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#ifndef __com_sun_star_resource_OfficeResourceLoader_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_resource_OfficeResourceLoader_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_resource_XResourceBundleLoader_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/resource/XResourceBundleLoader.idl>
#endif

//=============================================================================
module com { module sun { module star { module resource {
//=============================================================================

/** describes a <type>XResourceBundleLoader</type> which provides access to the OpenOffice.org
    resource files.

    <p>An OpenOffice.org installation comes with a number of resource files in an proprietary
    format, located insisde the installation's program/resource directory. The <type>OfficeResoureLoader</type>
    singleton (available at a component context as value with the key
    <code>/singletons/com.sun.star.resource.OfficeResourceLoader</code>), provides access to some
    types of resources within those files.</p>

    <p>Clients have to specifiy the resource file base name in the call to
    <member>XResourceBundleLoader::loadBundle</member> resp. <member>XResourceBundleLoader::loadBundle_Default</member>
    method. The loader will extent this base name so that the resulting name conforms to the OpenOffice.org
    resource file naming conventions, and look up the respective resource file, for the requested locale,
    in OpenOffice.org's installation.</p>

    <p>The lookup process uses the fallback mechanism as described at the <type>XResourceBundle</type> interface,
    except that <code>Locale.getDefault()</code> is not used.</p>

    <p>Resource keys, as passed to the <member>XResourceBundle::getDirectElement</member> or
    <member scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess::getByName</member>, have the following format:
    <code>&lt;resource_type&gt;:&lt;numeric_identifier&gt;</code>, where <code>&lt;resource_type&gt; specifies
    the type of the requested resource (see below) and <code>&lt;numeric_identifier&gt;</code> is the numeric
    identifier of the resource.</p>

    <p>The following resource types are currently supported:
    <ul>
        <li><em>string</em>: denotes a string resource</li>
    </ul>
    </p>

    <p>Since the numeric resource identifiers are highly build-dependent (e.g. can change with any next
    OpenOffice.org build), you are <strong>strongly</strong> discouraged from using the <type>OfficeResoureLoader</type>
    service in a component which targets more than one particular OpenOffice.org build.</p>

    @since OOo 2.0.3
*/
singleton OfficeResourceLoader : XResourceBundleLoader;

//=============================================================================
}; }; }; };
//=============================================================================

#endif