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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiPropertyState_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiPropertyState_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyState_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyState.idl>
#endif

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

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyStateChangeListener_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyStateChangeListener.idl>
#endif


//=============================================================================

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

//=============================================================================
/** makes it possible to query information about the state of 
	one or more properties.

	<p>The state of a property contains information about the source of
	the value, e.g. the object itself, a default or a stylesheet.
	For more information see <type>PropertyState</type>.
*/
interface XMultiPropertyStates: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @returns
			a sequence of the states of the properties which are specified
			by their names.

		<p>The order of the states is correlating to the order of the 
		given property names.  

		@param aPropertyName
			specifies the names of the properties. All names must be unique.
			This sequence must be alphabetically sorted.
	*/
	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState> getPropertyStates( 
			[in] sequence<string> aPropertyName )
		raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** sets all properties to their default values. 
		
		<p>Each value depends on the implementation of this interface. 
		If it is a bound property, you must change the value before 
		the change events are fired.  If it is a constrained property, you 
		must fire the vetoable event before you change the property value.
		</p>
	*/
	void setAllPropertiesToDefault();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** sets the specified properties to their default values. 
		
		<p>Each value depends on the implementation of this interface. 
		If it is a bound property, you must change the value before 
		the change events are fired.  If it is a constrained property, you 
		must fire the vetoable event before you change the property value. </p>
		
		@param aPropertyName
			specifies the names of the properties. All names must be unique.
			This sequence must be alphabetically sorted.
		
		@throws UnknownPropertyException	
			if one of the properties does not exist.
	*/
	void setPropertiesToDefault( [in] sequence<string> aPropertyNames )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** @returns
			the default values of the propertes with the specified names.
		
		<p>If no default exists, is not known, or is void,
		then the return type at the corresponding position in the
		sequence returned is <atom>void</atom>. </p>
		
		@param aPropertyName
			specifies the names of the properties. All names must be unique.
			This sequence must be alphabetically sorted.
		
		@throws UnknownPropertyException	
			if one of the propertes does not exist.
		
		@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>.
	*/
	sequence<any> getPropertyDefaults( 
				[in] sequence<string> aPropertyNames )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );
};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; }; 

#endif
