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#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XSearchableDictionaryList_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XSearchableDictionaryList_idl__


#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionaryList_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XDictionaryList.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionaryEntry_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XDictionaryEntry.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_Locale_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/Locale.idl>
#endif


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

module com { module sun { module star { module linguistic2 {

//=============================================================================
/** allows searching for an entry in all dictionaries of the dictionary-list.

	<P> Only active dictionaries of a suitable language will be searched
	for the entry.
	The language is suitable if it is the same as the dictionary's language or
	the dictionary may hold entries of all langauges.
	<P>

    @see <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList</type>
*/
published interface XSearchableDictionaryList : com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionaryList
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** looks for an entry for a given word in the list of dictionaries.

		@returns
			the dictionary entry that was found, <NULL/> otherwise.

		@param aWord
			the word (entry) to be looked for.

		@param aLocale
			the language of the word to be looked for.

		@param bSearchPosDic
			<TRUE/> if only positive dictionaries should be searched.
			<FALSE/> if only negative dictionaries should be searched.

		@param bSpellEntry
			<TRUE/> if entries for purposes of spellchecking are required.
			<FALSE/> if only entries for hyphenation purposes are required.
*/
	com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionaryEntry	queryDictionaryEntry(
		[in] string  aWord ,
		[in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale  aLocale,
		[in] boolean bSearchPosDics,
		[in] boolean bSpellEntry );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif