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23cdf0e10cSrcweir#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__
24cdf0e10cSrcweir#define __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__
25cdf0e10cSrcweir
26cdf0e10cSrcweir#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
27cdf0e10cSrcweir#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
28cdf0e10cSrcweir#endif
29cdf0e10cSrcweir
30cdf0e10cSrcweir#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
31cdf0e10cSrcweir#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
32cdf0e10cSrcweir#endif
33cdf0e10cSrcweir
34cdf0e10cSrcweir
35cdf0e10cSrcweir//=============================================================================
36cdf0e10cSrcweir
37cdf0e10cSrcweirmodule com {  module sun {  module star {  module util {
38cdf0e10cSrcweir
39cdf0e10cSrcweir//=============================================================================
40cdf0e10cSrcweir
41cdf0e10cSrcweir/** enables the object to be a member of a chain.
42cdf0e10cSrcweir */
43cdf0e10cSrcweirpublished interface XChainable: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
44cdf0e10cSrcweir{
45cdf0e10cSrcweir    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
46cdf0e10cSrcweir    /** @returns
47cdf0e10cSrcweir                the previous object in this chain or NULL, if this is the first
48cdf0e10cSrcweir                object of this chain.
49cdf0e10cSrcweir     */
50cdf0e10cSrcweir    com::sun::star::util::XChainable getPredecessor();
51cdf0e10cSrcweir
52cdf0e10cSrcweir    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
53cdf0e10cSrcweir    /** @returns
54cdf0e10cSrcweir                the next object in this chain or NULL, if this is the last
55cdf0e10cSrcweir                object in this chain.
56cdf0e10cSrcweir     */
57cdf0e10cSrcweir    com::sun::star::util::XChainable getSuccessor();
58cdf0e10cSrcweir
59cdf0e10cSrcweir    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
60cdf0e10cSrcweir    /** connects the specified object to this object as the successor in a chain.
61cdf0e10cSrcweir
62cdf0e10cSrcweir        <p>This implies that this object will become the predecessor of
63cdf0e10cSrcweir        <var>xChainable</var>.  </p>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir     */
65cdf0e10cSrcweir    void setSuccessor( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable )
66cdf0e10cSrcweir            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
67cdf0e10cSrcweir
68cdf0e10cSrcweir    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
69cdf0e10cSrcweir    /** checks if the specified object can be linked to this.
70cdf0e10cSrcweir     */
71cdf0e10cSrcweir    boolean isChainable( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable );
72cdf0e10cSrcweir
73cdf0e10cSrcweir};
74cdf0e10cSrcweir
75cdf0e10cSrcweir//=============================================================================
76cdf0e10cSrcweir
77cdf0e10cSrcweir}; }; }; };
78cdf0e10cSrcweir
79cdf0e10cSrcweir#endif
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