217 lines
8.2 KiB
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217 lines
8.2 KiB
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
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#include "nsIInputStream.idl"
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#include "nsIOutputStream.idl"
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interface nsIFile;
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/**
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* An input stream that allows you to read from a file.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(e3d56a20-c7ec-11d3-8cda-0060b0fc14a3)]
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interface nsIFileInputStream : nsIInputStream
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{
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/**
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* @param file file to read from
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* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
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* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
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* file in default mode (PR_RDONLY).
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* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
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* use the default value (0)
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* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
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* (see enumerations in the class)
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*/
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void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
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in long behaviorFlags);
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/**
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* If this is set, the file will be deleted by the time the stream is
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* closed. It may be removed before the stream is closed if it is possible
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* to delete it and still read from it.
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*
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* If OPEN_ON_READ is defined, and the file was recreated after the first
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* delete, the file will be deleted again when it is closed again.
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*/
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const long DELETE_ON_CLOSE = 1<<1;
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/**
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* If this is set, the file will close automatically when the end of the
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* file is reached.
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*/
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const long CLOSE_ON_EOF = 1<<2;
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/**
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* If this is set, the file will be reopened whenever we reach the start of
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* the file, either by doing a Seek(0, NS_SEEK_CUR), or by doing a relative
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* seek that happen to reach the beginning of the file. If the file is
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* already open and the seek occurs, it will happen naturally. (The file
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* will only be reopened if it is closed for some reason.)
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*/
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const long REOPEN_ON_REWIND = 1<<3;
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/**
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* If this is set, the file will be opened (i.e., a call to
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* PR_Open done) only when we do an actual operation on the stream,
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* or more specifically, when one of the following is called:
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* - Seek
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* - Tell
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* - SetEOF
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* - Available
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* - Read
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* - ReadLine
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*
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* DEFER_OPEN is useful if we use the stream on a background
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* thread, so that the opening and possible |stat|ing of the file
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* happens there as well.
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*
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* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
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* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
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* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
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* first read. Also, the file is not locked when Init is called,
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* so it might be deleted before we try to read from it.
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*/
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const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<4;
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/**
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* This flag has no effect and is totally ignored on any platform except
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* Windows since this is the default behavior on POSIX systems. On Windows
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* if this flag is set then the stream is opened in a special mode that
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* allows the OS to delete the file from disk just like POSIX.
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*/
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const long SHARE_DELETE = 1<<5;
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};
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/**
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* An output stream that lets you stream to a file.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(e6f68040-c7ec-11d3-8cda-0060b0fc14a3)]
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interface nsIFileOutputStream : nsIOutputStream
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{
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/**
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* @param file file to write to
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* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
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* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
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* file in default mode (PR_WRONLY |
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* PR_CREATE_FILE | PR_TRUNCATE)
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* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
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* use the default permissions (0664)
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* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
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* (currently none supported)
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*/
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void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
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in long behaviorFlags);
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/**
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* See the same constant in nsIFileInputStream. The deferred open will
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* be performed when one of the following is called:
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* - Seek
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* - Tell
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* - SetEOF
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* - Write
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* - Flush
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*
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* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
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* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
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* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
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* first write, and if the file is to be created, then it will not
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* appear on the disk until the first write.
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*/
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const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<0;
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};
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/**
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* An input stream that allows you to read from a slice of a file.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(3ce03a2f-97f7-4375-b6bb-1788a60cad3b)]
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interface nsIPartialFileInputStream : nsISupports
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{
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/**
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* Initialize with a file and new start/end positions. Both start and
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* start+length must be smaller than the size of the file. Not doing so
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* will lead to undefined behavior.
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* You must initialize the stream, and only initialize it once, before it
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* can be used.
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*
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* @param file file to read from
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* @param start start offset of slice to read. Must be smaller
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* than the size of the file.
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* @param length length of slice to read. Must be small enough that
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* start+length is smaller than the size of the file.
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* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
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* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
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* file in default mode (PR_RDONLY).
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* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
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* use the default value (0)
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* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
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* (see enumerations in nsIFileInputStream)
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*/
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void init(in nsIFile file, in unsigned long long start,
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in unsigned long long length,
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in long ioFlags, in long perm, in long behaviorFlags);
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};
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/**
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* A stream that allows you to read from a file or stream to a file.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(82cf605a-8393-4550-83ab-43cd5578e006)]
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interface nsIFileStream : nsISupports
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{
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/**
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* @param file file to read from or stream to
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* @param ioFlags file open flags listed in prio.h (see
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* PR_Open documentation) or -1 to open the
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* file in default mode (PR_RDWR).
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* @param perm file mode bits listed in prio.h or -1 to
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* use the default value (0)
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* @param behaviorFlags flags specifying various behaviors of the class
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* (see enumerations in the class)
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*/
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void init(in nsIFile file, in long ioFlags, in long perm,
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in long behaviorFlags);
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/**
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* See the same constant in nsIFileInputStream. The deferred open will
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* be performed when one of the following is called:
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* - Seek
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* - Tell
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* - SetEOF
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* - Available
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* - Read
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* - Flush
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* - Write
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* - GetSize
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* - GetLastModified
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*
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* @note Using this flag results in the file not being opened
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* during the call to Init. This means that any errors that might
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* happen when this flag is not set would happen during the
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* first read or write. The file is not locked when Init is called,
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* so it might be deleted before we try to read from it and if the
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* file is to be created, then it will not appear on the disk until
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* the first write.
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*/
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const long DEFER_OPEN = 1<<0;
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};
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/**
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* An interface that allows you to get some metadata like file size and
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* file last modified time.
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*/
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[scriptable, uuid(07f679e4-9601-4bd1-b510-cd3852edb881)]
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interface nsIFileMetadata : nsISupports
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{
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/**
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* File size in bytes;
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*/
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readonly attribute long long size;
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/**
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* File last modified time in milliseconds from midnight (00:00:00),
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* January 1, 1970 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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*/
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readonly attribute long long lastModified;
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};
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