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#ifndef _RTL_PROCESS_H_
#define _RTL_PROCESS_H_

#include <sal/types.h>
#include <osl/process.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif	


/**
	gets a 16-byte fixed size identifier which is guaranteed not to change
	during the current process. 

	The current implementation creates a 16-byte uuid without using
	the ethernet address of system. Thus the
	identifier is different from identifiers created
	in other processes with a very probability.

	@param pTargetUUID 16 byte of memory
    @see rtl_createUiid()
 */
void SAL_CALL rtl_getGlobalProcessId( sal_uInt8 *pTargetUUID );

/** Get the nArg-th command-line argument passed to the main-function of this process.

	This functions differs from osl_getCommandArg() in filtering any bootstrap values
	given by command args, that means that all arguments starting with "-env:" will be
	ignored by this function.
	
    @param nArg [in] The number of the argument to return.
	@param strCommandArg [out] The string receives the nArg-th command-line argument.
	@return osl_Process_E_None or does not return. 	
	@see osl_getCommandArg()
	@see rtl_getCommandArgCount()
*/
oslProcessError SAL_CALL rtl_getAppCommandArg(sal_uInt32 nArg, rtl_uString **strCommandArg);

/** Returns the number of command line arguments at process start.
	
	This functions differs from osl_getCommandArg() in filtering any bootstrap values
	given by command args, that means that all arguments starting with "-env:" will be
	ignored by this function.

	@return the number of commandline arguments passed to the main-function of this process.
    @see osl_getCommandArgCount()
	@see rtl_getCommandArg()
*/
sal_uInt32 SAL_CALL rtl_getAppCommandArgCount();

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif
