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22
23#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XUnoTunnel_idl__
24#define __com_sun_star_lang_XUnoTunnel_idl__
25
26#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
27#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
28#endif
29
30
31
32//=============================================================================
33
34module com {  module sun {  module star {  module lang {
35
36//=============================================================================
37
38/** An interface to tunnel UNO. This means providing access to data or
39    something else, which is not specified by UNO-IDL.
40
41    @attention
42    Restrictive useage.  Use only, if there is no better possibility left.
43    It is definitely a hack.
44
45    <p>
46    Common usage:
47    Getting a C++ object pointer in the same process, thus to use an
48    implementation directly, most often because of a design flaw.
49    </p>
50*/
51published interface XUnoTunnel: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
52{
53	/** Call this method to get something which is not specified in UNO, e.g.
54        an address to some C++ object.
55
56        @attention
57		The identifier specifies how the return value is to be reinterpreted.
58        The identifier must be globally unique, because it is unknown where
59        the implementation resides.
60
61        @param aIdentifier
62               identifier
63        @return
64                something
65    */
66	hyper getSomething( [in] sequence< byte > aIdentifier );
67};
68
69//=============================================================================
70
71}; }; }; };
72
73/*=============================================================================
74
75=============================================================================*/
76#endif
77