gecko/netwerk/base/public/nsIInputStreamChannel.idl
2012-05-21 12:12:37 +01:00

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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsIChannel.idl"
interface nsIInputStream;
/**
* nsIInputStreamChannel
*
* This interface provides methods to initialize an input stream channel.
* The input stream channel serves as a data pump for an input stream.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(274c4d7a-2447-4ceb-a6de-80db1b83f5d2)]
interface nsIInputStreamChannel : nsISupports
{
/**
* Sets the URI for this channel. This must be called before the
* channel is opened, and it may only be called once.
*/
void setURI(in nsIURI aURI);
/**
* Get/set the content stream
*
* This stream contains the data that will be pushed to the channel's
* stream listener. If the stream is non-blocking and supports the
* nsIAsyncInputStream interface, then the stream will be read directly.
* Otherwise, the stream will be read on a background thread.
*
* This attribute must be set before the channel is opened, and it may
* only be set once.
*
* @throws NS_ERROR_IN_PROGRESS if the setter is called after the channel
* has been opened.
*/
attribute nsIInputStream contentStream;
};