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module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {


/** specifies the fully qualified name of the object within a hierarchy.

    <p>The name is generally globally unique in the hierarchy.  </p>

    @see com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess
    @see com::sun::star::container::XNamed
 */
published interface XHierarchicalName: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    /** @returns
                the fully qualified hierarchical name of the object.
     */
    string getHierarchicalName();


    /** builds the hierarchical name of an object, given a relative name

        <p>Can be used to find the name of a descendant object in the hierarchy
        without actually accessing it.  </p>

        @see XHierarchicalNameAccess::hasByHierarchicalName
     */
    string composeHierarchicalName( [in] string aRelativeName )
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::NoSupportException );
};


}; }; }; };

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