nsIBinaryInputStream.idl revision 677833bc953b6cb418c701facbdcf4aa18d6c44e
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#include "nsIInputStream.idl"
#include "nsrootidl.idl"
/**
* This interface allows consumption of primitive data types from a "binary
* stream" containing untagged, big-endian binary data, i.e. as produced by an
* implementation of nsIBinaryOutputStream. This might be used, for example,
* to implement network protocols or to read from architecture-neutral disk
* files, i.e. ones that can be read and written by both big-endian and
* little-endian platforms.
*
* @See nsIBinaryOutputStream
*/
[scriptable, uuid(7b456cb0-8772-11d3-90cf-0040056a906e)]
interface nsIBinaryInputStream : nsIInputStream {
void setInputStream(in nsIInputStream aInputStream);
PRBool readBoolean();
PRUint8 read8();
PRUint16 read16();
PRUint32 read32();
PRUint64 read64();
float readFloat();
double readDouble();
/**
* Read a NUL-terminated 8-bit char* string from a binary stream.
*/
ACString readCString();
/**
* Read a NUL-terminated 16-bit PRUnichar* string from a binary stream.
*/
AString readString();
/**
* Read an opaque byte array from a binary stream.
*/
void readBytes(in PRUint32 aLength,
[size_is(aLength), retval] out string aString);
/**
* Read an opaque byte array from a binary stream, storing the results
* as an array of PRUint8s.
*/
void readByteArray(in PRUint32 aLength,
[array, size_is(aLength), retval] out PRUint8 aBytes);
};
%{C++
inline nsresult
NS_ReadOptionalCString(nsIBinaryInputStream* aStream, nsACString& aResult)
{
PRBool nonnull;
nsresult rv = aStream->ReadBoolean(&nonnull);
if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
if (nonnull)
rv = aStream->ReadCString(aResult);
else
aResult.Truncate();
}
return rv;
}
inline nsresult
NS_ReadOptionalString(nsIBinaryInputStream* aStream, nsAString& aResult)
{
PRBool nonnull;
nsresult rv = aStream->ReadBoolean(&nonnull);
if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
if (nonnull)
rv = aStream->ReadString(aResult);
else
aResult.Truncate();
}
return rv;
}
%}