gecko-dev/xpcom/io/nsIBufferOutputStream.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 "nsIOutputStream.idl"
interface nsIBuffer;
[scriptable, uuid(d2aaae66-1ab0-11d3-8ccd-0060b0fc14a3)]
interface nsIBufferOutputStream : nsIOutputStream
{
/**
* Returns the buffer underlying this output stream.
*/
readonly attribute nsIBuffer Buffer;
/**
* Writes data into the stream from an input stream.
* Implementer's note: This method is defined by this interface in order
* to allow the output stream to efficiently copy the data from the input
* stream into its internal buffer (if any). If this method was provide
* as an external facility, a separate char* buffer would need to be used
* in order to call the output stream's other Write method.
* @param fromStream the stream from which the data is read
* @param count the maximun 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 WriteFrom(in nsIInputStream inStr,
in unsigned long count);
/**
* Set this attribute to put the stream in non-blocking mode.
*/
attribute boolean NonBlocking;
};