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27#ifndef __com_sun_star_bridge_Bridge_idl__
28#define __com_sun_star_bridge_Bridge_idl__
29
30#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XInitialization_idl__
31#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl>
32#endif
33
34#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XComponent_idl__
35#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.idl>
36#endif
37
38#ifndef __com_sun_star_bridge_XBridge_idl__
39#include <com/sun/star/bridge/XBridge.idl>
40#endif
41
42//=============================================================================
43
44module com {  module sun {  module star {  module bridge {
45
46//=============================================================================
47
48/** This meta service allows the bridgefactory service to instantiate an
49	interprocess bridge using a certain transfer protocol.
50
51	<p> Components, that support a certain protocol, must have at least two
52	service names: </p>
53
54	<ul>
55		<li> com.sun.star.bridge.Bridge </li>
56		<li> arbitrary-module-path.ProtocolnameBridge </li>
57	</ul>
58
59	<p>The protocol name should be written as common servicenames, first letter is a
60	capital letter, the rest in small letters postfixed by Bridge (e.g.:
61	<code>com.sun.star.bridge.UrpBridge</code> would be correct servicename for the
62	"urp" protocol).  However, the protocol names are compared case insensitive.
63	If there exist two services supporting the same protocol, it is arbitrary
64	which one is chosen, so this should be omitted. </p>
65 */
66published service Bridge
67{
68	/** allows to initialize the bridge service with the necessary
69		 arguments. The sequence&lt;any&gt; must have 4 members.
70
71		 <ol>
72			 <li> String: The unique name of the bridge or an empty string</li>
73			 <li> String: The protocol, that shall be instantiated</li>
74			 <li> XConnection: The bidirectional connection, the bridge should work on</li>
75			 <li> XInstanceProvider:
76				The instance provider, that shall be called to access the initial object.</li>
77		 </ol>
78	 */
79	interface com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;
80
81	/** The main interface of the service
82	 */
83	interface com::sun::star::bridge::XBridge;
84
85	/** This interface allows to terminate the interprocess bridge.
86	 */
87	interface com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;
88
89};
90
91//=============================================================================
92
93}; }; }; };
94#endif
95