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27
28#ifndef __com_sun_star_task_XAsyncJob_idl__
29#define __com_sun_star_task_XAsyncJob_idl__
30
31#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
32#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
33#endif
34
35#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_NamedValue_idl__
36#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.idl>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
40#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
41#endif
42
43//=============================================================================
44
45module com {  module sun {  module star {  module task {
46
47 published interface XJobListener;
48
49//=============================================================================
50/** specifies a job which must be executed asynchronously
51
52    <p>
53    Instead of <type>XJob</type> the implementation of this interface
54    must be aware, that execution can be made real asynchronous (e.g. by using
55    threads). Because the environment whish to have creation and using of threads
56    under control, it's not allowed for a real job implementation to use such mechanism
57    by itself. The outside code decide, if it's possible and how it can be made
58    asynchronous. In some special cases it can be, that asynchronous jobs will be executed
59    synchronously.
60    </p>
61
62    @see XJob
63*/
64published interface XAsyncJob : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
65{
66    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
67	/** executes the job asynchronously
68
69        @param Arguments
70            are arguments for executing the job. Their semantics is completely implementation dependent. Usually,
71            a concrete implementation of a job specifies in its service descriptions which parameters are allowed
72            (or expected). This values are persistent by the configuration of the <type>JobExecutor</type>
73            which use this asynchronous job. It's possible to write it back by called listener
74            function <member>XJobListener::jobFinished()</member>.
75
76        @param Listener
77            specifies a listener which should be notified on events. May be <NULL/>.
78
79        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
80            if some of given arguments doesn't fill out the service specification or
81            was corrupt so the service couldn't work correctly
82	*/
83   void executeAsync(
84        [in] sequence< com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue > Arguments,
85        [in] XJobListener Listener)
86            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
87};
88
89}; }; }; };
90
91#endif
92
93