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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/beans/XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>



module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {


/** provides information about and access to the
    a hierarchy of properties from an implementation.

    <p> Usually an object that implements this interface
        also implements <type>XPropertySet</type> and at
        least some of the properties have subproperties.  </p>

    <p> This interface allows direct access to subsubproperties, ...
        up to an arbitrary nesting depth. Often the intermediate
        elements of the hierarchy implement <type>XProperty</type>.  </p>

    <p> Each implementation specifies how the
        hierarchical property names, that are
        used to access the elements of the hierarchy,
        are formed.  </p>

    <p> Commonly a notation similar to filesystem paths
        (separated by '/' slashes) or nested module names
        (separated by dots '.' or '::') is used.  </p>

 */
published interface XHierarchicalPropertySet: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    /** retrieve information about the hierarchy of properties

        @returns
                the <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> interface,
                which describes the property hierarchy of the object which
                supplies this interface.

        @returns
                <NULL/> if the implementation cannot or will
                not provide information about the properties; otherwise the
                interface <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> is returned.
     */
    com::sun::star::beans::XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo
                getHierarchicalPropertySetInfo();


    /** sets the value of the property with the specified nested name.

        @param  aHierarchicalPropertyName
                This parameter specifies the name of the property.

        @param  aValue
                This parameter specifies the new value for the property.

        @throws UnknownPropertyException
                if the property does not exist.

        @throws PropertyVetoException
                if the property is constrained and the change is vetoed by a
                <type>XVetoableChangeListener</type>.

        @throws com::sun::star::uno::lang::IllegalArgumentException
                if <var>aValue</var> is not a legal value for this property or
                if <var>aHierarchicalPropertyName</var> is not a well-formed
                nested name for this hierarchy.
                An implementation is not required to detect the latter condition.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
                if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception.
                In this case the original exception is wrapped into that
                <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.

        @see XPropertySet::setPropertyValue
     */
    void setHierarchicalPropertyValue( [in] string aHierarchicalPropertyName,
             [in] any aValue )
            raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
                    com::sun::star::beans::PropertyVetoException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );


    /** @returns
                the value of the property with the specified nested name.

        @param  aHierarchicalPropertyName
                This parameter specifies the name of the property.

        @throws UnknownPropertyException
                if the property does not exist.

        @throws com::sun::star::uno::lang::IllegalArgumentException
                if <var>aHierarchicalPropertyName</var> is not a well-formed
                nested name for this hierarchy.
                   An implementation is not required to detect this
                condition.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
                if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception.
                In this case the original exception is wrapped into that
                <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.

        @see XPropertySet::getPropertyValue
     */
    any getHierarchicalPropertyValue( [in] string aHierarchicalPropertyName )
            raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );


};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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