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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__
#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XController_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XController.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XInitialization_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XDispatchProvider_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_FormController_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/form/FormController.idl>
#endif
module com { module sun { module star { module sdb {
//=============================================================================
/** implements a component which allows browsing the data sources registered on the system.
<p>
This service implements a user interface for browsing data sources registered on the
<service scope="com::sun::star::sdb">
DatabaseContext
</service>
instance of the system.
</p>
<p>
It is possible to navigate through all the data sources, it's queries and it's tables.
The queries/tables can be displayed in a grid-like view, where functionality for searching,
sorting, filtering, and such is provided.
</p>
<p>
Usually, you won't instantiate this service directly, instead you use the dispatch mechanisms
of the application framework to load the URL <b>.component:DB/DataSourceBrowser</b> into an arbitrary
frame. This should involve a
<service scope="com::sun::star::sdb">
ContentLoader
</service>
service, which creates and initializes
the browser.
</p>
<p>
Some aspects of the browser can be controlled from outside, eg.,
it is possible to dispatch a sort or filter
request, if a table or query is being displayed.
</p>
<p
>The communication between the browser and external instances works in two ways.
<br/>
The way <em>in</em> is provided by the
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatchProvider</type>
interface the service exports (Please see below for more details on this).
<br/>
The way <em>out</em> works in another way. There are several URL's which an external
instance can provide dispatches for (usually by implementing a
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatchProviderInterceptor</type>
for the parent frame of the browser), thus indicating that the browser should provide special functionality.
<br/>
In this case, the browser displays and maintains some additional slots (to be more concrete: toolbox items), which,
upon triggering, call the
<member scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatch::dispatch()</member>methodoftheobject
provided by the external instance.
</p>
<p>
In particular, the supported URL's for communicating to an external instance are:
<ul>
<li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertColumns</b>
<br/>
Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher (
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatch</type>)
for this URL.
<br/>
Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected.
<br/>
It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
to implement some kind of "Data To Text" functionality.
<br/>
</li>
<li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertContent</b>
<br/>
Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher(
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatch</type>
) for this URL.
<br/>
Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected.
<br/>
It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
to implement some kind of "Data To Fields" functionality.
<br/>
</li>
<li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/FormLetter</b>
<br/>
Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher (
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatch</type>)forthisURL.
<br/>
It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
to implement some kind of "Form Letter" functionality.
<br/>
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>For all kinds of URL's, the parameters supplied during dispatching build up a <type>DataAccessDescriptor</type>,
where the following properties are present:
<ul>
<li><member>DataAccessDescriptor::DataSourceName</member></li>
<li><member>DataAccessDescriptor::Command</member></li>
<li><member>DataAccessDescriptor::CommandType</member></li>
<li><em>optional</em> <member>DataAccessDescriptor::Selection</member></li>
<li><em>optional</em> <member>DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection</member></li>
<li><em>optional</em> <member>DataAccessDescriptor::ResultSet</member></li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>The default for <member>DataAccessDescriptor::Selection</member> is to contain bookmarks, if not specifies
otherwise by <member>DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection</member>.</pr>
</p>
@see com::sun::star::sdb::ContentLoader
@see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
@see com::sun::star::sdb::DataSource
@see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch
@see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider
@see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterceptor
*/
service DataSourceBrowser
{
/** implements basic form controller functionality.
<p>
With a data source browser implementing this interface, external components have access to
<ul><li>the grid control which is used to display the currently selected table/query
(see
<method scope="com.sun.star.form">XFormController::getControls()</method>
)
</li>
<li>the data form used for displaying objects. As always for components implementing this service,
the object returned by
<method scope="com.sun.star.awt">XTabController::getModel()</method>isadataform.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
*/
[optional] service com::sun::star::form::FormController;
/** allows the component to be plugged into frames.
*/
interface com::sun::star::frame::XController;
/** is used to initialize the browser.
<p>
Parameters (passed to the method
<member scope="com::sun::star::lang">XInitialization::initialize()</member>
)
have to be instances of
<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyValue</type>
, where the
<member scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyValue::Name</member>
member specifies what the parameter controls,
with the
<member scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyValue::Value</member>
member containing the value
to be used.
<br/>
Recognized parameters are:
<ul>
<li><b>Frame</b>
<br/>
has to be an
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XFrame</type>
interface specifying the frame to plug the
browser component into.
</li>
<li><b>DataSourceName</b>
<br/>
The name of the globally registered
<service>
DataSource
</service>
to be used for initial display. It is only
meaningful together with the other parameters specifying the object to display.
</li>
<li><b>CommandType</b>
<br/>
This has to be a
<type>
CommandType
</type>
value, specifying the type of the object to display initially.
It is only meaningful together with the <em>DataSourceName</em> and the <em>Command</em> parameters.
</li>
<li><b>Command</b>
<br/>
This is a string giving the name of the object to display initially. Whether it is table name, a query
name or a SQL string is controller by the <em>CommandType</em> parameter.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
*/
interface com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;
/** is used to control the browser from outside.
<p>
You may use the
<member scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatchProvider::queryDispatch</member>
method
to query for objects which implement the
<type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XDispatch</type>
interface,
and which allow you to be notified on status changes and to dispatch special requests.
</p>
<p>
The recognized URLs are:
<ul>
<li><b>.uno:Copy</b>
<br/>
implements the usual <em>Copy</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell
is selected.
</li>
<li><b>.uno:Cut</b>
<br/>
implements the usual <em>Cut</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell
is selected.
</li>
<li><b>.uno:Paste</b>
<br/>
implements the usual <em>Paste</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and a cell which
allows text input is being edited.
</li>
<li><b>.uno:EditDoc</b>
<br/>
allows switching the edit mode of the grid view. Enabled if editing the data is allowed in general.
</li>
<li><b>.uno:Undo</b>
<br/>
revokes any changes done in the current row.
</li>
<li><b>.uno:Save</b><br/>
saves the changes done in the current row.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
*/
interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider;
};
//=============================================================================
}; }; }; };
#endif