Method overview

Methods

explicitSetUploadStream()

Sets a stream to be uploaded by this channel with the specified Content-Type and Content-Length header values.

Most implementations of this interface require that the stream:

1. implement threadsafe addRef and release
2. implement nsIInputStream.readSegments()
3. implement nsISeekableStream.seek().

void explicitSetUploadStream(
  in nsIInputStream aStream,
  in ACString aContentType,
  in long long aContentLength,
  in ACString aMethod,
  in boolean aStreamHasHeaders
);

Parameters

aStream

The stream to be uploaded by this channel.

aContentType

This value will replace any existing Content-Type header on the HTTP request, regardless of whether or not its empty.

aContentLength

A value of -1 indicates that the length of the stream should be determined by calling the stream's available method.

aMethod

The HTTP request method to set on the stream.

aStreamHasHeaders

true if the stream already contains headers for the HTTP request.