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Network
The following list interfaces for reading and writing remote content. Remote content is identified by a URI using the nsIURI interface. Use the nsIIOService service to create one from a string. The nsIIOService service is also used to create channels for reading. Channels are created based on the URI scheme (http or ftp, for instance).
Each channel interface has a number of methods specific to the type of channel. Data can be read using a stream obtained from the channel. The nsIUploadChannel interface can be used to upload to a channel. You can call QueryInterface on a channel to get an nsIUploadChannel if it is supported.
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