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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_ContentProviderProxy_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_ContentProviderProxy_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentProviderSupplier_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentProviderSupplier.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentProvider_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentProvider.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XParameterizedContentProvider_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XParameterizedContentProvider.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

//=============================================================================
/** is a proxy for a content provider.

	<p>Implementing a content provider proxy can be useful if the creation of
	the real content provider object shall be deferred for some reason
	(i.e. performance) until the first method gets called on it. Instaead of
	instanciating and registering the real provider at the UCB, a proxy for
	the	real provider can be created and registered at the UCB.

	@see XContentProviderProxyFactory
*/
service ContentProviderProxy
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** The implementation of
	    <member scope="com::sun::star::uno">XInterface::queryInterface</member>
		must instanciate the real provider and return the return value
		of a queryInterface call at the real provider, except for queries
		for the interfaces implemented by the proxy itself. So the caller of
		the queryInterface method at the proxy will get access to the real
		provider in a completely transparent way.
	 */
	interface com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** gives access to the original content provider behind the proxy.

	    <p>The implementation will instantiate the real content provider only
		on demand using its UNO service name. This will load the content
		providers implementation code (dynamic library), if not already done.
	 */
	interface com::sun::star::ucb::XContentProviderSupplier;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** a content provider implementation that wrappes the original provider.
	 */
	interface com::sun::star::ucb::XContentProvider;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** a parameterized content provider implementation that wrappes the
	    original provider.
	 */
	interface com::sun::star::ucb::XParameterizedContentProvider;
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
