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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentIdentifier_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentIdentifier_idl__

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


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

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

//=============================================================================
/** An identifier for contents.

     @version  1.0
     @author   Kai Sommerfeld
     @see      XContent
*/
published interface XContentIdentifier: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**	returns the content identifier string.

		@returns
		the content identifier string. This must be a valid URI
		(Uniform Resource Identifier, see RFC 2396). This string
		is required. If a content provider 'implements' some
		existent URI scheme (e.g., a content provider offering
		access to a file system would implement the	'file' scheme,
		and a content provider offering access to IMAP servers
		would implement the 'imap' scheme), the content identifier
		strings	should use that scheme. If on the other hand a
		content provider offers access to content for which no
		appropriate URI scheme exists, a vendor-specific URL scheme
		starting with 'vnd.' must be created (see the Internet Draft
		draft-king-vnd-urlscheme-00.txt).
	*/
	string getContentIdentifier();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**	returns the content provider scheme string.

	  	<p>This string will	be calculated from the content identifier string
		and must be lower-cased(!). It is the 'scheme' the content provider is
        registered for. In example, a provider for FTP contents will use
		ftp-URL's as content identifiers. The content provider scheme for all
		contents provided by that provider will be "ftp".
		</p>

		@returns
		the content provider scheme string.
	*/
	string getContentProviderScheme();

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif