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#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTOR_IDL_ 
#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTOR_IDL_ 
 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/NoConnectException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl> 
 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection { 
 
/**
   allows to actively establish an interprocess connection.
 */
published interface XConnector: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
			  
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XConnector::connect
	/** creates a new connection interprocess connection.
		<p>
		Tries to connect to an <type>XAcceptor</type>.  Behavior is unspecified
        if a call to connect is made when another call to connect either has not
        yet returned or has returned successfully without raising an exception.

		@param sConnectionDescription 
				contains the kind of the connection plus a
				comma seperated list of attributes,
			   e.g., <em>socket,host=locahost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.

	    @throws ConnectionSetupException  
				Problems during setting up the connector
		      on client side, (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy .. ), 
				or the string could not be interpreted correctly.
	 
		@throws NoConnectException     
				Couldn't reach a server (e.g. network failure), 
				no server is listening
	 */
	XConnection connect( [in] string sConnectionDescription ) 
		raises( NoConnectException,ConnectionSetupException ); 
}; 
 
 
};};};}; 
 
#endif