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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
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+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XStringAbbreviation_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_util_XStringAbbreviation_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
+
+module com { module sun { module star { module util {
+ published interface XStringWidth;
+}; }; }; };
+
+module com { module sun { module star { module util {
+
+/** Abbreviate arbitrary strings.
+
+ <p>It is expected that there will be different implementations of this
+ interface, that each expect strings conforming to a certain structure
+ (e.g., URIs, platform-specific file paths, or newsgroup names). The
+ abbreviation algorithms will then take into account the structural
+ information.</p>
+
+ @see XStringWidth
+ */
+published interface XStringAbbreviation: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
+{
+ /** Abbreviate a string, so that the resulting abbreviated string is not
+ wider than some given width.
+
+ <p>The width of a string is an abstract concept here, measured via
+ an XStringWidth interface. Examples are the number of
+ characters in the string (XStringWidth will measure the
+ string's length), or the width in pixel when displayed with a specific
+ font (which XStringWidth would encapsulate).</p>
+
+ @param xStringWidth
+ The interface that makes concrete the abstract notion of string width.
+
+ @param nWidth
+ The resulting abbreviated string's width will be no larger than this.
+
+ @param aString
+ The string that is abbreviated.
+
+ @returns
+ an abbreviated string.
+ */
+ string abbreviateString([in] XStringWidth xStringWidth,
+ [in] long nWidth,
+ [in] string aString);
+};
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */