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

/**

  @since LibreOffice 4.0
*/
published interface XUniversalContentBroker
{
    /** must be implemented to make it possible to resolve cyclic object
        references.

        <p>Those references i.e. may occur if content provider  implementations
        hold references to the Broker. The Broker itself always holds its
        providers. If the Broker shall be released,
        com::sun::star::lang::XComponent::dispose()
        must be called at the Broker. The implementation of this method must
        call
        com::sun::star::lang::XEventListener::disposing()
        on the registered listeners (the providers holding the Broker must be
        those listeners) and release the appropriate object references. At
        the other hand, the implementation of XEventListener::disposing must
        release its appropriate references.

        <p>This interface is required.
     */
    interface com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;

    /** provides access to all kind of contents provided by the registered
        content providers.

        <p>This interface is required.
     */
    interface com::sun::star::ucb::XContentProvider;

    /** provides access to a set of content providers registered with the UCB.

        <p>This interface is required.
     */
    interface com::sun::star::ucb::XContentProviderManager;

    /** creates XContentIdentifier implementation objects for
        all kind of contents provided by the UCB.

        <p>This interface is required.
      */
    interface com::sun::star::ucb::XContentIdentifierFactory;

    /** Enables the caller to execute commands at the broker.

        Is an enhanced version of XCommandProcessor that has an
        additional method for releasing command identifiers obtained via
        XCommandProcessor::createCommandIdentifier() to avoid
        resource leaks. For a detailed description of the problem refer to
        XCommandProcessor2::releaseCommandIdentifier().


        <p>This interface is required.

        <p><pre>
        =======================================================================
        Commands:
        =======================================================================

        [return type]
            [command name]
                [parameter type and name]

        -----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Required commands:
        -----------------------------------------------------------------------

        // This command obtains an interface which allows to query
        // information on commands supported by the Content Broker.

        XCommandInfo
            getCommandInfo
                void

        // This command transfers Contents from one location to another.
        // Additionally, it can be used to create a link to a Content.
        // The implementation must be able to handle Contents provided
        // by any Content Provider. This is different from the command
        // "transfer" that can be supported by a Content. That command
        // typically can only handle Contents provided by one
        // ContentProvider.

        void
            globalTransfer
                GlobalTransferCommandArgument
        </pre>

     */
    interface com::sun::star::ucb::XCommandProcessor2;

};


}; }; }; };


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