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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.
+ *
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+ * 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:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+ *   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_util_theMacroExpander_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_util_theMacroExpander_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XMacroExpander.idl>
+
+module com {  module sun {  module star {  module util {
+
+/** A service that has to deal with macrofied strings will preprocess those
+    strings using the macro expander singleton.
+    The macro expander singleton is deployed with the application.
+
+    This feature is currently used macrofying loader urls with macros defined
+    in uno.ini/unorc bootstrap files.  The component loader uses the macro
+    expander singleton to expand those macros.  This is a flexible way
+    preprocessing loader urls.
+
+    @see MacroExpander
+*/
+published singleton theMacroExpander : XMacroExpander;
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */