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#ifndef XMLOFF_PROPERTY_META_DATA_HXX
#define XMLOFF_PROPERTY_META_DATA_HXX

#include "property_description.hxx"

//......................................................................................................................
namespace xmloff { namespace metadata
{
//......................................................................................................................

    const PropertyDescription* getPropertyDescription( const ::rtl::OUString& i_propertyName );

    /** retries the descriptions of all properties which add to the given XML attribute

        <p>Effectively, the complete property map is search for all entries which have the given
        namespace/attribute values.</p>
    */
    void getPropertyGroup(
            const PropertyGroup i_propertyGroup,
            PropertyDescriptionList& o_propertyDescriptions
        );

    /** retrieves all known property groups which are mapped to the given attribute
    */
    void getPropertyGroupList(
        const AttributeDescription& i_attribute,
        PropertyGroups& o_propertyGroups
    );

    /** retrieves the attribute descriptor for the attribute given by namespace prefix and attribute name
    */
    AttributeDescription
        getAttributeDescription( const sal_uInt16 i_namespacePrefix, const ::rtl::OUString& i_attributeName );

//......................................................................................................................
} } // namespace xmloff::metadata
//......................................................................................................................

#endif // XMLOFF_PROPERTY_META_DATA_HXX