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#ifndef __com_sun_star_reflection_TypeDescriptionManager_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_reflection_TypeDescriptionManager_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XSet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XSet.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XInitialization_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XComponent_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_reflection_XTypeDescriptionEnumerationAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XTypeDescriptionEnumerationAccess.idl>
#endif

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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module reflection {

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

/** This service manages type descriptions and acts as a central access point
    to every type description.  It delegates calls for demanded types to
    subsequent
    <type scope="com::sun::star::reflection">TypeDescriptionProvider</type>s
    and may cache type descriptions.<br>
	Using cppuhelper's bootstrapping routines bootstrapping an initial
	component context, there is a singleton accessable via key
    "/singletons/com.sun.star.reflection.theTypeDescriptionManager".
    This singleton object is hooked into the C UNO runtime typelib and
    lives until the context is shut down.<br>

    @see com::sun::star::reflection::TypeDescriptionProvider
    @see com::sun::star::reflection::XTypeDescription
*/
service TypeDescriptionManager
{
    /** Interface to retrieve type descriptions:
        <ul>
        <li>names are given in dotted notation, e.g. "com.sun.star.uno.XInterface"</li>
        <li>sequences are accessable via "[]element_name"</li>
        <li>interface members are accessable via "interface_name::member_name"</li>
        </ul>
        The returned values are of interface type <type>XTypeDescription</type>.
    */
	interface com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess;

    /** You can manually add or remove a providers via this interface.
    */
	interface com::sun::star::container::XSet;

    /** Interface to signal shutdown to the manager.<br>
        This signals all providers to shut down, because usually each provider
        references its manager, listening for disposing events.
    */
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;

    /** Interface for creating enumerations for type descriptions supported
        by this <type>TypeDescriptionManager</type>

	@since #107627#
    */
    [optional] interface XTypeDescriptionEnumerationAccess;
};

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

}; }; }; };

/*=============================================================================

=============================================================================*/
#endif
