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authorMatt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain>2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; 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
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsIBinaryOutputStream.idl"
+
+/**
+ * @See nsIObjectInputStream
+ * @See nsIBinaryOutputStream
+ */
+
+[scriptable, uuid(92c898ac-5fde-4b99-87b3-5d486422094b)]
+interface nsIObjectOutputStream : nsIBinaryOutputStream
+{
+ /**
+ * Write the object whose "root" or XPCOM-identity nsISupports is aObject.
+ * The cause for writing this object is a strong or weak reference, so the
+ * aIsStrongRef argument must tell which kind of pointer is being followed
+ * here during serialization.
+ *
+ * If the object has only one strong reference in the serialization and no
+ * weak refs, use writeSingleRefObject. This is a valuable optimization:
+ * it saves space in the stream, and cycles on both ends of the process.
+ *
+ * If the reference being serialized is a pointer to an interface not on
+ * the primary inheritance chain ending in the root nsISupports, you must
+ * call writeCompoundObject instead of this method.
+ */
+ void writeObject(in nsISupports aObject, in boolean aIsStrongRef);
+
+ /**
+ * Write an object referenced singly and strongly via its root nsISupports
+ * or a subclass of its root nsISupports. There must not be other refs to
+ * aObject in memory, or in the serialization.
+ */
+ void writeSingleRefObject(in nsISupports aObject);
+
+ /**
+ * Write the object referenced by an interface pointer at aObject that
+ * inherits from a non-primary nsISupports, i.e., a reference to one of
+ * the multiply inherited interfaces derived from an nsISupports other
+ * than the root or XPCOM-identity nsISupports; or a reference to an
+ * inner object in the case of true XPCOM aggregation. aIID identifies
+ * this interface.
+ */
+ void writeCompoundObject(in nsISupports aObject,
+ in nsIIDRef aIID,
+ in boolean aIsStrongRef);
+
+ void writeID(in nsIDRef aID);
+
+ /**
+ * Optimized serialization support -- see nsIStreamBufferAccess.idl.
+ */
+ [notxpcom] charPtr getBuffer(in uint32_t aLength, in uint32_t aAlignMask);
+ [notxpcom] void putBuffer(in charPtr aBuffer, in uint32_t aLength);
+};
+
+%{C++
+
+inline nsresult
+NS_WriteOptionalObject(nsIObjectOutputStream* aStream, nsISupports* aObject,
+ bool aIsStrongRef)
+{
+ bool nonnull = (aObject != nullptr);
+ nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
+ if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
+ rv = aStream->WriteObject(aObject, aIsStrongRef);
+ return rv;
+}
+
+inline nsresult
+NS_WriteOptionalSingleRefObject(nsIObjectOutputStream* aStream,
+ nsISupports* aObject)
+{
+ bool nonnull = (aObject != nullptr);
+ nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
+ if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
+ rv = aStream->WriteSingleRefObject(aObject);
+ return rv;
+}
+
+inline nsresult
+NS_WriteOptionalCompoundObject(nsIObjectOutputStream* aStream,
+ nsISupports* aObject,
+ const nsIID& aIID,
+ bool aIsStrongRef)
+{
+ bool nonnull = (aObject != nullptr);
+ nsresult rv = aStream->WriteBoolean(nonnull);
+ if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && nonnull)
+ rv = aStream->WriteCompoundObject(aObject, aIID, aIsStrongRef);
+ return rv;
+}
+
+%}