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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertyAccess_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyVetoException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>
#endif


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {

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

/** makes it possible to access all property values and to set them at once.

	<p>In most cases this interface will be in addition to
	<type>XPropertySet</type>. It is especially useful for remote
	communication because it lessens the number of calls for getting
	property values; that is especially important because these calls
	are necessarily synchronous.  </p>

	<p>Another advantage of this method is that conflicts are avoided
	if property value restrictions depend on the value of other properties.</p>
 */
published interface XPropertyAccess: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			a sequence of all property values within the object in a single call.
	 */
	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> getPropertyValues();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** sets the values of given properties.

		<p>All properties which are not contained in the sequence
		<var>aProps</var> will be left unchanged.</p>
	 */
	void setPropertyValues( [in] sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> aProps )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
					com::sun::star::beans::PropertyVetoException,
					com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif