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gecko-sdk/idl/nsIOutputStream.idl

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+ *   Darin Fisher <darin@netscape.com>
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+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIOutputStream;
+interface nsIInputStream;
+
+%{C++
+/**
+ * The signature for the reader function passed to WriteSegments. This 
+ * is the "provider" of data that gets written into the stream's buffer.
+ *
+ * @param aOutStream stream being written to
+ * @param aClosure opaque parameter passed to WriteSegments
+ * @param aToSegment pointer to memory owned by the output stream
+ * @param aFromOffset amount already written (since WriteSegments was called)
+ * @param aCount length of toSegment
+ * @param aReadCount number of bytes written
+ *
+ * Implementers should return the following:
+ *
+ * @return NS_OK and (*aReadCount > 0) if successfully provided some data
+ * @return NS_OK and (*aReadCount = 0) or
+ * @return <any-error> if not interested in providing any data
+ *
+ * Errors are never passed to the caller of WriteSegments.
+ *
+ * @status FROZEN
+ */
+typedef NS_CALLBACK(nsReadSegmentFun)(nsIOutputStream *aOutStream,
+                                      void *aClosure,
+                                      char *aToSegment,
+                                      PRUint32 aFromOffset,
+                                      PRUint32 aCount,
+                                      PRUint32 *aReadCount);
+%}
+
+native nsReadSegmentFun(nsReadSegmentFun);
+
+/**
+ * nsIOutputStream
+ *
+ * @status FROZEN
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(0d0acd2a-61b4-11d4-9877-00c04fa0cf4a)]
+interface nsIOutputStream : nsISupports
+{
+    /** 
+     * Close the stream. Forces the output stream to flush any buffered data.
+     *
+     * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if unable to flush without blocking 
+     *   the calling thread (non-blocking mode only)
+     */
+    void close();
+
+    /**
+     * Flush the stream.
+     *
+     * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if unable to flush without blocking 
+     *   the calling thread (non-blocking mode only)
+     */
+    void flush();
+
+    /**
+     * Write data into the stream.
+     *
+     * @param aBuf the buffer containing the data to be written
+     * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to be written
+     *
+     * @return number of bytes written (may be less than aCount)
+     *
+     * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if writing to the output stream would
+     *   block the calling thread (non-blocking mode only)
+     * @throws <other-error> on failure
+     */
+    unsigned long write(in string aBuf, in unsigned long aCount);
+
+    /**
+     * Writes data into the stream from an input stream.
+     *
+     * @param aFromStream the stream containing the data to be written
+     * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to be written
+     *
+     * @return number of bytes written (may be less than aCount)
+     *
+     * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if writing to the output stream would
+     *    block the calling thread (non-blocking mode only)
+     * @throws <other-error> on failure
+     *
+     * 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 provided as an external
+     * facility, a separate char* buffer would need to be used in order to call
+     * the output stream's other Write method.
+     */
+    unsigned long writeFrom(in nsIInputStream aFromStream,
+                            in unsigned long aCount);
+
+    /**
+     * Low-level write method that has access to the stream's underlying buffer.
+     * The reader function may be called multiple times for segmented buffers.
+     * WriteSegments is expected to keep calling the reader until either there
+     * is nothing left to write or the reader returns an error.  WriteSegments
+     * should not call the reader with zero bytes to provide.
+     *
+     * @param aReader the "provider" of the data to be written
+     * @param aClosure opaque parameter passed to reader
+     * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to be written
+     *
+     * @return number of bytes written (may be less than aCount)
+     *
+     * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if writing to the output stream would
+     *    block the calling thread (non-blocking mode only)
+     * @throws <other-error> on failure
+     *
+     * NOTE: this function may be unimplemented if a stream has no underlying
+     * buffer (e.g., socket output stream).
+     */
+    [noscript] unsigned long writeSegments(in nsReadSegmentFun aReader,
+                                           in voidPtr aClosure,
+                                           in unsigned long aCount);
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if stream is non-blocking
+     *
+     * NOTE: writing to a blocking output stream will block the calling thread
+     * until all given data can be consumed by the stream.
+     */
+    boolean isNonBlocking();
+};