pjs/xpcom/io/nsIPipe.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIPipe;
interface nsIMemory;
interface nsIInputStream;
interface nsIOutputStream;

[scriptable, uuid(f4211abc-61b3-11d4-9877-00c04fa0cf4a)]
interface nsIPipe : nsISupports {
    void initialize(in unsigned long segmentSize,
                    in unsigned long maxSize,
                    in boolean nonBlockingInput,
                    in boolean nonBlockingOutput,
                    in nsIMemory segmentAllocator);
    readonly attribute nsIInputStream inputStream;
    readonly attribute nsIOutputStream outputStream;
};

[scriptable, uuid(8C39EF62-F7C9-11d4-98F5-001083010E9B)] 
interface nsISearchableInputStream : nsISupports {
    /**
     * Searches for a string in the input stream. Since the stream has a notion
     * of EOF, it is possible that the string may at some time be in the 
     * buffer, but is is not currently found up to some offset. Consequently,
     * both the found and not found cases return an offset:
     *    if found, return offset where it was found
     *    if not found, return offset of the first byte not searched
     * In the case the stream is at EOF and the string is not found, the first
     * byte not searched will correspond to the length of the buffer.
     */
    void search(in string forString, 
                in boolean ignoreCase, 
                out boolean found,
                out unsigned long offsetSearchedTo);
};

%{C++
#define NS_PIPE_DEFAULT_SEGMENT_SIZE    4096
#define NS_PIPE_DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE     (1024*1024)

extern NS_COM nsresult
NS_NewPipe(nsIInputStream* *inStrResult,
           nsIOutputStream* *outStrResult,
           PRUint32 segmentSize = NS_PIPE_DEFAULT_SEGMENT_SIZE,
           PRUint32 maxSize = NS_PIPE_DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
           PRBool nonBlockingInput = PR_FALSE,
           PRBool nonBlockingOutput = PR_FALSE,
           nsIMemory* segmentAllocator = nsnull);
%}