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+/* -*- 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:
+ *
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+ * 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_document_TypeDetection_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_document_TypeDetection_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XTypeDetection.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainerQuery.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XFlushable.idl>
+
+
+module com { module sun { module star { module document {
+
+/** encapsulate a type detection service and provide read/write access on it's configuration data.
+
+ <p>
+ It's possible to make a "flat" detection which may use internal configuration
+ data only - or a "deep" detection which use special ExtendedTypeDetection
+ services to look into the document stream. Last mode can be suppressed to perform the operation.
+ Of course the results can't be guaranteed then. (e.g. in case the extension was changed)
+ </p>
+ */
+published service TypeDetection
+{
+ /** can be used to make a flat or deep type detection.
+
+ <p>
+ Use this interface to get information about the type of the given resource.
+ Return value will be always an internal name of a registered document type.
+ It can be used may on other services (e.g. com::sun::star::frame::FrameLoaderFactory)
+ to do further things, which base on it (e.g. to load it into a frame).
+ </p>
+ */
+ interface XTypeDetection;
+
+ /** provides read access to the complete set of type configuration data.
+
+ <p>
+ Every container item is specified as a set of properties and will be
+ represented by a sequence< com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > structure.
+ Follow properties are supported:
+ (But note: not all of them must be present every time!)
+
+ <table border=1>
+ <tr>
+ <td><strong>Property Name</strong></td>
+ <td><strong>Value Type</strong></td>
+ <td><strong>Description</strong></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>Name</em></td>
+ <td>[string]</td>
+ <td>The internal name is the only value, which makes a container item unique.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>UIName</em></td>
+ <td>[string]</td>
+ <td>It contains the localized name for this type for the current locale.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>UINames</em></td>
+ <td>[sequence< string >]</td>
+ <td>It contains all available localized names for this type. The are organized
+ in pairs and represented as a structure of sequence< com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue >.
+ The name of such property must be interpreted as locale; its value as the localized
+ type name corresponding to this locale.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>MediaType</em></td>
+ <td>[string]</td>
+ <td>It contains the MIME or content type descriptor. The differences between a MIME type and
+ an internal type name was made, to resolve existing ambiguities.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>ClipboardFormat</em><strong>deprecated!</strong></td>
+ <td>[string]</td>
+ <td>It was interpreted as an identifier inside clipboard.
+ Please use new property ContentFormat instead of this now.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>ContentFormat</em></td>
+ <td>[string]</td>
+ <td>It's and identifier, which is used for a deep format detection.
+ An ExtendedTypeDetection use this value to match
+ a given content to this type. e.g. It's interpreted as the doc type
+ of an XML stream or as an identifier inside a file header.
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>URLPattern</em></td>
+ <td>[sequence< string >]</td>
+ <td>This list contains different URL patterns, which identify this type.
+ E.g. data base contents can be described by a new defined protocol like "sql://select*".
+ In combination with a suitable com::sun::star::frame::FrameLoader or
+ ImportFilter/ExportFilter it would be possible then, to
+ layout a SQL query output into an office frame.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>Extensions</em></td>
+ <td>[sequence< string >]</td>
+ <td>It contains a list of file extensions, which match this type.
+ They must be specified as pure extension, without any special signs.
+ E.g.: "doc", "html" ... but not ".doc".
+ Using wild cards is allowed but not very useful. They may result in
+ ambiguities with other type registrations can't be resolved anytime.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><em>DocumentIconID</em></td>
+ <td>[integer]</td>
+ <td>It's an ID, which present the number of a corresponding icon.</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Note:<br>
+ All elements of this container will be addressed by his internal name,
+ and it must be an unambiguous value.
+ </p>
+ */
+ interface com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess;
+
+ /** provides a write access to the configuration data.
+ */
+ [optional] interface com::sun::star::container::XNameContainer;
+
+ /** provides search on the configuration data set.
+
+ <p>
+ Against simple property search it provides some complex algorithms too.
+ For further information please read the SDK documentation.
+ </p>
+ */
+ [optional] interface com::sun::star::container::XContainerQuery;
+
+ /** can be used to perform container changes.
+
+ <p>
+ Because the complexness of such configuration set can be very high,
+ it seems not very useful to update the underlying configuration layer
+ on every container change request immediately. Another strategy can be to
+ make all changes (adding/changing/removing of items) and call flush at the end.
+ That will validate the whole container and reject inconsistent data sets.
+ Only in case all made changes was correct, they will be written back to the
+ configuration. Further this interface provides the possibility, that interested
+ changes listener can be registered too.
+ </p>
+ */
+ [optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XFlushable;
+};
+
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */