source: vbox/trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/io/nsIBinaryOutputStream.idl@ 53433

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#include "nsIOutputStream.idl"
#include "nsrootidl.idl"

/**
 * This interface allows writing of primitive data types (integers,
 * floating-point values, booleans, etc.) to a stream in a binary, untagged,
 * fixed-endianness format.  This might be used, for example, to implement
 * network protocols or to produce architecture-neutral binary disk files,
 * i.e. ones that can be read and written by both big-endian and little-endian
 * platforms.  Output is written in big-endian order (high-order byte first),
 * as this is traditional network order.
 *
 * @See nsIBinaryInputStream
 */

[scriptable, uuid(204ee610-8765-11d3-90cf-0040056a906e)]
interface nsIBinaryOutputStream : nsIOutputStream {
    void setOutputStream(in nsIOutputStream aOutputStream);
    
    void writeBoolean(in PRBool aBoolean);

    void write8(in PRUint8 aByte);
    void write16(in PRUint16 a16);
    void write32(in PRUint32 a32);
    void write64(in PRUint64 a64);

    void writeFloat(in float aFloat);
    void writeDouble(in double aDouble);

    /**
     * Write a NUL-terminated 8-bit char* string to a binary stream.
     */
    void writeStringZ(in string aString);

    /**
     * Write a NUL-terminated 16-bit PRUnichar* string to a binary stream.
     */
    void writeWStringZ(in wstring aString);

    /**
     * Write a NUL-terminated UTF8-encoded string to a binary stream, produced
     * from a NUL-terminated 16-bit PRUnichar* string argument.
     */
    void writeUtf8Z(in wstring aString);

    /**
     * Write an opaque byte array to a binary stream.
     */
    void writeBytes([size_is(aLength)] in string aString, in PRUint32 aLength);

    /**
     * Write an opaque byte array to a binary stream.
     */
    void writeByteArray([array, size_is(aLength)] in PRUint8 aBytes,
                        in PRUint32 aLength);

};

%{C++

inline nsresult
NS_WriteOptionalStringZ(nsIBinaryOutputStream* aStream, const char* aString)
{
    PRBool nonnull = (aString != nsnull);
    nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
        rv = aStream->WriteStringZ(aString);
    return rv;
}

inline nsresult
NS_WriteOptionalWStringZ(nsIBinaryOutputStream* aStream, const PRUnichar* aString)
{
    PRBool nonnull = (aString != nsnull);
    nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
        rv = aStream->WriteWStringZ(aString);
    return rv;
}

%}