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#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XThesaurus_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XThesaurus_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XSupportedLocales_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XSupportedLocales.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XMeaning_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XMeaning.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValues_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValues.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module linguistic2 {

//=============================================================================
/** allows for the retrieval of possible meanings for a given word and language.

	<P>
 	The meaning of a word is in essence a descriptive text for that word.
 	Each meaning may have several synonyms where a synonym is a word
 	(or small text) with the same or similar meaning.
	</P>

    @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XSupportedLocales</type>
*/
published interface XThesaurus : com::sun::star::linguistic2::XSupportedLocales
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**
		@returns
			a list of meanings for the given word and language.

	 	@param	aTerm
	 		the word to query for its meanings.

		@param	aLocale
			specifies the language of the word.

			<P>If the language is not supported, an
			<type scope="com::sun::star::lang">IllegalArgumentException</type>
			exception is raised.</P>

		@param aProperties
			provides property values to be used for this function call only.
			It is usually empty in order to use the default values supplied with
			the property set.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">Locale</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XMeaning</type>
	*/
	sequence< com::sun::star::linguistic2::XMeaning > queryMeanings(
			[in] string aTerm,
		 	[in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale aLocale,
			[in] com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValues aProperties )
		raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif