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31 #ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XUIElementFactoryRegistration_idl__
32 #define __com_sun_star_frame_XUIElementFactoryRegistration_idl__
34 #ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
35 #include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
36 #endif
38 #ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_XUIElementFactory_idl__
39 #include <com/sun/star/ui/XUIElementFactory.idl>
40 #endif
42 #ifndef __com_sun_star_container_ElementExistException_idl__
43 #include <com/sun/star/container/ElementExistException.idl>
44 #endif
46 #ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__
47 #include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>
48 #endif
50 #ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__
51 #include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>
52 #endif
54 //=============================================================================
56 module com { module sun { module star { module ui {
58 //=============================================================================
60 /** is used to query, register and deregister user interface element factories.
62 <p>
63 A user interface element factory is registered for a set of three properties.
64 <ul>
65 <li><b>Type</b>a string that identifies a type of a user interface element.</li>
66 <li><b>Name</b>a string that identifies a single user interface element within a type class.</li>
67 <li><b>Module</b>a string that identifies a single module of OpenOffice.</li>
68 <ul>
69 A combination of these three property values can uniquely identifiy every user interface
70 element within OpenOffice.
72 Currently the following user interface element types are defined:
73 <ul>
74 <li><b>menubar</b></li>
75 <li><b>popupmenu</b></li>
76 <li><b>toolbar</b></li>
77 <li><b>statusbar</b></li>
78 <li><b>floater</b></li>
79 </ul>
80 </p>
82 @since OOo 2.0.0
85 interface XUIElementFactoryRegistration : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
87 /** function to retrieve a list of all registered user interface element factories
89 @returns
90 a sequence of sequence of propert values which describe every registered
91 user interface element factory.<br/>
93 The following properties are defined:
94 <ul>
95 <li><b>Type</b>a string property that identifies the type of the user interface
96 element which this factory can create.</li>
97 <li><b>Name</b>an optional string property which identifies a single user interface
98 element within a type class which this factory can create. If this property is not
99 returned, the factory is a generic factory for all user interface elements of the
100 same type.</li>
101 <li><b>Module</b>an optional string property that specifies to which module this factory is
102 bound to. If this property is not returned, the factory is a generic factory.</li>
103 </ul>
105 sequence< sequence< com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > > getRegisteredFactories();
107 /** function to retrieve a previously registered user interface element factory.
109 @returns
110 a reference to a registered user interface element factory if a factory has been
111 found. An empty reference when no factory has been found.
112 <b>The defined search order of factories must be from special to generic ones.</b>
114 @param ResourceURL
115 a resource URL which identifies a user interface element. A resource URL uses the
116 following syntax: "private:resource/$type/$name". It is only allowed to use ascii
117 characters for type and name.
119 @param ModuleName
120 an optional module identifier. This value can remain empty, if a generic factory is requested.
121 The module identifier can be retrieved from the <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">ModuleManager</type> service.
123 ::com::sun::star::ui::XUIElementFactory getFactory( [in] string ResourceURL, [in] string ModuleIdentifier );
125 /** function to register a user interface element factory.
127 @param aType
128 a string that identifies a type of a user interface element. Currently the following types
129 are supported:
130 <ul>
131 <li><b>menubar</b></li>
132 <li><b>toolbar</b></li>
133 <li><b>statusbar</b></li>
134 </ul>
136 @param aName
137 an optional name of a single user interface element. This name must be unique within a user
138 interface element type class. This value can remain empty if no special factory for a single
139 user interface element is needed.
141 @param aModuleIdentifier
142 an optional module identifier that can be used to register a factory only for a single module. This value
143 can remain empty if no special factory for a single module is needed. The module identifier can be retrieved
144 from the <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">ModuleManager</type> service.
146 @param aFactoryImplementationName
147 a UNO implementation name that can be used by an implementation to create a factory instance.
149 void registerFactory( [in] string aType, [in] string aName, [in] string aModuleIdentifier, [in] string aFactoryImplementationName ) raises (com::sun::star::container::ElementExistException);
151 /** function to remove a previously defined user interface element factory.
153 @param aType
154 a string that identifies a type of a user interface element. Currently the following types
155 are supported:
156 <ul>
157 <li><b>menubar</b></li>
158 <li><b>toolbar</b></li>
159 <li><b>statusbar</b></li>
160 </ul>
162 @param aName
163 an optional name of a single user interface element. This name must be unique within a user
164 interface element type class. This value can remain empty if no special factory for a single
165 user interface element should be deregistered.
167 @param aModuleName
168 an optional module name that can be used to deregister a factory only for a single module. This value
169 can remain empty if not a module based factory should be deregisted. The module identifier can be retrieved
170 from the <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">ModuleManager</type> service.
173 <b>Using this function can be very dangerous as other implementation with OpenOffice may not be able to create their
174 user interface element anymore.
175 </b>
176 </p>
178 void deregisterFactory( [in] string aType, [in] string aName, [in] string aModuleIdentifier ) raises (com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException);
181 }; }; }; };
183 //=============================================================================
185 #endif