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#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XTextInputStream_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_io_XTextInputStream_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XInputStream_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/io/XInputStream.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_IOException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.idl>
#endif


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module io {

//=============================================================================
/** Interface to read strings from a stream.

	<p>This interfaces allows to read strings separated by
	delimiters and to read lines. The character encoding
	to be used can be set by <member>setEncoding()</member>.
	Default encoding is "utf8".</p>
 */
published interface XTextInputStream: com::sun::star::io::XInputStream
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** reads text until a line break (CR, LF, or CR/LF) or
		EOF is found and returns it as string (without CR, LF).

		<p>The read characters are converted according to the
		encoding defined by <member>setEncoding</member>. If
		EOF is already reached before calling this method
		an empty string is returned.<p>

		@see setEncoding
		@see isEOF
	 */
	string readLine()
			raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** reads text until one of the given delimiter characters
		or EOF is found and returns it as string (without delimiter).

		<p><strong>Important:</strong> CR/LF is not used as default
		delimiter! So if no delimiter is defined or none of the
		delimiters is found, the stream will be read to EOF. The
		read characters are converted according to the encoding
		defined by <member>setEncoding</member>. If EOF is already
		reached before calling this method an empty string is returned.</p>

		@see setEncoding
		@see isEOF
	 */
	string readString( [in] sequence<char> Delimiters, [in] boolean bRemoveDelimiter )
			raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** Returns the EOF status.

		<p>This method has to be used to detect if the end
		of the stream is reached.</p>
		<p><strong>Important:</strong>
		This cannot be detected by asking for an empty string
		because that can be a valid return value of <member>
		readLine()</member> (if the line is empty) and
		readString() (if a delimiter is directly followed
		by the next one).</p>

		@returns
			<TRUE/>, if the end of file is reached, so that
			no next string can be read. <FALSE/> otherwise
	 */
	boolean isEOF()
			raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** sets character encoding.

		@param Encoding
			sets the character encoding that should be used.
			The character encoding names refer to the document
			http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.
			Which character sets are supported depends on
			the implementation.
	 */
	void setEncoding( [in] string Encoding );
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif