xpcom/io/nsIConverterInputStream.idl

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   5
   6 #include "nsIUnicharInputStream.idl"
   7
   8 interface nsIInputStream;
   9
  10 /**
  11  * A unichar input stream that wraps an input stream.
  12  * This allows reading unicode strings from a stream, automatically converting
  13  * the bytes from a selected character encoding.
  14  */
  15 [scriptable, uuid(FC66FFB6-5404-4908-A4A3-27F92FA0579D)]
  16 interface nsIConverterInputStream : nsIUnicharInputStream {
  17     /**
  18      * Default replacement char value, U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER.
  19      */
  20     const char16_t DEFAULT_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER = 0xFFFD;
  21
  22     /**
  23      * Initialize this stream.
  24      * @param aStream
  25      *        The underlying stream to read from.
  26      * @param aCharset
  27      *        The character encoding to use for converting the bytes of the
  28      *        stream. A null charset will be interpreted as UTF-8.
  29      * @param aBufferSize
  30      *        How many bytes to buffer.
  31      * @param aReplacementChar
  32      *        The character to replace unknown byte sequences in the stream
  33      *        with. The standard replacement character is U+FFFD.
  34      *        A value of 0x0000 will cause an exception to be thrown if unknown
  35      *        byte sequences are encountered in the stream.
  36      */
  37     void init (in nsIInputStream aStream, in string aCharset,
  38                in long aBufferSize, in char16_t aReplacementChar);
  39 };
  40