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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextTable_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_text_XTextTable_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextContent_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/text/XTextContent.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_table_XTableRows_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/table/XTableRows.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_table_XTableColumns_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/table/XTableColumns.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_table_XCell_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/table/XCell.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextTableCursor_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/text/XTextTableCursor.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text { 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
// DocMerge from xml: interface com::sun::star::text::XTextTable
/** manages a text table.
 */
interface XTextTable: com::sun::star::text::XTextContent
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::initialize
	/** determines the numbers of rows and columns of the text table.
		
		
		
		<p> This method must be called before the object is inserted via
		
		
		
		
		
		.
		
		</p>
	 */
	void initialize( [in] long nRows, 
			 [in] long nColumns ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::getRows
	/** @returns 
				the access object for the text table rows. 
		 
				@see com::sun::star::table::XTableRows
	 */
	com::sun::star::table::XTableRows getRows(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::getColumns
	/** @returns 
				the access object for the text table columns. 
		 
				@see com::sun::star::table::XTableColumns
	 */
	com::sun::star::table::XTableColumns getColumns(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::getCellByName
	/** @returns 
				the <type scope="com::sun::star::table">XCell</type> interface of the cell with the specified name. 
		 
				@param aCellName 
				is a concatenation of the alphanumeric column name and the 
				index of the row. 
		 
				<p>Example: The cell in the 4th column and third row has the name "D3". 
		 
				<p>In cells that are split, the naming convention is more complex. 
				In this case the name is a concatenation of the former cell name 
				(i.e. "D3") and the number of the new column and row index inside 
				of the original table cell separated by dots. This is done 
				recursively. 
		 
				<p>Example: If the cell "D3" is horizontally split, it now contains 
				the cells "D3.1.1" and "D3.1.2" 
		 
				@see com::sun::star::table::XCell
	 */
	com::sun::star::table::XCell getCellByName( [in] string aCellName ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::getCellNames
	/** @returns 
				the names of all cells of this text table.
	 */
	sequence<string> getCellNames(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::text::XTextTable::createCursorByCellName
	/** creates a text table cursor and returns the
		<type>XTextTableCursor</type> interface.
		
		
		
		<p>Initially the cursor is positioned in the cell with the specified name.
		</p>
	 */
	com::sun::star::text::XTextTableCursor createCursorByCellName( [in] string aCellName ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
#endif 
