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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: thesdta.hxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: kz $ $Date: 2004-11-27 13:20:15 $
+ *
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+
+#ifndef _LINGUISTIC_THESDTA_HXX_
+#define _LINGUISTIC_THESDTA_HXX_
+
+
+#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_LINGUISTIC2_XMEANING_HPP_
+#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XMeaning.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#include <uno/lbnames.h>            // CPPU_CURRENT_LANGUAGE_BINDING_NAME macro, which specify the environment type
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase1.hxx> // helper for implementations
+
+
+namespace linguistic
+{
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+class ThesaurusMeaning :
+    public cppu::WeakImplHelper1
+    <
+        ::com::sun::star::linguistic2::XMeaning
+    >
+{
+
+protected:
+    ::rtl::OUString aText;              // one of the found 'meanings' for the looked up text
+    ::rtl::OUString aLookUpText;        // text that was looked up in the thesaurus
+    INT16           nLookUpLanguage;    // language of the text that was looked up
+
+    // disallow copy-constructor and assignment-operator for now
+    ThesaurusMeaning(const ThesaurusMeaning &);
+    ThesaurusMeaning & operator = (const ThesaurusMeaning &);
+
+public:
+    ThesaurusMeaning(const ::rtl::OUString &rText,
+            const ::rtl::OUString &rLookUpText, INT16 nLookUpLang );
+    virtual ~ThesaurusMeaning();
+
+    // XMeaning
+    virtual ::rtl::OUString SAL_CALL
+        getMeaning()
+            throw(::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
+    virtual ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< ::rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL
+        querySynonyms()
+            throw(::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException) = 0;
+
+    // non-interface specific functions
+    const ::rtl::OUString & getLookUpText() const       { return aLookUpText; }
+    short                   getLookUpLanguage() const   { return nLookUpLanguage; }
+};
+
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+} // namespace linguistic
+
+#endif
+