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module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

/** specifies methods to convert between (file) URLs and file paths in system
    dependent notation.

    @version    1.0
*/
published interface XFileIdentifierConverter : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** Get information about the "locality" of a file content provider.

        <p>The returned information can be used to choose the "best" among a
        number of file content providers implementing this interface.

        @param BaseURL
        the base (file) URL used to specify a file content provider.

        @returns
        an appropriate value representing the "locality" of the specified file
        content provider.   Generally, higher (non-negative) numbers denote
        file content providers that are more "local", and negative numbers
        denote content providers that are not file content providers at all.
        As a convention (and to keep this useful), values should be restricted
        to the range from -1 to +10, inclusive.
     */
    long getFileProviderLocality( [in] string BaseURL );

    /** converts a file path in system dependent notation to a (file) URL.

        @param BaseURL
        the base (file) URL relative to which the file path shall be
        interpreted.

        @param SystemPath
        a file path in system dependent notation.

        @returns
        the URL corresponding to the file path, or an empty string if the file
        path cannot be converted into a URL.
    */
    string getFileURLFromSystemPath( [in] string BaseURL,
                                     [in] string SystemPath );

    /** converts a (file) URL to a file path in system dependent notation.

        @param URL
        a (file) URL.

        @returns
        the file path corresponding to the URL, or an empty string if the URL
        cannot be converted into a file path.
    */
    string getSystemPathFromFileURL( [in] string URL );
};


}; }; }; };

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