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#ifndef DBACCESS_CONTAINERAPPROVE_HXX
#define DBACCESS_CONTAINERAPPROVE_HXX

/** === begin UNO includes === **/
#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_UNO_XINTERFACE_HPP_
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
#endif
/** === end UNO includes === **/

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

//........................................................................
namespace dbaccess
{
//........................................................................

	//====================================================================
	//= IContainerApprove
	//====================================================================
    /** interface for approving elements to be inserted into a container

        On the long run, one could imagine that this interface completely encapsulates
        container/element approvals in all our various container classes herein (document
        containers, definition containers, table containers, query containers,
        command definition containers, bookmark containers). This would decrease coupling
        of the respective classes.
     */
	class SAL_NO_VTABLE IContainerApprove
	{
    public:
        /** approves a given element for insertion into the container
            @param  _rName
                specifies the name under which the element is going to be inserted
            @param  _rxElement
                specifies the element which is going to be inserted
            @throws Exception
                if the name or the object are invalid, or not eligible for insertion
                into the container
        */
        virtual void SAL_CALL   approveElement(
            const ::rtl::OUString& _rName,
            const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface >& _rxElement
        ) = 0;
	};

    typedef ::boost::shared_ptr< IContainerApprove >    PContainerApprove;

//........................................................................
} // namespace dbaccess
//........................................................................

#endif // DBACCESS_CONTAINERAPPROVE_HXX