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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sheet_XSheetFilterable_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sheet_XSheetFilterable_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_sheet_XSheetFilterDescriptor_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/sheet/XSheetFilterDescriptor.idl>
#endif

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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sheet {

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

/** represents something that can be filtered using an XSheetFilterDesriptor.

	@see com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetFilterableEx
 */
published interface XSheetFilterable: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** creates a filter descriptor.

		@param bEmpty
			if set to <TRUE/>, creates an empty filter descriptor. If set to
			<FALSE/>, fills the filter descriptor with previous settings of
			the current object (i.e. a database range).
	 */
	com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetFilterDescriptor
		createFilterDescriptor( [in] boolean bEmpty );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** performa a filter operation, using the settings of the passed filter
		descriptor.

		@param xDescriptor
			the settings for the filter operation.
	 */
	void filter(
			[in] com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetFilterDescriptor xDescriptor );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif