gecko/netwerk/base/public/nsIUnicharStreamLoader.idl

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#include "nsIStreamListener.idl"

interface nsIUnicharInputStream;
interface nsIUnicharStreamLoader;
interface nsIChannel;

[scriptable, uuid(c2982b39-2e48-429e-92b7-99348a1633c5)]
interface nsIUnicharStreamLoaderObserver : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Called as soon as at least 512 octets of data have arrived.
   * If the stream receives fewer than 512 octets of data in total,
   * called upon stream completion but before calling OnStreamComplete.
   * Will not be called if the stream receives no data at all.
   *
   * @param aLoader the unichar stream loader
   * @param aContext the context parameter of the underlying channel
   * @param aSegment up to 512 octets of raw data from the stream
   *
   * @return the name of the character set to be used to decode this stream
   */
  ACString onDetermineCharset(in nsIUnicharStreamLoader aLoader,
                              in nsISupports aContext,
                              in ACString aSegment);

  /**
   * Called when the entire stream has been loaded and decoded.
   *
   * @param aLoader the unichar stream loader
   * @param aContext the context parameter of the underlying channel
   * @param aStatus the status of the underlying channel
   * @param aBuffer the contents of the stream, decoded to UTF-16.
   *
   * This method will always be called asynchronously by the
   * nsUnicharIStreamLoader involved, on the thread that called the
   * loader's init() method.  If onDetermineCharset fails,
   * onStreamComplete will still be called, but aStatus will be an
   * error code.
   */
  void onStreamComplete(in nsIUnicharStreamLoader aLoader,
                        in nsISupports aContext,
                        in nsresult aStatus,
                        in AString aBuffer);
};

/**
 * Asynchronously load a channel, converting the data to UTF-16.
 *
 * To use this interface, first call init() with a
 * nsIUnicharStreamLoaderObserver that will be notified when the data has been
 * loaded. Then call asyncOpen() on the channel with the nsIUnicharStreamLoader
 * as the listener. The context argument in the asyncOpen() call will be
 * passed to the onStreamComplete() callback.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(afb62060-37c7-4713-8a84-4a0c1199ba5c)]
interface nsIUnicharStreamLoader : nsIStreamListener
{
  /**
   * Initializes the unichar stream loader
   *
   * @param aObserver the observer to notify when a charset is needed and when
   *                  the load is complete
   */
  void init(in nsIUnicharStreamLoaderObserver aObserver);

  /**
   * The channel attribute is only valid inside the onDetermineCharset
   * and onStreamComplete callbacks.  Otherwise it will be null.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIChannel channel;

  /**
   * The charset that onDetermineCharset returned, if that's been
   * called.
   */
  readonly attribute ACString charset;
};