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#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_HierarchyAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_configuration_HierarchyAccess_idl__
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XContainer_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XExactName_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XExactName.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySetInfo_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySetInfo.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyState_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyState.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiPropertyState_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XMultiPropertyStates.idl>
#endif
//=============================================================================
module com { module sun { module star { module configuration {
//=============================================================================
/** provides access to a hierarchy of descendant elements.
<p>Subnodes are accessed by their name. Values that are direct or indirect
descendants of this tree node can be retrieved. Non-value subnodes can be
navigated using container interfaces.
Other interfaces provide access to information about this node.
Changes to values in the subtree can be monitored by event listeners.
</p>
<p>Elements of this container that are not simple values
are similar containers themselves, thus (recursively) forming a
hierarchical tree.
</p>
<p>Implementations of this service usually also implement
service <type>HierarchyElement</type>, which concerns the complementary role
of being accessible as an element of the hierarchy.
</p>
*/
published service HierarchyAccess
{
/** allows access to immediate children of this node.
<p><member scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess::getByName()</member>
returns an <atom>any</atom> holding either a simple value or an interface
on another HierarchyAccess if the child is not a simple value.
</p>
*/
interface com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess;
/** allows access to all descendants of this node
<p><member scope="com::sun::star::container">XHierarchicalNameAccess::getByHierarchicalName()</member>
returns an <atom>any</atom> holding either a simple value or an interface
on another HierarchyAccess if the descendant is not a simple value.
</p>
*/
interface com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess;
/** allows attaching listeners to this node to monitor changes to immediate child nodes.
*/
interface com::sun::star::container::XContainer;
/** provides support for inexact names.
<p>Exact names can be obtained for simple or hierarchical names for use in
<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess</type>,
<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XHierarchicalNameAccess</type>,
<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XPropertySet</type> or
any other interfaces that allow access to or manipulation of subnodes
selected by name or hierarchical name.
</p>
<p>If an inexact name could be matched to either a simple or a hierachical
name, the simple (immediate child) name is preferred.
</p>
*/
interface com::sun::star::beans::XExactName;
/** provides information about immediate children of this node. [optional]
<p>This interface may be missing, if the hierarchy supports no traits that are
described by <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyAttribute</type>
values or if the same information is available by other means,
e.g. if the implementation supports
<member scope="com::sun::star::beans">XPropertySet::getPropertySetInfo()</member>.
</p>
<p>If a child of this node is an object that implements
<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XProperty</type>, then this implementation
returns the same <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">Property</type> for that
child as the child itself.
</p>
*/
[optional] interface com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySetInfo;
/** provides access to the state of child elements of an implementation. [optional]
<p>This interface may be missing if the hierarchy (or a hierarchy fragment
that contains this implementation as element) does not support default values or
if the node does not support accessing the default state of individual children.
</p>
<p>If elements that are not simple values, but objects themselves, support
a default state (as indicated by
<const scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyAttribute::MAYBEDEFAULT</const>),
they should implement
<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XPropertyWithState</type>, in which case
the <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyState</type> applies to all
their children and recursively to all descendants.
</p>
<p>If an implementation is part of a <em>read-only</em> view of the hierarchy,
attempts to change property states will fail.
</p>
*/
[optional] interface com::sun::star::beans::XPropertyState;
/** provides access to the states of multiple child elements of
an implementation. [optional]
<p>This interface may be missing if the hierarchy (or a hierarchy fragment
that contains this implementation as element) does not support default values
if the node does not support accessing the default state of individual children.
</p>
<p>If elements that are not simple values, but objects themselves, support
a default state (as indicated by
<const scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyAttribute::MAYBEDEFAULT</const>),
they should implement
<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XPropertyWithState</type>, in which case
the <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyState</type> applies to all
their children and recursively to all descendants.
</p>
<p>If an implementation is part of a <em>read-only</em> view of the hierarchy,
attempts to change property states will fail.
</p>
*/
[optional] interface com::sun::star::beans::XMultiPropertyStates;
};
//=============================================================================
}; }; }; };
#endif