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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_ucb_XContentIdentifierMapping_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentIdentifierMapping_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>


module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

 published interface XContent;
 published interface XContentIdentifier;

/** A mapping from a (source) set of XContentIdentifiers to
    another (target) set of XContentIdentifiers.

    <p>For convenience and performance, mapping between the string
    representations of source/target XContentIdentifiers, as well as mapping
    between XContents identified by source/target
    XContentIdentifiers is also supported.

    <p>This interface can be useful in cases where the identifiers (and
    associated contents) returned by the various methods of an
    XContentAccess need to be mapped to some other space of
    identifiers (and associated contents).

    @see XContent
    @see XContentAccess
    @see XContentIdentifier
*/

published interface XContentIdentifierMapping: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** Map the string representation of an XContentIdentifier.

        @param Source  The string representation of an XContentIdentifier
        from the source set.

        @returns  The string representation of the target set's
        XContentIdentifier corresponding to the source identifier.  The
        returned string may be empty if either Source was empty already, or if
        there's no applicable target to map to.
    */
    string mapContentIdentifierString([in] string Source);

    /** Map an XContentIdentifier.

        @param Source  An XContentIdentifier from the source set.

        @returns  The target set's XContentIdentifier corresponding to the
        source identifier.  The returned XContentIdentifier may be null if
        either Source was null already, or if there's no applicable target to
        map to.
    */
    XContentIdentifier mapContentIdentifier([in] XContentIdentifier Source);

    /** Map the XContent identified by an
        XContentIdentifier.

        @param Source  The XContent identified by an XContentIdentifier from
        the source set.

        @returns  The XContent identified by the target set's
        XContentIdentifier corresponding to the source identifier.  The
        returned XContent may be null if either Source was null already, or if
        there's no applicable target to map to.
    */
    XContent mapContent([in] XContent Source);

    /** Map the content identifiers (or related data) contained in the columns
        of a com::sun::star::sdbc::XRow.

        @param Value  On input, a sequence of anys corresponding to the columns
        of the XRow (the first column goes into the zeroth position of the
        sequence, and so on).  On output, the same sequence, but with the
        entries mapped as necessary.  This is an inout parameter rather than a
        combination of in parameter and return value for    performance reasons
        (assuming that in most cases most elements in the input sequence will
        be returned unmodified).

        @returns  `TRUE` if any of the columns contain data that (potentially)
        needs mapping (though maybe no mapping occurred for the concrete input
        data of this call).  This information can be useful to decide whether,
        for another row, a call to this function is at all necessary.
    */
    boolean mapRow([inout] sequence< any > Value);
};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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