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#ifndef __IMarshalToolkit_h__
#define __IMarshalToolkit_h__
#include <iostream.h>
#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "xptcall.h"
#include "nsIAllocator.h"

class IMarshalToolkit : public nsISupports {
public:
    /* nsXPTType::T_I8, nsXPTType::T_U8, nsXPTType::T_I16,  nsXPTType::T_U16
     * nsXPTType::T_I32, nsXPTType::T_U32, nsXPTType::T_I64, nsXPTType::T_U64,
     * nsXPTType::T_FLOAT, nsXPTType::T_DOUBLE, nsXPTType::T_BOOL, nsXPTType::T_CHAR, nsXPTType::T_WCHAR,
     */
    NS_IMETHOD ReadSimple(istream *in, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value,nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsIAllocator * allocator = NULL) = 0;
    NS_IMETHOD WriteSimple(ostream *out, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut) = 0;

    /* nsXPTType::T_IID
     */
    NS_IMETHOD ReadIID(istream *in, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsIAllocator * allocator = NULL) = 0;
    NS_IMETHOD WriteIID(ostream *out, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut) = 0;

    /* case nsXPTType::T_CHAR_STR:
     * case nsXPTType::T_WCHAR_STR:
     * case nsXPTType::T_PSTRING_SIZE_IS:
     * case nsXPTType::T_PWSTRING_SIZE_IS:
     */
    NS_IMETHOD ReadString(istream *in, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsIAllocator * allocator = NULL) = 0;
    NS_IMETHOD WriteString(ostream *out, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, PRInt32 size = -1) = 0;

    /* nsXPTType::T_INTERFACE, nsXPTType::T_INTERFACE_IS
     */
    NS_IMETHOD ReadInterface(istream *in, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsIID * iid = NULL,
                             nsIAllocator * allocator = NULL) = 0;
    NS_IMETHOD WriteInterface(ostream *out, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsIID * iid = NULL) = 0;
    
    /* nsXPTType::T_ARRAY
     */
    NS_IMETHOD ReadArray(istream *in, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsXPTType * datumType, nsIAllocator * allocator = NULL) = 0;
    NS_IMETHOD WriteArray(ostream *out, nsXPTCMiniVariant *value, nsXPTType * type, PRBool  isOut, nsXPTType * datumType, PRUint32 size) = 0;
};
#endif  /* __IMarshalToolkit_h__ */