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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; 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
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+ * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Mozilla FastLoad code.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+ * Netscape Communications Corporation.
+ * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2001
+ * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *   Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org> (original author)
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
+ * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
+ * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
+ * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
+ * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
+ * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
+ * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
+ * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
+ * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
+ * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
+ * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
+ *
+ * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIObjectInputStream;
+interface nsIObjectOutputStream;
+
+[scriptable, uuid(91cca981-c26d-44a8-bebe-d9ed4891503a)]
+interface nsISerializable : nsISupports
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialize the object implementing nsISerializable, which must have
+     * been freshly constructed via CreateInstance.  All data members that
+     * can't be set to default values must have been serialized by write,
+     * and should be read from aInputStream in the same order by this method.
+     */
+    void read(in nsIObjectInputStream aInputStream);
+
+    /**
+     * Serialize the object implementing nsISerializable to aOutputStream, by
+     * writing each data member that must be recovered later to reconstitute
+     * a working replica of this object, in a canonical member and byte order,
+     * to aOutputStream.
+     *
+     * NB: a class that implements nsISerializable *must* also implement
+     * nsIClassInfo, in particular nsIClassInfo::GetClassID.
+     */
+    void write(in nsIObjectOutputStream aOutputStream);
+};