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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyState_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyState_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyState_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyState.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyStateChangeListener_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyStateChangeListener.idl>
#endif


//=============================================================================

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {

//=============================================================================

/** makes it possible to query information about the state of
	one or more properties.

	<p>The state contains the information if:</p>
	<ul>
		<li>a value is available or void</li>
		<li>the value is stored in the object itself, or if a default value is to be used</li>
		<li>and if the value cannot be determined, due to ambiguity
			(multi selection with multiple values).</li>
	</ul>
 */
published interface XPropertyState: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
				the state of the property.

		@param	aPropertyName
			specifies the name of the property.

		@throws UnknownPropertyException
			if the property does not exist.
	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState getPropertyState( [in] string PropertyName )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			a sequence of the states of the properties which are specified
				by their names.

		<p>The order of the states is correlating to the order of the
		given property names. </p>

		@param aPropertyNames
			contains the sequence of property names.

		@throws UnknownPropertyException
			if one property does not exist.
	 */
	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState> getPropertyStates(
			[in] sequence<string> aPropertyName )
		raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** Sets the property to default value.

		<p>The value depends on the implementation of this interface.
		If it is a bound property, you must change the value before
		the change events are fired.  If it is a constrained property, you
		must fire the vetoable event before you change the property value.
		</p>

		@param aPropertyname
			specifies the name of the property.

		@throws UnknownPropertyException
			if the property does not exist.
	 */
	void setPropertyToDefault( [in] string PropertyName )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			the default value of the property with the name PropertyName.

		<p>If no default exists, is not known or is void,
		then the return type is <atom>void</atom>.

		@param aPropertyName
			specifies the name of the property.

		@throws UnknownPropertyException
			if the property does not exist.

		@throws  com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
			if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception.
			In this case the original exception is wrapped into that
			<type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.
	 */
	any getPropertyDefault( [in] string aPropertyName )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );
};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

#endif