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#include "nsIOutputStream.idl"

interface nsIBuffer;

[scriptable, uuid(d2aaae66-1ab0-11d3-8ccd-0060b0fc14a3)]
interface nsIBufferOutputStream : nsIOutputStream
{
    /**
     * Returns the buffer underlying this output stream.
     */
    readonly attribute nsIBuffer Buffer;

    /**
     * Writes data into the stream from an input stream.
     * Implementer's note: This method is defined by this interface in order
     * to allow the output stream to efficiently copy the data from the input
     * stream into its internal buffer (if any). If this method was provide
     * as an external facility, a separate char* buffer would need to be used
     * in order to call the output stream's other Write method.
     * @param fromStream the stream from which the data is read
     * @param count the maximun number of bytes to write
     * @return aWriteCount out parameter to hold the number of
     *         bytes written. if an error occurs, the writecount
     *         is undefined
     */
    unsigned long WriteFrom(in nsIInputStream inStr,
                            in unsigned long count);

    /**
     * Set this attribute to put the stream in non-blocking mode.
     */
    attribute boolean NonBlocking;
};