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diff --git a/offapi/com/sun/star/sdb/DataSourceBrowser.idl b/offapi/com/sun/star/sdb/DataSourceBrowser.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..615fc0639 --- /dev/null +++ b/offapi/com/sun/star/sdb/DataSourceBrowser.idl @@ -0,0 +1,268 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ +/* + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache + * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file + * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + */ + + +#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__ +#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__ + +#include <com/sun/star/frame/XController.idl> +#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl> +#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.idl> +#include <com/sun/star/form/FormController.idl> +#include <com/sun/star/ui/XContextMenuInterception.idl> + +module com { module sun { module star { module sdb { + +/** implements a component which allows browsing the data sources registered on the system. + + <p> + This service implements a user interface for browsing data sources registered on the + com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext + instance of the system. + </p> + + <p> + It is possible to navigate through all the data sources, it's queries and it's tables. + The queries/tables can be displayed in a grid-like view, where functionality for searching, + sorting, filtering, and such is provided. + </p> + + <p> + Usually, you won't instantiate this service directly, instead you use the dispatch mechanisms + of the application framework to load the URL <b>.component:DB/DataSourceBrowser</b> into an arbitrary + frame. This should involve a + com::sun::star::sdb::ContentLoader + service, which creates and initializes + the browser. + </p> + + <p> + Some aspects of the browser can be controlled from outside, e.g., + it is possible to dispatch a sort or filter + request, if a table or query is being displayed. + </p> + + <p + >The communication between the browser and external instances works in two ways. + <br/> + The way <em>in</em> is provided by the + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider + interface the service exports (Please see below for more details on this). + <br/> + The way <em>out</em> works in another way. There are several URLs which an external + instance can provide dispatches for (usually by implementing a + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterceptor + for the parent frame of the browser), thus indicating that the browser should provide special functionality. + <br/> + In this case, the browser displays and maintains some additional slots (to be more concrete: toolbox items), which, + upon triggering, call the + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch::dispatch() method of the object + provided by the external instance. + </p> + + <p> + In particular, the supported URLs for communicating to an external instance are: + <ul> + <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertColumns</b> + <br/> + Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher ( + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch) + for this URL. + <br/> + Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected. + <br/> + It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used + to implement some kind of "Data To Text" functionality. + <br/> + </li> + <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertContent</b> + <br/> + Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher( + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch + ) for this URL. + <br/> + Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected. + <br/> + It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used + to implement some kind of "Data To Fields" functionality. + <br/> + </li> + <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/FormLetter</b> + <br/> + Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher ( + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch) for this URL. + <br/> + It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used + to implement some kind of "Form Letter" functionality. + <br/> + </li> + </ul> + </p> + <p>For all kinds of URLs, the parameters supplied during dispatching build up a DataAccessDescriptor, + where the following properties are present: + <ul> + <li>DataAccessDescriptor::DataSourceName</li> + <li>DataAccessDescriptor::Command</li> + <li>DataAccessDescriptor::CommandType</li> + <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::Selection</li> + <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection</li> + <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::ResultSet</li> + </ul> + </p> + <p>The default for DataAccessDescriptor::Selection is to contain bookmarks, if not specified + otherwise by DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection. + </p> + + @see com::sun::star::sdb::ContentLoader + @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext + @see com::sun::star::sdb::DataSource + @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch + @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider + @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterceptor +*/ +published service DataSourceBrowser +{ + /** implements basic form controller functionality. + <p> + With a data source browser implementing this interface, external components have access to + <ul><li>the grid control which is used to display the currently selected table/query + (see com::sun::star::awt::XTabController::getControls()) + </li> + <li>the data form used for displaying objects. As always for components implementing this service, + the object returned by + com::sun::star::awt::XTabController::getModel() is a dataform. + </li> + </ul> + </p> + */ + [optional] service com::sun::star::form::FormController; + + /** allows the component to be plugged into frames. + */ + interface com::sun::star::frame::XController; + + /** is used to initialize the browser. + + <p> + Parameters (passed to the method com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization::initialize()) + have to be instances of com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue, or + instances of com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue, where the <code>Name</code> member + specifies what the parameter controls, with the <code>Value</code> member containing the value to be used. + <br/> + Recognized parameters are: + <ul> + <li><b>Frame</b><br/> + has to be an com::sun::star::frame::XFrame interface specifying the frame to + plug the browser component into.</li> + + <li><b>DataSourceName</b><br/> + The name of the globally registered DataSource to be used for initial display. It is only + meaningful together with the other parameters specifying the object to display.</li> + + <li><b>CommandType</b><br/> + This has to be a CommandType value, specifying the type of the object to display initially. + It is only meaningful together with the <em>DataSourceName</em> and the <em>Command</em> parameters.</li> + + <li><b>Command</b><br/> + This is a string giving the name of the object to display initially. Whether it is table name, a query + name or a SQL string is controller by the <em>CommandType</em> parameter.</li> + + <li><b>EnableBrowser</b><br/> + is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), which specifies whether to enable the data source browser + control. This is a tree control on the left hand side of the view, which allows to browse all registered + data sources, including their tables and queries.</li> + + <li><b>ShowBrowser</b><br/> + is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), which specifies whether to initially show the data source + browser control. If <code>EnableBrowser</code> is `FALSE`, then this parameter is ignored. If + <code>EnableBrowser</code> is `TRUE`, and <code>ShowBrowser</code> is `FALSE`, then the control + is initially hidden, but can be toggled by a toolbar button.</p> + + <li><b>ShowMenu</b><br/> + is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), specifying whether or not to show a menu in the frame + where the component is plugged.</li> + </ul> + </p> + */ + interface com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization; + + /** is used to control the browser from outside. + + <p> + You may use the + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider::queryDispatch() + method + to query for objects which implement the + com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch + interface, + and which allow you to be notified on status changes and to dispatch special requests. + </p> + <p> + The recognized URLs are: + <ul> + <li><b>.uno:Copy</b> + <br/> + implements the usual <em>Copy</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell + is selected. + </li> + <li><b>.uno:Cut</b> + <br/> + implements the usual <em>Cut</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell + is selected. + </li> + <li><b>.uno:Paste</b> + <br/> + implements the usual <em>Paste</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and a cell which + allows text input is being edited. + </li> + <li><b>.uno:EditDoc</b> + <br/> + allows switching the edit mode of the grid view. Enabled if editing the data is allowed in general. + </li> + <li><b>.uno:Undo</b> + <br/> + revokes any changes done in the current row. + </li> + <li><b>.uno:Save</b><br/> + saves the changes done in the current row. + </li> + </ul> + </p> + */ + interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider; + + /** allows to intercept user-triggered context menus in the data source browser + + <p>Context menu interception is currently supported only for the browser control where the registered + data sources and all their tables and queries are displayed in a tree view.</p> + + <p>The selection supplied by com::sun::star::ui::ContextMenuExecuteEvent::Selection, + in the event structure passed to the context menu interceptors, actually is a value from the + com::sun::star::sdb::application::NamedDatabaseObject group.</p> + + @since OOo 3.0 + */ + [optional] interface ::com::sun::star::ui::XContextMenuInterception; +}; + +}; }; }; }; + +#endif + +/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */ |