source: vbox/trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/io/nsIBinaryInputStream.idl@ 6542

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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;
}

%}