Summary
A component implementing nsIScriptableInputStream.
- Class ID
- 7225c040-a9bf-11d3-a197-0050041caf44
- ContractID
- @mozilla.org/scriptableinputstream;1
Supported Interfaces
nsIScriptableInputStream, nsIInputStream
Remarks
This component should be accessed via the XPCOM Component Manager.
Example Code
const nsIScriptableInputStream = Components.interfaces.nsIScriptableInputStream;
function consumeStream(inputStream)
{
  var factory = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/scriptableinputstream;1"];
  var sis = factory.createInstance(nsIScriptableInputStream);
  sis.init(inputStream);
  try
  {
    while (true)
    {
      var chunk = sis.read(512);
      if (chunk.length == 0)
        break;
      // ok, chunk now contains a portion of the stream's data.
      // Do something with it!
    }
  }
  catch (e)
  {
    dump("Error: failed reading from stream:\n" + e + "\n");
  }
}