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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XElementAccess_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/XElementAccess.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl> 
#endif 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** is used to access named objects within a container.
	
	<p>To implement inaccurate name access, support the 
	<type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XExactName</type> 
	interface.  </p>
	@see com::sun::star::beans::XExactName
 */
published interface XNameAccess: com::sun::star::container::XElementAccess
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns		 
		the object with the specified name. 
				 
		@param aName 
			the name of the object. 
				 
		@throws NoSuchElementException  
			if an element under Name does not exist. 
				 
		@throws  com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException  
			If the implementation has internal reasons for exceptions,  
			then wrap these in a <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type> 
			exception.
	 */
	any getByName( [in] string aName ) 
			raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException, 
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
			a sequence of all element names in this container. 
		 
		<p>The order of the names is not specified. </p>
	 */
	sequence<string> getElementNames(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns  
			<TRUE/> if an element with this name is in 
			the container, <FALSE/> otherwise. 
				 
		<p>In many cases the next call is <member>XNameAccess::getByName</member>. 
		You should optimize this case.  </p>
				 
		@param aName 
			the name of the object.
	 */
	boolean hasByName( [in] string aName ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif