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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
 * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
 * Netscape Communications Corporation.
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 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s):
 *   Warren Harris <warren@netscape.com>
 *   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();
};