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 * Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
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 * Reserved.
 */

#ifndef nsITransport_h___
#define nsITransport_h___

#include "nscore.h"
#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "prio.h"
#include "nsIStreamListener.h"
#include "nsIOutputStream.h"
#include "nsIURL.h"

#define NS_ITRANSPORT_IID           \
{ 0x54ae75a0, 0x99e8, 0x11d2, \
  {0xb9, 0x47, 0x00, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x52, 0x35, 0x1a} }

class nsITransport : public nsIStreamListener {
public:

  /** Accessors */

  /**
   * Returns the URL that is associated with the Transport.
   *
   * If the transport doesn't have URL associated with it 
   * because it was constructed by passing host and port, 
   * it will return NULL.
   *
   * @param result   the URL that was used to build the transport
   * @return The return value is currently ignored.
   */
  NS_IMETHOD GetURL(nsIURL* *result) = 0;

  NS_IMETHOD LoadURL(nsIURL* url) = 0;


  /**
   * Sets up the InputStreamListener. Transport layer will notify this 
   * consumer when it writes data from the socket into its input stream.
   *
   * @param aListener:  The InputStreamConsumer provided by the protocol
   *       instance which the transport layer should use for input stream
   *       notifications. The transport layer assumes responsibility for
   *       building a stream listener proxy for the protocol's listener.
   *
   * @return The return value is currently ignored.
   */
  NS_IMETHOD SetInputStreamConsumer(nsIStreamListener* listener) = 0;

  /**
  * Returns a proxied stream listener which the transport layer expects
  * notifications through for the output stream. The protocol will bind the 
  * listener returned to its output stream where it writes data it wants 
  * sent through the transport layer.
  * As with the input stream consumer case, the transport layer returns a
  * proxied consumer.
  *
  * @return aConsumer: The proxied transport layer's consumer for the
  * protocol's output stream.
  */

  NS_IMETHOD GetOutputStreamConsumer(nsIStreamListener ** aConsumer) = 0;

  /** 
  * Returns an output stream which the protocol instance should write data 
  * it wants transmitted through the transport layer into. After writing data 
  * to this stream, the protocol should notify the output stream consumer. 
  * This informs the transport layer that data is available. 
  * 
  * @param aOutputStream: The output stream the protocol will write data for 
  *        transmission into. 
  * 
  * @return NS_FAILURE if the stream could not be returned. 
  */ 

  NS_IMETHOD GetOutputStream(nsIOutputStream ** aOutputStream) = 0; 

};


#endif /* nsITransport_h___ */