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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_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataSourceBrowser_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XController.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/form/FormController.idl>
+#include <com/sun/star/ui/XContextMenuInterception.idl>
+
+module com { module sun { module star { module sdb {
+
+/** implements a component which allows browsing the data sources registered on the system.
+
+ <p>
+ This service implements a user interface for browsing data sources registered on the
+ com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
+ instance of the system.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ It is possible to navigate through all the data sources, it's queries and it's tables.
+ The queries/tables can be displayed in a grid-like view, where functionality for searching,
+ sorting, filtering, and such is provided.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Usually, you won't instantiate this service directly, instead you use the dispatch mechanisms
+ of the application framework to load the URL <b>.component:DB/DataSourceBrowser</b> into an arbitrary
+ frame. This should involve a
+ com::sun::star::sdb::ContentLoader
+ service, which creates and initializes
+ the browser.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Some aspects of the browser can be controlled from outside, e.g.,
+ it is possible to dispatch a sort or filter
+ request, if a table or query is being displayed.
+ </p>
+
+ <p
+ >The communication between the browser and external instances works in two ways.
+ <br/>
+ The way <em>in</em> is provided by the
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider
+ interface the service exports (Please see below for more details on this).
+ <br/>
+ The way <em>out</em> works in another way. There are several URLs which an external
+ instance can provide dispatches for (usually by implementing a
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterceptor
+ for the parent frame of the browser), thus indicating that the browser should provide special functionality.
+ <br/>
+ In this case, the browser displays and maintains some additional slots (to be more concrete: toolbox items), which,
+ upon triggering, call the
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch::dispatch() method of the object
+ provided by the external instance.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ In particular, the supported URLs for communicating to an external instance are:
+ <ul>
+ <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertColumns</b>
+ <br/>
+ Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher (
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch)
+ for this URL.
+ <br/>
+ Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected.
+ <br/>
+ It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
+ to implement some kind of "Data To Text" functionality.
+ <br/>
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/InsertContent</b>
+ <br/>
+ Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher(
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch
+ ) for this URL.
+ <br/>
+ Enabled, if at least one row in the grid view of a table or query is selected.
+ <br/>
+ It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
+ to implement some kind of "Data To Fields" functionality.
+ <br/>
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:DataSourceBrowser/FormLetter</b>
+ <br/>
+ Available whenever an external instance provides a dispatcher (
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch) for this URL.
+ <br/>
+ It is the task of the external instance to provide functionality for this URL, but usually it is used
+ to implement some kind of "Form Letter" functionality.
+ <br/>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ <p>For all kinds of URLs, the parameters supplied during dispatching build up a DataAccessDescriptor,
+ where the following properties are present:
+ <ul>
+ <li>DataAccessDescriptor::DataSourceName</li>
+ <li>DataAccessDescriptor::Command</li>
+ <li>DataAccessDescriptor::CommandType</li>
+ <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::Selection</li>
+ <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection</li>
+ <li><em>optional</em> DataAccessDescriptor::ResultSet</li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ <p>The default for DataAccessDescriptor::Selection is to contain bookmarks, if not specified
+ otherwise by DataAccessDescriptor::BookmarkSelection.
+ </p>
+
+ @see com::sun::star::sdb::ContentLoader
+ @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
+ @see com::sun::star::sdb::DataSource
+ @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch
+ @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider
+ @see com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterceptor
+*/
+published service DataSourceBrowser
+{
+ /** implements basic form controller functionality.
+ <p>
+ With a data source browser implementing this interface, external components have access to
+ <ul><li>the grid control which is used to display the currently selected table/query
+ (see com::sun::star::awt::XTabController::getControls())
+ </li>
+ <li>the data form used for displaying objects. As always for components implementing this service,
+ the object returned by
+ com::sun::star::awt::XTabController::getModel() is a dataform.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ */
+ [optional] service com::sun::star::form::FormController;
+
+ /** allows the component to be plugged into frames.
+ */
+ interface com::sun::star::frame::XController;
+
+ /** is used to initialize the browser.
+
+ <p>
+ Parameters (passed to the method com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization::initialize())
+ have to be instances of com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue, or
+ instances of com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue, where the <code>Name</code> member
+ specifies what the parameter controls, with the <code>Value</code> member containing the value to be used.
+ <br/>
+ Recognized parameters are:
+ <ul>
+ <li><b>Frame</b><br/>
+ has to be an com::sun::star::frame::XFrame interface specifying the frame to
+ plug the browser component into.</li>
+
+ <li><b>DataSourceName</b><br/>
+ The name of the globally registered DataSource to be used for initial display. It is only
+ meaningful together with the other parameters specifying the object to display.</li>
+
+ <li><b>CommandType</b><br/>
+ This has to be a CommandType value, specifying the type of the object to display initially.
+ It is only meaningful together with the <em>DataSourceName</em> and the <em>Command</em> parameters.</li>
+
+ <li><b>Command</b><br/>
+ This is a string giving the name of the object to display initially. Whether it is table name, a query
+ name or a SQL string is controller by the <em>CommandType</em> parameter.</li>
+
+ <li><b>EnableBrowser</b><br/>
+ is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), which specifies whether to enable the data source browser
+ control. This is a tree control on the left hand side of the view, which allows to browse all registered
+ data sources, including their tables and queries.</li>
+
+ <li><b>ShowBrowser</b><br/>
+ is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), which specifies whether to initially show the data source
+ browser control. If <code>EnableBrowser</code> is `FALSE`, then this parameter is ignored. If
+ <code>EnableBrowser</code> is `TRUE`, and <code>ShowBrowser</code> is `FALSE`, then the control
+ is initially hidden, but can be toggled by a toolbar button.</p>
+
+ <li><b>ShowMenu</b><br/>
+ is a boolean value (defaulting to `TRUE`), specifying whether or not to show a menu in the frame
+ where the component is plugged.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ */
+ interface com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;
+
+ /** is used to control the browser from outside.
+
+ <p>
+ You may use the
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider::queryDispatch()
+ method
+ to query for objects which implement the
+ com::sun::star::frame::XDispatch
+ interface,
+ and which allow you to be notified on status changes and to dispatch special requests.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The recognized URLs are:
+ <ul>
+ <li><b>.uno:Copy</b>
+ <br/>
+ implements the usual <em>Copy</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell
+ is selected.
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:Cut</b>
+ <br/>
+ implements the usual <em>Cut</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and text in any cell
+ is selected.
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:Paste</b>
+ <br/>
+ implements the usual <em>Paste</em> command. Enabled if the grid view has the focus and a cell which
+ allows text input is being edited.
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:EditDoc</b>
+ <br/>
+ allows switching the edit mode of the grid view. Enabled if editing the data is allowed in general.
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:Undo</b>
+ <br/>
+ revokes any changes done in the current row.
+ </li>
+ <li><b>.uno:Save</b><br/>
+ saves the changes done in the current row.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ */
+ interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProvider;
+
+ /** allows to intercept user-triggered context menus in the data source browser
+
+ <p>Context menu interception is currently supported only for the browser control where the registered
+ data sources and all their tables and queries are displayed in a tree view.</p>
+
+ <p>The selection supplied by com::sun::star::ui::ContextMenuExecuteEvent::Selection,
+ in the event structure passed to the context menu interceptors, actually is a value from the
+ com::sun::star::sdb::application::NamedDatabaseObject group.</p>
+
+ @since OOo 3.0
+ */
+ [optional] interface ::com::sun::star::ui::XContextMenuInterception;
+};
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */