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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_HierarchyDataReadAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_HierarchyDataReadAccess_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XChangesNotifier_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesNotifier.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XComponent_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.idl>
#endif

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

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

//=============================================================================
/** provides read access to a fragment of the hierarchy data.

    <p>A hierarchy data source provides access to a tree of hierarchy data
    nodes. Each hierarchy data node, except the root node, has a parent that
    is a hierarchy data node too. A hierarchy data node has a name.

    <p>Each hierarchy data node has three data members:

    <ul>
    <li>"Title", which is of type <atom>string</atom>. It contains a title
    for the node. This value must not be empty.
    <li>"TargetURL", which is of type <atom>string</atom></li> It may contain
    any URL, which will be treated as the target of a hierarchy link.
    <li>"Children", which is of type <type>HierarchyDataReadAccess</type> or
    of type <type>HierarchyDataReadWriteAccess</type></li>, depending on the
    type of the node. This member provides access to the children of a node.
    </ul>
*/
service HierarchyDataReadAccess
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** gives access to the data members of a hierarchy data node.

        <p>Examples:
        <ul>
        <li><code>getByName( "Title" )</code> will return an <atom>any</atom>
        containing a string containing the title of the node.
        </li>
        <li><code>getByName( "Children" )</code> will return an <atom>any</atom>
        containing an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadAccess</type>, if it was called on a read-only
        node. It will return an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadWriteAccess</type> if it was called on a
        writable node.
        </li>
        </ul>
	 */
    interface com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** gives access to the data members of a hierarchy data node as well
        as to any child nodes or to the data members of child nodes using a
        hierarchical name.

        <p>A hierarchical name consists of segments that are separated by a
        single slash ('/'). There is neither a leading nor a trailing slash
        allowed.

        <ul>
        <li>
        path = segment ( '/' segement )*
        </li>
        <li>
        segment = '[' quoted-string ']'
        </li>
        <li>
        quoted-string = "'" escaped-string "'"
        </li>
        <li>
        escaped-string = escaped accoding to XML attribute naming conventions
        </li>
        </ul>

        <p>Examples:
        <ul>
        <li>
        <code>getByHierarchicalName( "Title" )</code> will return an
        <atom>any</atom> containing a string containing the title of the node
        itself.
        </li>
        <li>
        <code>getByHierarchicalName( "Children/['subnode1']" )</code> will give
        access to the child node named "subnode1" of the node. It will return
        an <atom>any</atom> containing an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadAccess</type>, if it was called on a read-only
        node. It will return an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadWriteAccess</type> if it was called on a
        writable node.
        </li>
        <li>
        <code>getByHierarchicalName( "Children/['subnode2']/TargetURL" )</code>
        will give direct access to the "TargetURL" data member of the child node
        named "subnode2" of the node. It will return an <atom>any</atom>
        containing a <atom>string</atom> containing the target URL of the node.
        </li>
        <li>
        <code>getByHierarchicalName( "Children/['subnode3']/Children" )</code>
        will give direct access to the "Children" data member of the child node
        named "subnode3" of the node. It will return an <atom>any</atom>
        conntaining an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadAccess</type>, if it was called on a read-only
        node. It will return an implementation of service
        <type>HierarchyDataReadWriteAccess</type> if it was called on a
        writable node.
        </li>
        </ul>
	 */
    interface com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** allows registering listeners that observe the hierarchy data source.

        <p>A client can register an
        <type scope="com::sun::star::util">XChangesListener</type>, which will
        receive notifications for any changes within the hierarchy (fragment)
        this object represents.

        <p>An implementation should collect as many changes as possible into a
        single <type scope="com::sun::star::util">ChangesEvent</type>.
    */
    interface com::sun::star::util::XChangesNotifier;

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** allows controlling or observing the lifetime of the hierarchy data
        access object.
	 */
    interface com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
