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23#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__
24#define __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__
25
26#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
27#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
28#endif
29
30#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
31#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
32#endif
33
34
35//=============================================================================
36
37module com {  module sun {  module star {  module util {
38
39//=============================================================================
40
41/** enables the object to be a member of a chain.
42 */
43published interface XChainable: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
44{
45	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
46	/** @returns
47				the previous object in this chain or NULL, if this is the first
48				object of this chain.
49	 */
50	com::sun::star::util::XChainable getPredecessor();
51
52	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
53	/** @returns
54				the next object in this chain or NULL, if this is the last
55				object in this chain.
56	 */
57	com::sun::star::util::XChainable getSuccessor();
58
59	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
60	/** connects the specified object to this object as the successor in a chain.
61
62		<p>This implies that this object will become the predecessor of
63		<var>xChainable</var>.  </p>
64	 */
65	void setSuccessor( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable )
66			raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
67
68	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
69	/** checks if the specified object can be linked to this.
70	 */
71	boolean isChainable( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable );
72
73};
74
75//=============================================================================
76
77}; }; }; };
78
79#endif
80