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27#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_
28#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_
29
30#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl>
31#include <com/sun/star/connection/AlreadyAcceptingException.idl>
32#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
33#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl>
34
35
36module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection {
37
38/** allows to passively accept connection attempts from other processes.
39
40	<p>
41	This is the counterpart to the XConnector interface.
42 */
43published interface XAcceptor: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
44{
45	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XAcceptor::accept
46	/** accepts an interprocess connection. Waits until someone connects to the resource.
47	    <p>
48        After a successful return, the method may be called again to accept
49	    further connections, but the parameter string MUST be left unchanged.
50
51
52	   @param sConnectionDescription
53				contains the kind of the connection plus a
54		      comma seperated list of attributes,
55			   e.g., <em>socket,host=localhost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.
56
57	   @return null reference,
58			stopAccepting was called.
59			Otherwise a valid XConnection reference.
60
61	   @throws AlreadyAcceptingException
62				Only one acceptor-thread per instance allowed.
63	   @throws ConnectionSetupException
64			Problems during setting up the acceptor.
65	      (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy, etc.)
66	   @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
67	              sConnectionDescription could not be interpreted
68
69	 */
70	XConnection accept( [in] string sConnectionDescription )
71		raises( AlreadyAcceptingException,
72				ConnectionSetupException,
73				com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);
74
75
76	/** pushes acceptor out of the accept-call.
77	 */
78	void stopAccepting();
79};
80
81};};};};
82
83#endif
84