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31 package com.sun.star.beans;
33 import java.awt.Container;
35 import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
36 import com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext;
38 /**
39 * This abstract class reprecents a connection to the office
40 * application.
41 * @deprecated
43 public interface OfficeConnection
44 extends XComponent
46 /**
47 * Sets a connection URL.
49 * @param url This is UNO URL which describes the type of a connection.
51 void setUnoUrl(String url)
52 throws java.net.MalformedURLException;
54 /**
55 * Sets an AWT container catory.
57 * @param containerFactory This is a application provided AWT container
58 * factory.
60 void setContainerFactory(ContainerFactory containerFactory);
62 /**
63 * Retrives the UNO component context.
64 * Establishes a connection if necessary and initialises the
65 * UNO service manager if it has not already been initialised.
67 * @return The office UNO component context.
69 XComponentContext getComponentContext();
71 /**
72 * Creates an office window.
73 * The window is either a sub-class of java.awt.Canvas (local) or
74 * java.awt.Container (RVP).
76 * This method does not add add the office window to its container.
78 * @param container This is an AWT container.
79 * @return The office window instance.
81 OfficeWindow createOfficeWindow(Container container);