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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextContent_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_text_XTextContent_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextRange_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/text/XTextRange.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif


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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text {

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

/** enables objects to be inserted into a text and to provide their
    location in a text once they are inserted into it.
 */
published interface XTextContent: com::sun::star::lang::XComponent
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** is called when this object gets embedded in a text.



		<p>This acts like a multi-phase construction, thus the object may be
		invalid until it is attached to a text position. In general, this method
		is called from within




		.

		</p>
		<p>Both text objects and text content objects may only be connected
		to each other if they are created by the same component. When
		implementing new components, this behaviour is deprecated.</p>
	 */
	void attach( [in] com::sun::star::text::XTextRange xTextRange )
			raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
				the text range to which the content is attached.

        <p>Note: The anchor of the actual implementation for text tables 
        does not have a position in the text. Thus that anchor can not be 
        used for some operation like <member>attach</member> for example or
        <member scope="com::sun::star::text">insertTextContent</member>
        or other function that require the object to have a position in the text.</p>

        <p>The reason why a text table still needs an anchor is that for example
        tables should be insertable via <member scope="com::sun::star::text">insertTextContent</member>
        and that interface uses a parameter of that type.</p>
	 */
	com::sun::star::text::XTextRange getAnchor();

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
