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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
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+ */
+
+#ifndef __com_sun_star_task_XJob_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_task_XJob_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
+
+
+module com {  module sun {  module star {  module task {
+
+/** specifies a job which is to be executed synchronously
+
+    <p>
+    Instead of XAsyncJob the implementation of this interface
+    will be executed synchronously every time. That means: they can be sure that the
+    current stack context will be blocked till this job finish it's work.
+    </p>
+
+    @see XAsyncJob
+*/
+published interface XJob : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
+{
+    /** executes the job synchronously
+
+        @param Arguments
+            are arguments for executing the job. Their semantics is completely implementation dependent. Usually,
+            a concrete implementation of a job specifies in its service descriptions which parameters are allowed
+            (or expected). This values are persistent by the configuration of theJobExecutor
+            which use this synchronous job. It's possible to write it back by use special protocol
+            in return value.
+
+        @return
+            the result of the job. The concrete semantics is service-dependent.
+            But it should be possible to
+            <ul>
+                <li>deregister the job</li>
+                <li>let him registered although execution was successful(!)</li>
+                <li>make some job specific data persistent inside the job configuration which
+                    is provided by the executor.</li>
+            </ul>
+
+        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+            if some of given arguments doesn't fill out the service specification or
+            was corrupt so the service couldn't work correctly
+
+        @throws com::sun::star::uno::Exception
+            to notify the executor about failed operation; otherwise the return value
+            indicates a successful finishing.
+    */
+    any execute(
+        [in] sequence< com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue > Arguments )
+            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException ,
+                    com::sun::star::uno::Exception                 );
+};
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */