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#include "nsIInputStream.idl"

/**
 * The multiplex stream concatenates a list of input streams into a single
 * stream.
 */

[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(a076fd12-1dd1-11b2-b19a-d53b5dffaade)]
interface nsIMultiplexInputStream : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Number of streams in this multiplex-stream
     */
    [infallible] readonly attribute unsigned long count;

    /**
     * Appends a stream to the end of the streams. The cursor of the stream
     * should be located at the beginning of the stream if the implementation
     * of this nsIMultiplexInputStream also is used as an nsISeekableStream.
     * @param stream  stream to append
     */
    void appendStream(in nsIInputStream stream);

    /**
     * Get stream at specified index.
     * @param index   return stream at this index, must be < count
     * @return        stream at specified index
     */
    nsIInputStream getStream(in unsigned long index);
};