xpcom/io/nsIRandomAccessStream.idl

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   5
   6 #include "nsISupports.idl"
   7 #include "nsISeekableStream.idl"
   8
   9 interface nsIInputStream;
  10 interface nsIInterfaceRequestor;
  11 interface nsIOutputStream;
  12
  13 %{C++
  14 namespace mozilla::ipc {
  15 class RandomAccessStreamParams;
  16 }  // namespace mozilla::ipc
  17 %}
  18
  19 native RandomAccessStreamParams(mozilla::ipc::RandomAccessStreamParams);
  20 [ref] native RandomAccessStreamParamsRef(mozilla::ipc::RandomAccessStreamParams);
  21
  22 /**
  23  * nsIRandomAccessStream
  24  *
  25  * An interface which supports both reading and writing to a storage starting
  26  * at the current offset. Both the input stream and the output stream share the
  27  * offset in the stream. Read operations invoked on the input stream start at
  28  * the offset and advance it past the bytes read. Write operations invoked on
  29  * the output stream start the offset and advance it past the bytes written.
  30  * The offset can be set to an arbitrary value prior reading or writting. Each
  31  * call to getInputStream or getOutputStream always returns the same object,
  32  * rather than creating a new stream. It's recommended for objects implementing
  33  * this interface to also implement nsIInputStream and nsIOutputStream, so they
  34  * can be easilly used with e.g. NS_AsyncCopy.
  35  */
  36 [scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(9b5904a8-886a-420f-a1d8-847de8ffc133)]
  37 interface nsIRandomAccessStream : nsISeekableStream
  38 {
  39   /**
  40    * This method always returns the same object.
  41    */
  42   nsIInputStream getInputStream();
  43
  44   /**
  45    * This method always returns the same object.
  46    */
  47   nsIOutputStream getOutputStream();
  48
  49   /**
  50    * Like getInputStream but infallible.
  51    */
  52   [notxpcom, nostdcall] nsIInputStream inputStream();
  53
  54   /**
  55    * Like getOutputStream but infallible.
  56    */
  57   [notxpcom, nostdcall] nsIOutputStream outputStream();
  58
  59   [notxpcom, nostdcall] RandomAccessStreamParams serialize(in nsIInterfaceRequestor aCallbacks);
  60
  61   [notxpcom, nostdcall] boolean deserialize(inout RandomAccessStreamParamsRef params);
  62 };