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#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_PopupMenuController_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_frame_PopupMenuController_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XPopupMenuController_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XPopupMenuController.idl>
#endif

#ifndef _com_sun_star_lang_XInitialization_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XStatusListener_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XStatusListener.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XDispatchProvider_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XComponent_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.idl>
#endif


//============================================================================= 

module com { module sun { module star { module frame {

//============================================================================= 

/** provides access to a popup menu controller.
    
    <p>
    A popup menu controller is used to make special functions available to 
    users, which depend on runtime or context specific conditions.<br/>
    A typical example for a popup menu controller can be a recent file list 
    implementation which provides a list of latest files that a user has 
    worked on. This list gets changes consistently during a work session.
    </p>

    @since OpenOffice 2.0
*/

service PopupMenuController
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** supports functions to initialize and update a popup menu controller
        implementation.

        <p>
        A popup menu controller implementation gets initialized with a 
        <type scope="com::sun::star::awt">XPopupMenu</type> object. This assures
        that a popup menu controller can be implemented with any UNO based
        language.
        </p>
    */
    interface com::sun::star::frame::XPopupMenuController;
    
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** provides functions to initialize a popup menu controller with 
        specific data which are needed. 
        
        <p>
        This interface should not directly used. A factory service is responsible to 
        initialize every controller correctly.<br/>

        A popup menu controller needs at least two additional arguments
        provided as <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">PropertyValue</type>:
        <ul>
            <li><b>Frame</b><br>specifies the <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XFrame</type> 
                   instance to which the popup menu controller belongs to.</li>
            <li><b>CommandURL</b><br>specifies which popup menu controller should be created.</li>
        </ul>
        </p>

        @see PopupMenuControllerFactory
    */
    interface com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** used to brief the popup menu controller with new status information.

        <p>
        A popup menu controller makes special functions available to users which 
        normally depend on the state of other data. This interface is used to 
        send this data to a controller implementation.
        </p>
    */
    interface com::sun::star::frame::XStatusListener;

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** used to query for commands supported by the popup menu controller to
        execute them directly.

        <p>
        A popup menu controller provides special functions which should be
        available by the normal dispatch API. This optional interface enables
        popup menu controller to be normal dispatch providers.<br/>
        <b>Attention:</b><br/>
        Popup menu controller functions must be specified using the following
        the dispatch URL scheme: "vnd.sun.star.popup:" opaque_part [ "?" query ].
        </p>
        
        @since OpenOffice 2.2
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider;

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** used to dispose popup menu controller by the owner instance.

        <p>
        A popup menu controller resides in a menu which has a limited
        life-time. For correct life-time handling a popup menu
        controller should support this interface.
        </p>
        
        @since OpenOffice 2.2
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;
};

}; }; }; };

//============================================================================= 

#endif