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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_application_NamedDatabaseObject_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_application_NamedDatabaseObject_idl__

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

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/** denotes a named database object, or a named folder of database objects

    @since OOo 3.0
*/
struct NamedDatabaseObject
{
    /** denotes the type of the object.

        <p>This member is one of the <type>DatabaseObject</type> or <type>DatabaseObjectContainer</type> constants.</p>
    */
    long    Type;

    /** denotes the name of the object

        <p>In case of forms, reports, form folders and report folders, this is the hierarchical
        path to the object, where the path elements are separated by a slash (<code>/</code>).</p>

        <p>In case of tables, this is the fully qualified name of the table, as required
        by the database's table name composition rules.</p>

        <p>In case of queries, this is the name of the query.</p>

        <p>In case of virtual folders denoted by <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::CATALOG</member> and
        <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::SCHEMA</member>, it is
        <ul><li><code>&lt;schema&gt;</code>, if the database supports schemas only</li>
            <li><code>&lt;catalog&gt;</code>, if the database supports catalogs only</li>
            <li><code>&lt;catalog&gt;.&lt;schema&gt;</code>, if the database supports both
            catalogs and schemas, and catalogs are to appear at the beginning of an identifier.</li>
            <li><code>&lt;schema&gt;.&lt;catalog&gt;</code>, if the database supports both
            catalogs and schemas, and catalogs are to appear at the end of an identifier.</li>
        </ul>
        </p>

        <p>In case of the virtual folders denoted by <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::TABLES</member>,
        <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::QUERIES</member>, <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::DATA_SOURCE</member>,
        <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::FORMS</member> or <member>DatabaseObjectContainer::REPORTS</member>,
        this denotes the name of the data source (as denoted by
        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdb">DataSource::Name</member>)</p>

        @see XDatabaseMetaData::isCatalogAtStart
        @see DatabaseObjectContainer
    */
    string  Name;
};

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}; }; }; }; };

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#endif