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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_application_DatabaseObjectContainer_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_application_DatabaseObjectContainer_idl__

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

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/** denotes different types of (maybe virtual) containers of database objects

    <p>In the database application of OpenOffice.org, database objects (such as
    tables, queries, forms, reports) can be organized in folders. This hierarchy can
    be imposed externally, or internally.

    <p>For example, when you connect to a database which supports catalogs and/or schemas,
    then those impose a natural order on the tables, in that a catalog or a schema
    is a folder of tables.</p>

    <p>On the other hand, for forms and reports, OpenOffice.org Base itself allows the
    user to create folders to organize the documents - in this case, the hierarchy is
    defined in the database document itself.</p>

    @see DatabaseObject

    @since OpenOffice 3.0
 */
constants DatabaseObjectContainer
{
    /** denotes the virtual folder containing all tables of a database, in a context where such a
        folder is displayed to the user.
    */
    const long TABLES = 1000;

    /** denotes the virtual folder containing all queries of a database, in a context where such a
        folder is displayed to the user.
    */
    const long QUERIES = 1001;

    /** denotes the virtual folder containing all forms of a database document, in a context where such a
        folder is displayed to the user.
    */
    const long FORMS = 1002;

    /** denotes the virtual folder containing all reports of a database database, in a context where such a
        folder is displayed to the user.
    */
    const long REPORTS = 1003;

    /** denotes the data source itself, which effectively is the root container for all other
        kind of database objects, including other container types.
    */
    const long DATA_SOURCE = 1004;

    /** denotes a catalog in a database which supports catalogs
    */
    const long CATALOG = 1005;

    /** denotes a schema in a database which supports catalogs
    */
    const long SCHEMA = 1006;

    /** denotes a folder which is used to organize forms in a database document
    */
    const long FORMS_FOLDER = 1007;

    /** denotes a folder which is used to organize reports in a database document
    */
    const long REPORTS_FOLDER = 1008;
};

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}; }; }; }; };

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#endif