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#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_SimpleSetAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_configuration_SimpleSetAccess_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_XTemplateContainer_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/configuration/XTemplateContainer.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XStringEscape_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/util/XStringEscape.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XContainer_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.idl>
#endif

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

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

//=============================================================================
/** provides access to a dynamic, homogeneous, nonhierarchical set of values
 or objects.
 
 <p>Also provides information about the template for elements.
 Allows normalizing externally generated names.
 </p>
 
 <p><em>Sets</em> are dynamic containers.</p>

 <p>The number and names of contained elements is not fixed in advance,
 but all elements have to be of one predetermined type.
 </p>
*/
published service SimpleSetAccess
{
/** is the basic service for accessing child and descendent nodes.

 <p>External names from foreign namespaces should be normalized using
 <member scope="com::sun::star::util">XStringEscape::escapeString()</member>,
 if available, before using them as element names.
 </p>
*/
	interface com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess;

/** provides additional information about the element type. [optional]

 <p>All set elements, if they are not just simple values, but whole trees,
 must have a predetermined structure (their <em>type</em>)
 that is described by and can be generated from a <em>template</em>.
 The semantics of the information provided about the template depends on the
 implementation.
 </p>

 <p>This interface may be missing, if the implementation can support only
 one predefined type or if the elements are of a simple type and
 no further information is available.  In the latter case,
 <member scope="com::sun::star::container">XElementAccess::getElementType()</member>
 provides all the information there is about the element's type.
 </p>
*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::configuration::XTemplateContainer;

/** allows normalizing and denormalizing external names. [optional]
 
 <p>Elements of a <em>set</em> often correspond to external entities,
 for example, files, web pages, and people whose names obey different rules and
 restrictions than names that are valid in the hierarchical naming scheme.
 </p>

 <p>This interface may be missing if there are no naming restrictions,
 if the implementation handles any such conversions internally,
 or if clients must enforce such restrictions themselves. In the last case,
 the naming scheme documentation must fully document any restrictions.
 </p>
*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XStringEscape;

/** allows attaching listeners to this node to monitor changes to the set. [optional]

 <p>This interface may be missing if the implementation does not support
 notifications.
 </p>
*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::container::XContainer;

};

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

}; }; }; }; 

#endif
