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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:32:43 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:32:43 +0000 |
commit | 6bf0a5cb5034a7e684dcc3500e841785237ce2dd (patch) | |
tree | a68f146d7fa01f0134297619fbe7e33db084e0aa /xpcom/io/nsIInputStreamLength.idl | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 1:115.7.0.upstream/1%115.7.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/xpcom/io/nsIInputStreamLength.idl b/xpcom/io/nsIInputStreamLength.idl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f9f685704a --- /dev/null +++ b/xpcom/io/nsIInputStreamLength.idl @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +/* 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/. */ + +#include "nsISupports.idl" + +interface nsIEventTarget; +interface nsIInputStreamLengthCallback; + +/** + * Note: Instead of using these interfaces directly, consider to use + * InputStreamLengthHelper class. + */ + +[uuid(452d059f-9a9c-4434-8839-e10d1405647c)] +interface nsIInputStreamLength : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Returns the total length of the stream if known. Otherwise it returns -1. + * This is different than calling available() which returns the number of + * bytes ready to be read from the stream. + * -1 is a valid value for a stream that doesn't know its length. For + * instance, a pipe stream could return such value. + * + * It could throw NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if the inputStream is + * non-blocking. If this happens, you should use + * nsIAsyncInputStreamLength::asyncLengthWait(). + * + * If the stream has already been read (read()/readSegments()/close()/seek() + * methods has been called), length() returns NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE. + * + * This is not an attribute because a stream can change its length. For + * instance, if the stream is a file inputStream and the underlying OS file + * changes, its length will change as well. + */ + long long length(); +}; + +[uuid(b63f9ecf-4668-44a3-93bd-72dbc65a6125)] +interface nsIAsyncInputStreamLength : nsISupports +{ + /** + * If the stream is non-blocking, nsIInputStreamLength::length() can return + * NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK. The caller must then wait for the stream to + * know its length. + * + * If the stream implements nsIAsyncInputStreamLength, then the caller can + * use this interface to request an asynchronous notification when the + * stream's length becomes known (via the AsyncLengthWait method). + * If the length is already known, the aCallback will be still called + * asynchronously. + * + * If the stream has already been read (read()/readSegments()/close()/seek() + * methods has been called), length() returns NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE. + * + * @param aCallback + * This object is notified when the length becomes known. This + * parameter may be null to clear an existing callback. + * @param aEventTarget + * Specify that the notification must be delivered to a specific event + * target. + */ + void asyncLengthWait(in nsIInputStreamLengthCallback aCallback, + in nsIEventTarget aEventTarget); +}; + +/** + * This is a companion interface for + * nsIAsyncInputStreamLength::asyncLengthWait. + */ +[function, uuid(9c0c13b9-1b33-445d-8adb-a8a7866a6c06)] +interface nsIInputStreamLengthCallback : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Called to inform what the total length of the stream is. + * + * @param aStream + * The stream whose asyncLengthWait method was called. + * @param aLength + * The stream's length. It can be -1 if the stream doesn't know its + * length. For instance, this can happen for a pipe inputStream. + */ + void onInputStreamLengthReady(in nsIAsyncInputStreamLength aStream, + in long long aLength); +}; |