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23#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_
24#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_
25
26#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl>
27#include <com/sun/star/connection/AlreadyAcceptingException.idl>
28#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
29#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl>
30
31
32module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection {
33
34/** allows to passively accept connection attempts from other processes.
35
36	<p>
37	This is the counterpart to the XConnector interface.
38 */
39published interface XAcceptor: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
40{
41	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XAcceptor::accept
42	/** accepts an interprocess connection. Waits until someone connects to the resource.
43	    <p>
44        After a successful return, the method may be called again to accept
45	    further connections, but the parameter string MUST be left unchanged.
46
47
48	   @param sConnectionDescription
49				contains the kind of the connection plus a
50		      comma seperated list of attributes,
51			   e.g., <em>socket,host=localhost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.
52
53	   @return null reference,
54			stopAccepting was called.
55			Otherwise a valid XConnection reference.
56
57	   @throws AlreadyAcceptingException
58				Only one acceptor-thread per instance allowed.
59	   @throws ConnectionSetupException
60			Problems during setting up the acceptor.
61	      (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy, etc.)
62	   @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
63	              sConnectionDescription could not be interpreted
64
65	 */
66	XConnection accept( [in] string sConnectionDescription )
67		raises( AlreadyAcceptingException,
68				ConnectionSetupException,
69				com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);
70
71
72	/** pushes acceptor out of the accept-call.
73	 */
74	void stopAccepting();
75};
76
77};};};};
78
79#endif
80