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#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XFormsSupplier2_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_form_XFormsSupplier2_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XFormsSupplier_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/form/XFormsSupplier.idl>
#endif

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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {

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

/** extends the <type>XFormsSupplier</type> with convenience methods
*/
interface XFormsSupplier2: XFormsSupplier
{
    /** determines whether there are currently forms available at all

        <p>If you need read access to the forms collection, then you might check
        the existence of forms using <member>hasForms</member>, and if it returns
        <FALSE/>, you can do as if <member>XFormsSupplier::getForms</member> would
        have returned an empty container.</p>

        <p>Semantically, <member>hasForms</member> is equivalent to calling
        <member>XElementAccess::hasElements</member> on the container returned by
        <member>XFormsSupplier::getForms</member>. But when using the latter, the
        implementation is forced to create a empty container, which might be potentially
        expensive.</p>
    */
    boolean hasForms();
};

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

}; }; }; };

/*=============================================================================

=============================================================================*/
#endif