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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_application_ApplicationController_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_application_ApplicationController_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/frame/Controller.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/ui/XContextMenuInterception.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/awt/XUserInputInterception.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/view/XSelectionSupplier.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XTitle.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XTitleChangeBroadcaster.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/sdb/application/XDatabaseDocumentUI.idl>

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

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

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

/** is the default controller implementation for OpenOffice.org's database application.
 */
service DefaultViewController
{
    /** defines basic controller functionality
    */
    service ::com::sun::star::frame::Controller;

    /** allows intercepting context menu requests done by the user

        <p>The <member scope="::com::sun::star::ui">ContextMenuExecuteEvent::Selection</member> member
        of the event passed to an interceptor will <em>not</em> be the controller itself
        (though the controller also supports the <a href="#XSelectionSupplier"><code>XSelectionSupplier</code></a>
        interface), but a component which descrbes the current selection of the very window where the context
        menu was requested.</p>

        <p>In OpenOffice.org's database application, database objects such as tables, queries, forms,
        reports are displayed in a tree-like fashion. Currently, only context menu requests on this tree view
        can be intercepted using the <code>XContextMenuInterception</code> interface. Context menu requests
        in other places cannot be intercepted.</p>

        <p>For the aforementioned tree view, the selection supplied by the <code>ContextMenuEvent::Selection</code>
        component is an array of <type>NamedDatabaseObject</type> instances.</p>
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::ui::XContextMenuInterception;

    /** allows intercepting user input done by the user
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::awt::XUserInputInterception;

    /** <a name="XSelectionSupplier"></a>
        provides access to the current selection inside the application window, and allows to change it
        programmatically

        <p>The selection is an array of <type>NamedDatabaseObject</type> instances.</p>
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier;

    /** allows to retrieve and set the title which of the component
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::frame::XTitle;

    /** allows being notified about changes in the component's title
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::frame::XTitleChangeBroadcaster;

    /** allows programmatic access to aspects of the application's user interface.
    */
    interface XDatabaseDocumentUI;
};

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

}; }; }; }; };

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

#endif