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#include "nsIBaseStream.idl"

[scriptable, uuid(022396f0-93b5-11d1-895b-006008911b81)]
interface nsIInputStream : nsIBaseStream
{
    /** Return the number of bytes currently available in the stream
     *  @param aLength out parameter to hold the number of bytes
     *         if an error occurs, the parameter will be undefined
     *  @return error status
     */
    unsigned long Available();

    /** Read data from the stream.
     *  @param aBuf the buffer into which the data is read
     *  @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read
     *  @return aReadCount out parameter to hold the number of
     *         bytes read, eof if 0. if an error occurs, the
     *         read count will be undefined
     */
    [noscript] unsigned long Read(in charStar buf, in unsigned long count);
};