udkapi/com/sun/star/bridge/oleautomation/BridgeSupplier.idl

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  22 module com { module sun { module star { module bridge { module oleautomation {
  23
  24 /** maps UNO types to oleautomation types and vice versa.
  25     <p>
  26     The function
  27     com::sun::star::bridge::XBridgeSupplier2::createBridge()
  28     maps a value of a UNO or Automation type to the desired target type. If a UNO
  29     interface was mapped  to <code>IDispatch</code>, then all objects
  30     (interfaces, structs) and other types which are obtained from that Automation
  31     object are automatically mapped to the corresponding Automation types. Hence,
  32     if one provides an initial object which forms the root of all other objects,
  33     such as a service manager, then only that object needs to be explicitly
  34     mapped by a call to
  35     com::sun::star::bridge::XBridgeSupplier2::createBridge().
  36     The same holds true if an automation  object is mapped to a UNO interface.
  37     </p>
  38     <p>
  39     For Automation objects to be mapped they have to implement
  40     <code>IDispatch</code> interface. Other COM interfaces, except for
  41     <code>IUnknown</code>, are not supported. UNO interfaces and structs are
  42     mapped to <code>IDispatch</code>.
  43     </p>
  44     <p>
  45     The service implements the
  46     com::sun::star::bridge::XBridgeSupplier2 interface and
  47     handles the model types
  48     com::sun::star::bridge::ModelDependent::UNO and
  49     com::sun::star::bridge::ModelDependent::OLE.
  50     The service does not specify any requirements for registering OLE objects and
  51     class factories.
  52     </p>
  53 */
  54 service BridgeSupplier
  55 {
  56     interface com::sun::star::bridge::XBridgeSupplier2;
  57
  58 };
  59
  60
  61 }; }; }; }; };
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