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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XRemoteContentProviderActivator_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XRemoteContentProviderActivator_idl__

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

 published interface XContentProviderManager;

//============================================================================
/** This interface should be implemented together with
    <type>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor</type> and allows for a lazy
    implementation of
    <member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>.

    The way this works might change, therefore this interface is marked as
    deprecated.

    @deprecated
 */
published interface XRemoteContentProviderActivator: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** Activate (i.e., register at the broker) the remote content providers
        that until now have only been remembered by
        <member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>,
        but not registered.

        <p>This allows for
        <member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>
        to be implemented in a lazy fashion (remember the remote content
        providers, but do not register them right away), which can increase
        performance in certain situations.  But it is not required that an
        implementation of <type>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor</type> uses this
        lazy strategy (and thus also implements this interface).

        @return
        the broker at which the remote content providers have been registered.
     */
    XContentProviderManager activateRemoteContentProviders();
};

}; }; }; };

#endif