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#include "nsISupports.idl"
 
interface nsIStreamListener;
interface nsIResumableEntityID;

[scriptable, uuid(87cccd68-1dd2-11b2-8b66-cbf10a1b6438)]
interface nsIResumableChannel : nsISupports {
    /**
     * Open this channel, and read starting at the specified offset.
     * @param listener - As for asyncOpen
     * @param ctxt - As for asyncOpen
     * @param startPos - the starting offset, in bytes, to use to download
     * @param info - information about the file, to match before obtaining
     *  the file. Pass null to use anything.
     * OnStartRequest wil have a status of NS_ERROR_NOT_RESUMABLE if the file
     *  cannot be resumed, eg because the server doesn't support this, or the
     *  nsIFileInfo doesn't match. This error may be occur even if startPos
     *  is 0, so that the front end can warn the user.
     *
     * The request given to the nsIStreamListener will be QIable to
     * nsIResumableInfo
     */
    void asyncOpenAt(in nsIStreamListener listener,
                     in nsISupports ctxt,
                     in unsigned long startPos,
                     in nsIResumableEntityID entityID);

    /**
     * The nsIResumableEntityID for this uri. Available after OnStartRequest
     * If this attribute is null, then this load is not resumable.
     */
    readonly attribute nsIResumableEntityID entityID;
};
