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#ifndef __com_sun_star_task_XAsyncJob_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_task_XAsyncJob_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_NamedValue_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.idl>
#endif

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

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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module task {

interface XJobListener;

//=============================================================================
/** specifies a job which is to be executed asynchronously

    <p>
    Instead of <type>XJob</type> the implementation of this interface
    must make shure that execution will be real asynchronous (e.g. by using
    threads). Because it's not part of the generic <type>JobExecutor</type>,
    the asynchronous mode must be guaranteed by the implementation of THIS
    interface.
    </p>

    @see XJob
*/
interface XAsyncJob : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** executes the job asynchronously

        @param Arguments
            are arguments for executing the job. Their semantics is completely implementation dependent. Usually,
            a concrete implementation of a job specifies in its service descriptions which parameters are allowed
            (or expected). This values are persistent by the configuration of the <type>JobExecutor</type>
            which use this asynchronous job. It's possible to write it back by called listener
            function <member>XJobListener::jobFinished()</member> which must be the executor himself.

        @param Listener
            specifies a listener which should be notified on events. May be <NULL/>.
            If it's not <NULL/> it must be the <type>JobExecutor</type> which force this action.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
            if some of given arguments doesn't fill out the service specification or
            was corrupt so the service couldn't work correctly
	*/
   void executeAsync(
        [in] sequence< com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue > Arguments,
        [in] XJobListener Listener)
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
};

}; }; }; };

#endif

