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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySetInfo_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySetInfo_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/Property.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** specifies a set of properties.

	<p>There are three kinds of properties:
	<ul>
		<li>bound properties</li>
		<li>constrained properties</li>
		<li>free properties</li>
	</ul>
	
	<p>The specification only describes the properties, it does not contain
	any values.</p>
 */
published interface XPropertySetInfo: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
			a sequence with all property descriptors which are specified 
			within this <type>XPropertySetInfo</type>.
	 */
	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::Property> getProperties(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
			the property with the specified name from the object. 
				 
		@param aName  
			specifies the name of the property. 
				 
		@throws UnknownPropertyException	 
			if the property does not exist.
	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::Property getPropertyByName( [in] string aName ) 
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
			<TRUE/> if a property with the specified name exist; 
			otherwise <FALSE/> is returned. 
				 
		@param aName  
			specifies the name of the property.
	 */
	boolean hasPropertyByName( [in] string Name ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif