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28#ifndef __com_sun_star_task_XJob_idl__
29#define __com_sun_star_task_XJob_idl__
30
31#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
32#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
33#endif
34
35#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_NamedValue_idl__
36#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.idl>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
40#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
41#endif
42
43//============================================================================
44
45module com {  module sun {  module star {  module task {
46
47//=============================================================================
48/** specifies a job which is to be executed synchronously
49
50    <p>
51    Instead of <type>XAsyncJob</type> the implementation of this interface
52    will be executed synchronously everytimes. That means: they can be shure that the
53    current stack context will be blocked till this job finish it's work.
54    </p>
55
56    @see XAsyncJob
57*/
58published interface XJob : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
59{
60    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
61    /** executes the job synchronously
62
63        @param Arguments
64            are arguments for executing the job. Their semantics is completely implementation dependent. Usually,
65            a concrete implementation of a job specifies in its service descriptions which parameters are allowed
66            (or expected). This values are persistent by the configuration of the <type>JobExecutor</type>
67            which use this synchronous job. It's possible to write it back by use special protocol
68            in return value.
69
70        @return
71            the result of the job. The concrete semantics is service-dependent.
72            But it should be possible to
73            <ul>
74                <li>deregister the job</li>
75                <li>let him registered although execution was successfully(!)</li>
76                <li>make some job specific data persistent inside the job configuration which
77                    is provided by the executor.</li>
78            </ul>
79
80        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
81            if some of given arguments doesn't fill out the service specification or
82            was corrupt so the service couldn't work correctly
83
84        @throws com::sun::star::uno::Exception
85            to notify the excutor about faild operation; otherwise the return value
86            indicates a successfull finishing.
87	*/
88    any execute(
89        [in] sequence< com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue > Arguments )
90            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException ,
91                    com::sun::star::uno::Exception                 );
92};
93
94}; }; }; };
95
96#endif
97