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23#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTION_IDL_
24#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTION_IDL_
25
26#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.idl>
27
28
29module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection {
30
31/** A bidirectional bytestream.
32
33    <p> You should additionally implement XConnection2.
34
35    @see XConnection2
36 */
37published interface XConnection: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
38{
39
40    /** reads a requested number of bytes from the connection.
41        <p> This method is blocking, meaning that it always returns a bytesequence
42        with the requested number of bytes, unless it has reached end of file (which
43        often means, that close() has been called).
44
45        <p> please see also the readSomeBytes() method of XConnection2.
46
47        @return The read number of bytes.
48                The return value and the length of the
49                returned sequence must be identical.
50        @param nBytesToRead
51                The number of bytes to be read from the stream.
52
53        @throws com::sun::star::io::IOException
54               in case an error occurred during reading from the stream.
55     */
56    long read( [out] sequence < byte > aReadBytes , [in] long nBytesToRead )
57            raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );
58
59
60    // DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XConnection::write
61    /** writes the given bytesequence to the stream.
62        <p>The method blocks until the whole sequence is written.
63
64        @throws com::sun::star::io::IOException
65               in case an error occurred during writing to the stream.
66     */
67    void write( [in] sequence < byte > aData )
68        raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );
69
70
71    /** Empties all internal buffers.
72     */
73    void flush( )
74            raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );
75
76    /** Immediately terminates any ongoing read or write calls.
77        All subsequent read or write calls()
78     */
79    void close( )
80            raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );
81
82
83    /** A unique string describing the connection.
84
85        <p>This string is different from the arguments to <member>XConnection::accept</member>
86        and <member>XConnector::connect</member>. In general, the string contains an additional
87        handle value.  For example, "socket,host=localhost,port=2002,uniqueValue=2324". </p>
88     */
89    string getDescription();
90};
91
92};};};};
93
94#endif
95