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27#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_XUnoTunnel_idl__
28#define __com_sun_star_lang_XUnoTunnel_idl__
29
30#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
31#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
32#endif
33
34
35
36//=============================================================================
37
38module com {  module sun {  module star {  module lang {
39
40//=============================================================================
41
42/** An interface to tunnel UNO. This means providing access to data or
43    something else, which is not specified by UNO-IDL.
44
45    @attention
46    Restrictive useage.  Use only, if there is no better possibility left.
47    It is definitely a hack.
48
49    <p>
50    Common usage:
51    Getting a C++ object pointer in the same process, thus to use an
52    implementation directly, most often because of a design flaw.
53    </p>
54*/
55published interface XUnoTunnel: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
56{
57	/** Call this method to get something which is not specified in UNO, e.g.
58        an address to some C++ object.
59
60        @attention
61		The identifier specifies how the return value is to be reinterpreted.
62        The identifier must be globally unique, because it is unknown where
63        the implementation resides.
64
65        @param aIdentifier
66               identifier
67        @return
68                something
69    */
70	hyper getSomething( [in] sequence< byte > aIdentifier );
71};
72
73//=============================================================================
74
75}; }; }; };
76
77/*=============================================================================
78
79=============================================================================*/
80#endif
81