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23#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
24#define __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
25
26#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
27#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
28#endif
29
30#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__
31#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>
32#endif
33
34//=============================================================================
35
36module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {
37
38//=============================================================================
39
40/** is used to have hierarchical access to elements within a container.
41
42    <p>You address an object of a specific level in the hierarchy by giving its
43    fully qualified name, e.g., "com.sun.star.uno.XInterface". </p>
44
45    <p>To implement inaccurate name access, support the
46    <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XExactName</type> interface.  </p>
47
48    @see com::sun::star::beans::XExactName
49 */
50published interface XHierarchicalNameAccess: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
51{
52    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
53
54    /** @returns
55                the object with the specified name.
56
57        @param aName
58            the name of the object.
59
60        @throws NoSuchElementException
61            if an element under Name does not exist.
62     */
63    any getByHierarchicalName( [in] string aName )
64            raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException );
65
66    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
67
68    /** @returns
69            <TRUE/> if an element with this name is in
70            the container, <FALSE/> otherwise.
71
72        <p>In many cases, the next call is <member>XNameAccess::getByName</member>.
73        You should optimize this case.
74
75        @param aName
76            the name of the object.
77     */
78    boolean hasByHierarchicalName( [in] string aName );
79
80};
81
82//=============================================================================
83
84}; }; }; };
85
86#endif
87