/gecko_sdk/idl/nsIJSON.idl

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#include "domstubs.idl"

interface nsIInputStream;
interface nsIOutputStream;
interface nsIScriptGlobalObject;

/**
 * Encode and decode JSON text.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(45464c36-efde-4cb5-8e00-07480533ff35)]
interface nsIJSON : nsISupports
{
  AString encode(/* in JSObject value,
                 /* [optional] in JSObject whitelist */);

  void encodeToStream(in nsIOutputStream stream,
                      in string charset,
                      in boolean writeBOM
                      /* in JSObject value,
                      /* [optional] in JSObject optFilter */);

  void /* JSObject */ decode(in AString str
                             /* , [optional] in JSObject whitelist */);

  void /* JSObject */ decodeFromStream(in nsIInputStream stream,
                                       in long contentLength
                                       /*[optional] in JSObject optFilter */);
};