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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_application_XCopyTableWizard_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_application_XCopyTableWizard_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_dialogs_XExecutableDialog_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ui/dialogs/XExecutableDialog.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Optional_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/Optional.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module sdb { module application {

interface XCopyTableListener;

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

/** describes a wizard which can be used to copy table like data from one
    database to another.

    <p>Copying table data between databases can be a complex task. Especially when
    it comes to matching field types in the source and in the target database,
    some heuristics, and sometimes support from the user doing the operation,
    are required.</p>

    <p>The <code>copy table wizard</code> described by this interfaces cares for those,
    and other, settings.</p>

    @since OpenOffice 2.4
 */
interface XCopyTableWizard : ::com::sun::star::ui::dialogs::XExecutableDialog
{
    /** specifies the basic operation for the wizard to execute.

        <p>This must be one of the <type>CopyTableOperation</type> constants.</p>

        <p>At initialization time, you can use this attribute to control the
        initial operation in the wizard.</p>

        <p>After the wizard has finished, you can use this attribute to determine
        what operation was actually executed.</p>

        <p>Changing this attribute while the dialog is running is not supported, the
        result of such an attempt is undefined.</p>

        @throws IllegalArgumentException
            if you attempt to set an invalid operation, or if the given operation is
            not supported by the target database type, e.g. if you specified
            <member>CopyTableOperation::CreateAsView</member> where the database
            does not support views.
    */
    [attribute] short Operation
    {
        set raises ( ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
    };

    /** specfies the name of the table in the destination database.

        <p>At initialization time, you can use this attribute to control the
        initial table name as suggested to the user.</p>

        <p>After the wizard has finished, you can use this attribute to determine
        what table was actually created resp. to which existing table the source
        table's data was appended.</p>

        <p>Changing this attribute while the dialog is running is not supported, the
        result of such an attempt is undefined.</p>
    */
    [attribute] string  DestinationTableName;

    /** specifies that a new primary key is to be created in the target database

        <p>At initialization time, you can specify the initial settings for the primary
        key in the UI.</p>

        <p>You cannot use this attribute to determine the primary key, possibly created
        by the wizard, after it finished. The reason is that during the wizard run, the
        user can define an arbitrarily complex primary key, e.g. including multiple columns,
        which cannot be represented in this simple attribute anymore.</p>

        <p>This attribute is ignored if <member>Operation</member> is
        <member>CopyTableOperation::AppendData</member>.</p>

        <p>Changing this attribute while the dialog is running is not supported, the
        result of such an attempt is undefined.</p>

        <p>When a primary key is to be created by the wizard, it will be be an auto-increment
        column, if possible.</p>

        @throws ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
            if the target database does not support primary keys
    */
    [attribute] ::com::sun::star::beans::Optional< string >
                        CreatePrimaryKey
    {
        set raises ( ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
    };

    /** specifies that the first row should be used to identify column names.

        <p>This attribute is ignored when the source defines the column names which isn't the case when only a part of a table should be copied
        e.g. in the RTF format or in the HTML format.
        </p>
    */
    [attribute] boolean UseHeaderLineAsColumnNames;

    /** adds a listener which is to be notified of progress in the copy operation
    */
    void    addCopyTableListener( [in] XCopyTableListener Listener );

    /** removes a listener
    */
    void    removeCopyTableListener( [in] XCopyTableListener Listener );
};

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

}; }; }; }; };

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

#endif