gecko/netwerk/base/public/nsIRandomGenerator.idl
Shawn Wilsher 915515d7fa Bug 607115 - use a much smaller guid format than we currently use for bookmarks
Part 1 - Mark and make nsIRandomGenerator threadsafe.
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* Interface used to generate random data.
*
* @threadsafe
*/
[scriptable, uuid(2362d97a-747a-4576-8863-697667309209)]
interface nsIRandomGenerator : nsISupports {
/**
* Generates the specified amount of random bytes.
*
* @param aLength
* The length of the data to generate.
* @param aBuffer
* A buffer that contains random bytes of size aLength.
*/
void generateRandomBytes(in unsigned long aLength,
[retval, array, size_is(aLength)] out octet aBuffer);
};