder::Finish
*/
void flush();
/**
* Close the stream and free associated resources. This also closes the
* underlying stream.
*/
void close();
};