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#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_PropertyHierarchy_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_configuration_PropertyHierarchy_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiPropertySet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XMultiPropertySet.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XHierarchicalPropertySet.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module configuration { 

//=============================================================================
/** provides access to and information about properties and subproperties
 of an implementation.

 <p>Properties in a property set may be full-fledged objects that have
 properties themselves (and so on recursively), thereby forming a hierarchy
 of properties. This service describes such a hierarchy, and allows
 direct access even to subproperties.
 </p>

 @see com::sun::star::beans::XProperty
 Properties of an implementation that are objects themselves will often
 implement <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XProperty</type> to allow
 direct access to information about the object.
 If such objects have properties of their own, they should fully implement
 <type>PropertyHierarchy</type> again.
*/
service PropertyHierarchy
{
/** provides access to and information about the immediate properties of an implementation. 
*/
	interface com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet;

/** provides access to and information about the immediate properties
 of an implementation.

 <p>This interface allows retrieving or setting multiple properties at once.
 Accesses are guaranteed to occur as single atomic operations even if
 multiple threads are accessing the object simultaneously.
 </p>
*/
	interface com::sun::star::beans::XMultiPropertySet;

/** provides access to and information about the whole hierarchy
 of properties and subproperties of an implementation. 
*/
	interface com::sun::star::beans::XHierarchicalPropertySet;

/** provides access to and information about the whole hierarchy
 of properties and subproperties of an implementation. 

 <p>This interface allows retrieving or setting multiple properties at once.
 Accesses are guaranteed to occur as single atomic operations even if
 multiple threads are accessing the object simultaneously.
 </p>
*/
	interface com::sun::star::beans::XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet;

};

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

}; }; }; }; 

#endif
