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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
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#include "nsIStreamListener.idl"
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interface nsIInputStream;
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/**
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* nsIStreamConverter provides an interface to implement when you have code
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* that converts data from one type to another.
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*
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* Suppose you had code that converted plain text into HTML. You could implement
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* this interface to allow everyone else to use your conversion logic using a
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* standard api.
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* <p>
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* <b>STREAM CONVERTER USERS</b>
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*
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* There are currently two ways to use a stream converter:
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* <ol>
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* <li> <b>SYNCHRONOUS</b> Stream to Stream
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* You can supply the service with a stream of type X
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* and it will convert it to your desired output type and return
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* a converted (blocking) stream to you.</li>
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*
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* <li> <b>ASYNCHRONOUS</b> nsIStreamListener to nsIStreamListener
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* You can supply data directly to the converter by calling it's
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* nsIStreamListener::OnDataAvailable() method. It will then
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* convert that data from type X to your desired output type and
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* return converted data to you via the nsIStreamListener you passed
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* in by calling its OnDataAvailable() method.</li>
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* </ol>
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* <p>
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*
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* <b>STREAM CONVERTER SUPPLIERS</b>
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*
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* Registering a stream converter:
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* Stream converter registration is a two step process. First of all the stream
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* converter implementation must register itself with the component manager using
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* a contractid in the format below. Second, the stream converter must add the contractid
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* to the registry.
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*
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* Stream converter contractid format (the stream converter root key is defined in this
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* file):
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*
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* <pre>@mozilla.org/streamconv;1?from=FROM_MIME_TYPE&to=TO_MIME_TYPE</pre>
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*
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* @author Jud Valeski
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* @see nsIStreamConverterService
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(0b6e2c69-5cf5-48b0-9dfd-c95950e2cc7b)]
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interface nsIStreamConverter : nsIStreamListener {
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/**
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* <b>SYNCRONOUS VERSION</b>
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* Converts a stream of one type, to a stream of another type.
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*
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* Use this method when you have a stream you want to convert.
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*
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* @param aFromStream The stream representing the original/raw data.
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* @param aFromType The MIME type of aFromStream.
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* @param aToType The MIME type of the returned stream.
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* @param aCtxt Either an opaque context, or a converter specific context
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* (implementation specific).
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* @return The converted stream. NOTE: The returned stream may not
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* already be converted. An efficient stream converter
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* implementation will converter data on demand rather than
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* buffering the converted data until it is used.
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*/
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nsIInputStream convert(in nsIInputStream aFromStream,
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in string aFromType,
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in string aToType,
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in nsISupports aCtxt);
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/**
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* <b>ASYNCRONOUS VERSION</b>
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* Converts data arriving via the converter's nsIStreamListener::OnDataAvailable()
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* method from one type to another, pushing the converted data out to the caller
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* via aListener::OnDataAvailable().
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*
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* Use this method when you want to proxy (and convert) nsIStreamListener callbacks
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* asynchronously.
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*
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* @param aFromType The MIME type of the original/raw data.
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* @param aToType The MIME type of the converted data.
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* @param aListener The listener who receives the converted data.
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* @param aCtxt Either an opaque context, or a converter specific context
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* (implementation specific).
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*/
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void asyncConvertData(in string aFromType,
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in string aToType,
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in nsIStreamListener aListener,
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in nsISupports aCtxt);
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};
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%{C++
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#define NS_ISTREAMCONVERTER_KEY "@mozilla.org/streamconv;1"
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%}
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