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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
/* 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
#include "nsIInputStream.idl"
#include "nsIOutputStream.idl"
#include "nsIRandomAccessStream.idl"
interface nsIEventTarget;
interface nsIFile;
interface nsIFileMetadataCallback;
%{C++
struct PRFileDesc;
%}
[ptr] native PRFileDescPtr(PRFileDesc);
/**
* An input stream that allows you to read from a file.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(e3d56a20-c7ec-11d3-8cda-0060b0fc14a3)]
interface nsIFileInputStream : nsIInputStream
{
/**
* @param file file to read from
* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
* file in default mode (PR_RDONLY).
* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
* use the default value (0)
* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
* (see enumerations in the class)
*/
void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
in long behaviorFlags);
/**
* If this is set, the file will close automatically when the end of the
* file is reached.
*/
const long CLOSE_ON_EOF = 1<<2;
/**
* If this is set, the file will be reopened whenever we reach the start of
* the file, either by doing a Seek(0, NS_SEEK_CUR), or by doing a relative
* seek that happen to reach the beginning of the file. If the file is
* already open and the seek occurs, it will happen naturally. (The file
* will only be reopened if it is closed for some reason.)
*/
const long REOPEN_ON_REWIND = 1<<3;
/**
* If this is set, the file will be opened (i.e., a call to
* PR_Open done) only when we do an actual operation on the stream,
* or more specifically, when one of the following is called:
* - Seek
* - Tell
* - SetEOF
* - Available
* - Read
* - ReadLine
*
* DEFER_OPEN is useful if we use the stream on a background
* thread, so that the opening and possible |stat|ing of the file
* happens there as well.
*
* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
* first read. Also, the file is not locked when Init is called,
* so it might be deleted before we try to read from it.
*/
const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<4;
/**
* This flag has no effect and is totally ignored on any platform except
* Windows since this is the default behavior on POSIX systems. On Windows
* if this flag is set then the stream is opened in a special mode that
* allows the OS to delete the file from disk just like POSIX.
*/
const long SHARE_DELETE = 1<<5;
};
/**
* An output stream that lets you stream to a file.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(e734cac9-1295-4e6f-9684-3ac4e1f91063)]
interface nsIFileOutputStream : nsIOutputStream
{
/**
* @param file file to write to
* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
* file in default mode (PR_WRONLY |
* PR_CREATE_FILE | PR_TRUNCATE)
* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
* use the default permissions (0664)
* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
* (currently none supported)
*/
void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
in long behaviorFlags);
/**
* @param length asks the operating system to allocate storage for
* this file of at least |length| bytes long, and
* set the file length to the corresponding size.
* @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if the preallocation fails.
* @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if the file is not opened.
*/
[noscript] void preallocate(in long long length);
/**
* See the same constant in nsIFileInputStream. The deferred open will
* be performed when one of the following is called:
* - Seek
* - Tell
* - SetEOF
* - Write
* - Flush
*
* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
* first write, and if the file is to be created, then it will not
* appear on the disk until the first write.
*/
const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<0;
};
/**
* A stream that allows you to read from a file or stream to a file.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(82cf605a-8393-4550-83ab-43cd5578e006)]
interface nsIFileRandomAccessStream : nsIRandomAccessStream
{
/**
* @param file file to read from or stream to
* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
* file in default mode (PR_RDWR).
* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
* use the default value (0)
* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
* (see enumerations in the class)
*/
void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
in long behaviorFlags);
/**
* See the same constant in nsIFileInputStream. The deferred open will
* be performed when one of the following is called:
* - Seek
* - Tell
* - SetEOF
* - Available
* - Read
* - Flush
* - Write
* - GetSize
* - GetLastModified
*
* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
* first read or write. The file is not locked when Init is called,
* so it might be deleted before we try to read from it and if the
* file is to be created, then it will not appear on the disk until
* the first write.
*/
const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<0;
};
/**
* An interface that allows you to get some metadata like file size and
* file last modified time. These methods and attributes can throw
* NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK in case the informations are not available yet.
* If this happens, consider the use of nsIAsyncFileMetadata.
*
* If using nsIAsyncFileMetadata, you should retrieve any data via this
* interface before taking any action that might consume the underlying stream.
* For example, once Available(), Read(), or nsIAsyncInputStream::AsyncWait()
* are invoked, these methods may return NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED. This will
* happen when using RemoteLazyInputStream with an underlying file stream, for
* example.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(07f679e4-9601-4bd1-b510-cd3852edb881)]
interface nsIFileMetadata : nsISupports
{
/**
* File size in bytes.
*/
readonly attribute long long size;
/**
* File last modified time in milliseconds from midnight (00:00:00),
* January 1, 1970 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
*/
readonly attribute long long lastModified;
/**
* The internal file descriptor. It can be used for memory mapping of the
* underlying file. Please use carefully! If this returns
* NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK, consider the use of nsIAsyncFileMetadata.
*/
[noscript] PRFileDescPtr getFileDescriptor();
};
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(de15b80b-29ba-4b7f-9220-a3d75b17ae8c)]
interface nsIAsyncFileMetadata : nsIFileMetadata
{
/**
* Asynchronously wait for the object to be ready.
*
* @param aCallback The callback will be used when the stream is ready to
* return File metadata. Use a nullptr to cancel a
* previous operation.
*
* @param aEventTarget The event target where aCallback will be executed.
* If aCallback is passed, aEventTarget cannot be null.
*/
void asyncFileMetadataWait(in nsIFileMetadataCallback aCallback,
in nsIEventTarget aEventTarget);
};
/**
* This is a companion interface for
* nsIAsyncFileMetadata::asyncFileMetadataWait.
*/
[function, scriptable, uuid(d01c7ead-7ba3-4726-b399-618ec8ec7057)]
interface nsIFileMetadataCallback : nsISupports
{
/**
* Called to indicate that the nsIFileMetadata object is ready.
*/
void onFileMetadataReady(in nsIAsyncFileMetadata aObject);
};