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27#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyAccess_idl__
28#define __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyAccess_idl__
29
30#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
31#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
32#endif
33
34#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__
35#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>
36#endif
37
38#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__
39#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl>
40#endif
41
42#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyVetoException_idl__
43#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.idl>
44#endif
45
46#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
47#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
48#endif
49
50#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__
51#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>
52#endif
53
54
55//=============================================================================
56
57module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {
58
59//=============================================================================
60
61/** makes it possible to access all property values and to set them at once.
62
63	<p>In most cases this interface will be in addition to
64	<type>XPropertySet</type>. It is especially useful for remote
65	communication because it lessens the number of calls for getting
66	property values; that is especially important because these calls
67	are necessarily synchronous.  </p>
68
69	<p>Another advantage of this method is that conflicts are avoided
70	if property value restrictions depend on the value of other properties.</p>
71 */
72published interface XPropertyAccess: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
73{
74	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
75
76	/** @returns
77			a sequence of all property values within the object in a single call.
78	 */
79	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> getPropertyValues();
80
81	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
82
83	/** sets the values of given properties.
84
85		<p>All properties which are not contained in the sequence
86		<var>aProps</var> will be left unchanged.</p>
87	 */
88	void setPropertyValues( [in] sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> aProps )
89			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
90					com::sun::star::beans::PropertyVetoException,
91					com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
92					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );
93
94};
95
96//=============================================================================
97
98}; }; }; };
99
100#endif
101