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 * The Original Code is Mozilla Communicator client code, 
 * released March 31, 1998. 
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#include "nsIBaseStream.idl"

interface nsIInputStream;

[scriptable, uuid(a2a32f90-9b90-11d3-a189-0050041caf44)] 
interface nsIScriptableInputStream : nsIBaseStream 
{ 
    /** Wrap the given nsIInputStream with this nsIScriptableInputStream. 
     *  @param aInputStream [in] parameter providing the stream to wrap 
     */ 
    void init(in nsIInputStream aInputStream); 

    /** Return the number of bytes currently available in the stream 
     *  @param _retval [out] parameter to hold the number of bytes 
     *         if an error occurs, the parameter will be undefined 
     *  @return error status 
     */ 
    unsigned long available(); 

    /** Read data from the stream. 
     *  @param aCount [in] the maximum number of bytes to read 
     *  @param _retval [out] the data
     */ 
    string read(in unsigned long aCount); 
}; 
