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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XStringKeyMap_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_container_XStringKeyMap_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IndexOutOfBoundsException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_ElementExistException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/ElementExistException.idl>
#endif

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>
#endif

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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {

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

/** maps strings to anys.

    @since OpenOffice 2.3
 */

interface XStringKeyMap
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** reads data from the map.

        @param aKey
                The key string which should be searched for.

        @return
                the value matching aKey.

        @throws com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException
                if an element under aKey does not exist.
     */
    any getValue( [in] string aKey )
        raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException );


    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** checks for element existence.

        @param aKey
                The key string which should be searched for.

        @return
                true if an element with key aKey exists.
     */
    boolean hasValue( [in] string aKey );


    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** writes data to the map.

        @param aKey
                The key string which should be used to store the value.

        @param aValue
                The value that should be stored.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
                if the element could not be inserted.

        @throws com::sun::star::container::ElementExistException
                if there is already a value stored under the key aKey.
     */
    void insertValue( [in] string aKey, [in] any aValue )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                com::sun::star::container::ElementExistException );


    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** the number of elements in the map.
     */
    [attribute, readonly] long Count;


    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** obtains the key of an element by index.

        @param nIndex
                is the index of the element.

        @return
                the key string matching the given index.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException
                if the specified index is greater than the number of
                elements
     */
    string getKeyByIndex( [in] long nIndex )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException );


    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** obtains the value of an element by index.

        @param nIndex
                is the index of the key.

        @return
                the value matching the given index.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException
                if the specified index is greater than the number of
                elements
     */
    any getValueByIndex( [in] long nIndex )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException );
};

}; }; }; };

#endif