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#ifndef __com_sun_star_uri_XUriReferenceFactory_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_uri_XUriReferenceFactory_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/uri/RelativeUriExcessParentSegments.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/uri/XUriReference.idl>

module com { module sun { module star { module uri {

/**
   creates URI references.

   <p>See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC&nbsp;2396</a> for a
   description of URI references and related terms.</p>

   @since OOo 2.0
 */
published interface XUriReferenceFactory: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface {
    /**
       parses the textual representation of a URI reference.

       @param uriReference
       the textual representation of a URI reference.

       @returns
       an object that supports
       <type scope="com::sun::star::uri">XUriReference</type> (and possibly also
       additional, scheme-specific interfaces), if the given input can be parsed
       into a URI reference; otherwise, <NULL/> is returned.
     */
    XUriReference parse([in] string uriReference);

    /**
       resolves a relative URI reference to absolute form.

       @param baseUriReference
       the base URI reference.  If the given <code>uriReference</code> is a
       same-document reference, <code>baseUriReference</code> is used as a
       reference to the current document.

       @param uriReference
       any URI reference.  Backwards-compatible relative URI references starting
       with a scheme component (see RFC&nbsp;2396, Section&nbsp;5.2,
       step&nbsp;3) are not supported; instead, they are interpreted as absolute
       URI references.

       @param processSpecialBaseSegments
       if <TRUE/>, special segments (&ldquo;<code>.</code>&rdquo; and
       &ldquo;<code>..</code>&rdquo;) within the path of the base URI (except
       for the last, cut-off segment) are processed as suggested by
       RFC&nbsp;2396.  If <FALSE/>, special segments within the path of the base
       URI are treated like ordinary segments.

       @param excessParentSegments
       details how excess special parent segments
       (&ldquo;<code>..</code>&rdquo;) are handled.

       @returns
       a fresh object that supports
       <type scope="com::sun::star::uri">XUriReference</type> (and possibly also
       additional, scheme-specific interfaces), if the given
       <code>uriReference</code> is either already absolute, or can be resolved
       to an absolute URI reference, relative to the given
       <code>baseUriReference</code>; otherwise, <NULL/> is returned.
       Especially, if <code>baseUriReference</code> is <NULL/>, or is not an
       absolute, hierarchical URI reference, or if <code>uriReference</code> is
       <NULL/>, then <NULL/> is always returned.
     */
    XUriReference makeAbsolute(
        [in] XUriReference baseUriReference, [in] XUriReference uriReference,
        [in] boolean processSpecialBaseSegments,
        [in] RelativeUriExcessParentSegments excessParentSegments);

    /**
       changes an absolute URI refrence to relative form.

       @param baseUriReference
       the base URI reference.

       @param uriReference
       any URI reference.

       @param preferAuthorityOverRelativePath
       controls how a relative URI reference is generated when both
       <code>baseUriReference</code> (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>scheme://auth/a/b</code>&rdquo;) and
       <code>uriReference</code> (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>scheme://auth//c/d</code>&rdquo;) have the same scheme and
       authority components, and the path component of <code>uriReference</code>
       starts with &ldquo;<code>//</code>&rdquo;.  If <TRUE/>, the generated
       relative URI reference includes an authority component (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>//auth//c/d</code>&rdquo;); if <FALSE/>, the generated
       relative URI reference has a relative path (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>..//c/d</code>&rdquo;).

       @param preferAbsoluteOverRelativePath
       controls how a relative URI reference is generated when both
       <code>baseUriReference</code> (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>scheme://auth/a/b</code>&rdquo;) and
       <code>uriReference</code> (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>scheme://auth/c/d</code>&rdquo;) have the same scheme and
       authority components (if present), but share no common path segments.  If
       <TRUE/>, the generated relative URI reference has an absolute path (e.g.,
       &ldquo;<code>/c/d</code>&rdquo;); if <FALSE/>, the generated relative URI
       reference has a relative path (e.g., &ldquo;<code>../c/d</code>&rdquo;).

       @param encodeRetainedSpecialSegments
       if <TRUE/>, special segments (&ldquo;<code>.</code>&rdquo; and
       &ldquo;<code>..</code>&rdquo;) that are already present in the path
       component of the given <code>uriReference</code> and which end up in a
       relative path returned from this method, are encoded (as
       &ldquo;<code>%2E</code>&rdquo; and &ldquo;<code>%2E%2E</code>&rdquo;,
       respectively).

       @returns
       a fresh object that supports
       <type scope="com::sun::star::uri">XUriReference</type>, if the given
       <code>uriReference</code> is either already relative, or is not
       hierarchical, or is of a different scheme than the given
       <code>baseUriReference</code>, or can be changed to a relative URI
       reference, relative to the given <code>baseUriReference</code>;
       otherwise, <NULL/> is returned.  Especially, if
       <code>baseUriReference</code> is <NULL/>, or is not an absolute,
       hierarchical URI reference, or if <code>uriReference</code> is <NULL/>,
       then <NULL/> is always returned.
     */
    XUriReference makeRelative(
        [in] XUriReference baseUriReference, [in] XUriReference uriReference,
        [in] boolean preferAuthorityOverRelativePath,
        [in] boolean preferAbsoluteOverRelativePath,
        [in] boolean encodeRetainedSpecialSegments);
};

}; }; }; };

#endif