nsIHttpUpgradeListener

This is used, for example, by WebSockets in order to upgrade an HTTP channel to use the WebSocket protocol.

Method overview

Methods

onTransportAvailable()

Called when an HTTP protocol upgrade attempt is completed, passing in the information needed by the protocol handler to take over the channel that is no longer being used by HTTP.

void onTransportAvailable(
  in nsISocketTransport aTransport,
  in nsIAsyncInputStream aSocketIn,
  in nsIAsyncOutputStream aSocketOut
);

Parameters

aTransport

The nsISocketTransport describing the socket connection between the browser and the server; this socket can now be used for the new protocol instead of HTTP.

aSocketIn

The nsIAsyncInputStream object representing the input stream for data coming from the server over the socket connection.

aSocketOut

The nsIAsyncOutputStream object representing the out stream for sending data to the server over the socket.