gecko-dev/xpcom/io/nsIBinaryOutputStream.idl

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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#include "nsIOutputStream.idl"
#include "nsrootidl.idl"

/**
 * This interface allows writing of primitive data types (integers,
 * floating-point values, booleans, etc.) to a stream in a binary, untagged,
 * fixed-endianness format.  This might be used, for example, to implement
 * network protocols or to produce architecture-neutral binary disk files,
 * i.e. ones that can be read and written by both big-endian and little-endian
 * platforms.  Output is written in big-endian order (high-order byte first),
 * as this is traditional network order.
 *
 * @See nsIBinaryInputStream
 */

[scriptable, uuid(204ee610-8765-11d3-90cf-0040056a906e)]
interface nsIBinaryOutputStream : nsIOutputStream {
    void setOutputStream(in nsIOutputStream aOutputStream);
    
    /**
     * Write a boolean as an 8-bit char to the stream.
     */
    void writeBoolean(in boolean aBoolean);

    void write8(in PRUint8 aByte);
    void write16(in PRUint16 a16);
    void write32(in PRUint32 a32);
    void write64(in PRUint64 a64);

    void writeFloat(in float aFloat);
    void writeDouble(in double aDouble);

    /**
     * Write an 8-bit pascal style string to the stream.
     * 32-bit length field, followed by length 8-bit chars.
     */
    void writeStringZ(in string aString);

    /**
     * Write a 16-bit pascal style string to the stream.
     * 32-bit length field, followed by length PRUnichars.
     */
    void writeWStringZ(in wstring aString);

    /**
     * Write an 8-bit pascal style string (UTF8-encoded) to the stream.
     * 32-bit length field, followed by length 8-bit chars.
     */
    void writeUtf8Z(in wstring aString);

    /**
     * Write an opaque byte array to the stream.
     */
    void writeBytes([size_is(aLength)] in string aString, in PRUint32 aLength);

    /**
     * Write an opaque byte array to the stream.
     */
    void writeByteArray([array, size_is(aLength)] in PRUint8 aBytes,
                        in PRUint32 aLength);

};

%{C++

inline nsresult
NS_WriteOptionalStringZ(nsIBinaryOutputStream* aStream, const char* aString)
{
    bool nonnull = (aString != nsnull);
    nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
        rv = aStream->WriteStringZ(aString);
    return rv;
}

inline nsresult
NS_WriteOptionalWStringZ(nsIBinaryOutputStream* aStream, const PRUnichar* aString)
{
    bool nonnull = (aString != nsnull);
    nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
        rv = aStream->WriteWStringZ(aString);
    return rv;
}

%}