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23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_BRIDGE_XINSTANCEPROVIDER_IDL_
24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski#define _COM_SUN_STAR_BRIDGE_XINSTANCEPROVIDER_IDL_
25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>
27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski module com {  module sun {  module star {  module bridge {
29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski/** allows to export UNO objects to other processes.
32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	@see XBridge
34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski */
35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskipublished interface XInstanceProvider: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski{
37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	/** gets called, when an initial object is requested from a remote process.
39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski		You may either create a  new instance or return an existing object.
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	   @param sInstanceName
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	        The name of the requested object.
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	   @returns
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			the object associated with the name. The return value may be null in case
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			there is no object to offer for this string. In this case, XBridge.getInstance()
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			(in the other process) will also return a null reference.
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	   @throws NoSuchElementException
50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	        You may throw this exception to indicate, that there is no object for this
51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			name. Due to a specification bug, this exception will appear as a RuntimeException
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			at the XBridge.getInstance() method.
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	 */
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski	com::sun::star::uno::XInterface getInstance( [in] string sInstanceName )
55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski			raises ( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException );
56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski};
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski};};};};
59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski
60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski#endif
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