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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+
+/*
+ * nsITellableStream
+ *
+ * This class is separate from nsISeekableStream in order to let streams to
+ * implement ::Tell() without implementing the whole nsISeekableStream
+ * interface. Callers can QI the stream to know what is implemented. This is
+ * mainly done for nsPipeInputStream.
+ *
+ *
+ * Implementing this interface, streams are able to expose the current offset
+ * via ::tell().
+ */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+[scriptable, uuid(ee942946-4538-45d2-bf05-ffdbf5932621)]
+interface nsITellableStream : nsISupports
+{
+    /**
+     *  tell
+     *
+     *  This method reports the current offset, in bytes, from the start of the
+     *  stream.
+     *
+     *   @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED if called on a closed stream.
+     */
+    long long tell();
+};