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#ifndef __com_sun_star_awt_grid_XSortableGridData_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_awt_grid_XSortableGridData_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/beans/Pair.idl>

//==================================================================================================================

module com { module sun { module star { module awt { module grid {

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/** allows to sort the data represented by a <type>XGridDataModel</type>
 */
interface XSortableGridData
{
    /** sorts the rows represented by the model by a given column's data.

        @param ColumnIndex
            the index of the column whose data should be used as sort key
        @param SortAscending
            is <TRUE/> if the data should be sorted ascending, <FALSE/> otherwise.
        @throws ::com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException
            if <code>ColumnIndex</code> does not denote a valid column.
    */
    void    sortByColumn( [in] long ColumnIndex, [in] boolean SortAscending )
        raises ( ::com::sun::star::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException );

    /** removes any possibly present sorting of the grid data
    */
    void    removeColumnSort();

    /** returns the current sort order.

        @return
            a structure describing the current sort order. <member scope="::com::sun::star::beans">Pair::First</member>
            denotes the column by which the data is sorted, or -1 if the data is currently unsorted.
            <member scope="::com::sun::star::beans">Pair::Second</member> is <TRUE/> if the data is sorted ascending,
            <FALSE/> otherwise.
    */
    ::com::sun::star::beans::Pair< long, boolean >
            getCurrentSortOrder();
};

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}; }; }; }; }; 

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#endif