udkapi/com/sun/star/beans/XIntrospection.idl

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  22  module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {
  23
  24 /** allows the inspection of an object's properties and methods.
  25
  26     <p><strong>Important note:</strong>An object can only be
  27     inspected completely if it supports the com::sun::star::lang::XTypeProvider
  28     interface.</p>
  29
  30     <p>For details see method XIntrospection::inspect(). </p>
  31
  32     @see XIntrospectionAccess
  33  */
  34 published interface XIntrospection: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
  35 {
  36     /** inspects the given object.
  37
  38         <p>It identifies all properties supported by the object
  39         if they are represented in one of the following ways: </p>
  40
  41         <dl>
  42             <dt>property set </dt>
  43             <dd>If the object supports an XPropertySet
  44                 interface, all its properties are adopted.
  45             </dd>
  46
  47             <dt>attributes </dt>
  48             <dd>All of an object's attributes are considered as properties
  49                 with same name. If an attribute is read-only, the property
  50                 also is read-only.
  51             </dd>
  52
  53             <dt>get/set methods </dt>
  54             <dd>Every method <code>RetType getX()</code> defines a
  55                 property where "X" stands for the property name and
  56                 "RetType" for its type. The method must not have any
  57                 parameters, or there is no property access method
  58                 and "X" has no property.  If there is also a method
  59                 <code>void setX( [in] RetType )</code>, the property
  60                 "X" also allows write access; otherwise it is read-only.
  61             </dd>
  62
  63             <dt> <strong>Important note:</strong></dt>
  64             <dd>If an object implements com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess,
  65                 the items that can be accessed are not considered as properties
  66                 of the object and so are not included in the property list offered by
  67                 com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospectionAccess::getProperties().
  68                 com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess items have to be
  69                 accessed separately by com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospectionAccess::getNameAccess().
  70             </dd>
  71         </dl>
  72
  73         <p>In addition, the inspect method identifies all listener
  74         access methods in the form <code>add...Listener</code>/
  75         <code>remove...Listener</code> (except methods of interface
  76         XPropertySet) where "..." stands for the listener type.
  77         </p>
  78
  79         <p>Methods which do not belong to a property nor which represent
  80         a listener access nor which are methods of XPropertySet,
  81         com::sun::star::container::XNameAccess,
  82         com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess, or
  83         com::sun::star::container::XEnumerationAccess, are considered to be normal
  84         methods. </p>
  85
  86         @see XIntrospectionAccess
  87      */
  88     com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospectionAccess inspect( [in] any aObject );
  89
  90 };
  91
  92
  93 }; }; }; };
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