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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_reflection_XIdlClass_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlClass.idl>
#endif


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {

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

/** This structure describes a property.

	<dl>There are three types of properties:
		<dt>- bound properties</dt>
		<dt>- constrained properties</dt>
		<dt>- free properties</dt>
	</dl>
 */
published struct Property
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** specifies the name of the property.

		<p> The name is unique within an <type>XPropertySet</type>.
			Upper and lower case are distinguished.</p>
	 */
	string Name;

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

	/** contains an implementation-specific handle for the property.

		<p> It may be -1 if the implementation has no handle. You can use
			this handle to get values from the <type>XFastPropertySet</type>.</p>
	 */
	long Handle;

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

	/** contains an object that identifies the declared type for the property.

		<p> If the property has multiple types or the type is not
			known, <strong>but not an <atom>any</atom></strong>, then
			<const>void</const> must be returned.</p>
	 */
	type Type;

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

	/** This field may contain zero or more constants of the
		<type>PropertyAttribute</type> constants group.
	 */
	short Attributes;

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

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif