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+/* -*- Mode: IDL; 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 "nsISupports.idl"
+
+interface nsIInputStream;
+
+/**
+ * nsIScriptableInputStream provides scriptable access to an nsIInputStream
+ * instance.
+ */
+[scriptable, uuid(3fce9015-472a-4080-ac3e-cd875dbe361e)]
+interface nsIScriptableInputStream : nsISupports
+{
+ /**
+ * Closes the stream.
+ */
+ void close();
+
+ /**
+ * Wrap the given nsIInputStream with this nsIScriptableInputStream.
+ *
+ * @param aInputStream parameter providing the stream to wrap
+ */
+ void init(in nsIInputStream aInputStream);
+
+ /**
+ * Return the number of bytes currently available in the stream
+ *
+ * @return the number of bytes
+ *
+ * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED if called after the stream has been closed
+ */
+ unsigned long long available();
+
+ /**
+ * Read data from the stream.
+ *
+ * WARNING: If the data contains a null byte, then this method will return
+ * a truncated string.
+ *
+ * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read
+ *
+ * @return the data, which will be an empty string if the stream is at EOF.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED if called after the stream has been closed
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED if init was not called
+ */
+ string read(in unsigned long aCount);
+
+ /**
+ * Read data from the stream, including NULL bytes.
+ *
+ * @param aCount the maximum number of bytes to read.
+ *
+ * @return the data from the stream, which will be an empty string if EOF
+ * has been reached.
+ *
+ * @throws NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK if reading from the input stream
+ * would block the calling thread (non-blocking mode only).
+ * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if there are not enough bytes available to read
+ * aCount amount of data.
+ */
+ ACString readBytes(in unsigned long aCount);
+};