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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XEnumeration_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_container_XEnumeration_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** provides functionality to enumerate the contents of a container.
	
	<p>An object that implements the <type>XEnumeration</type> interface
	generates a series of elements, one at a time. Successive calls to
	the <code>XEnumeration::nextElement</code> method return successive 
	elements of the series.  </p>

	<p>For example (Java), to print all elements of a vector <var>aVect</var>: 
	</p>

	<listing>
	for ( XEnumeration xEnum = aVect.elements() ; 
	xEnum.hasMoreElements() ; ) 
	{
	System.out.println( xEnum.nextElement() );
	}
	</listing>
	
	
	<p> If the object changed, the behavior of the enumeration is 
	not specified. This is not a remote interface.  </p>
 */
published interface XEnumeration: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** tests whether this enumeration contains more elements.
	 */
	boolean hasMoreElements(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns      
			the next element of this enumeration.  
				 
		@throws  NoSuchElementException   
			if no more elements exist. 
				 
		@throws  com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException  
			If the implementation has internal reasons for exceptions,  
			then wrap these in a <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type> 
			exception.
	 */
	any nextElement() 
			raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException, 
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif