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#ifndef __com_sun_star_drawing_XShapeGrouper_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_drawing_XShapeGrouper_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_drawing_XShapeGroup_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/drawing/XShapeGroup.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_drawing_XShapes_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/drawing/XShapes.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module drawing {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** specifies the group/ungroup functionality.
 */
published interface XShapeGrouper: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** groups the <type>Shape</type>s inside a collection.

        <p>Grouping of objects in text documents works only if none
        of the objects has an anchor of type 
        <member scope="com::sun::star::text::TextContentAnchorType">AS_CHARACTER</member>
        </p>.

		@param xShapes
			the <type>Shape</type>s that will be grouped. They
			must all be inserted into the same <type>GenericDrawPage</type>.

		@returns
			a newly created <type>GroupShape</type> that contains all
			<type>Shape</type>s from xShapes and is also added to the
			<type>GenericDrawPage</type> of the <type>Shape</type>s
			in xShapes.
	 */
	com::sun::star::drawing::XShapeGroup group( [in] com::sun::star::drawing::XShapes xShapes ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** ungroups a given <type>GroupShape</type>.

		@param aGroup
			moves all <type>Shape</type>s from this <type>GroupShape</type>
			to the parent <type>XShapes</type> of the <type>GroupShape</type>.
			The <type>GroupShape</type> is than removed from the 
			<type>GenericDrawPage</type> and disposed.
	 */
	void ungroup( [in] com::sun::star::drawing::XShapeGroup aGroup ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif