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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentProvider_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentProvider_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContentIdentifier_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentIdentifier.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XContent_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContent.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_IllegalIdentifierException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/IllegalIdentifierException.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

//=============================================================================
/** a content provider which creates and manages <type>XContent</type>s.

     @version  1.0
     @author   Kai Sommerfeld
     @see      XContent
	 @see	   XContentIdentifier
*/
published interface XContentProvider: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** creates a new <type>XContent</type> instance, if the given
	    <type>XContentIdentifier</type> matches a content provided by the
		implementation of this interface.

		@param Identifier
		an identifier for the content to query.

		@returns
		the content.

		@throws IllegalIdentifierException
		if the given identifier does not match a content provided by the
		implementation of this interface
	*/
	com::sun::star::ucb::XContent queryContent(
				[in] com::sun::star::ucb::XContentIdentifier Identifier )
		raises ( com::sun::star::ucb::IllegalIdentifierException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** compares two <type>XContentIdentifier</type>s.

		@param Id1
		first content identifier.

		@param Id2
		second content identifier.

		@returns
		<code>0</code> is returned, if the identifiers are equal.
		A value	less than <code>0</code> indiactes, that the Id1
		is less than Id2. A value greater than <code>0</code>
		is returned, if Id1 is greater than Id2.
	*/
	long compareContentIds(
				[in] com::sun::star::ucb::XContentIdentifier Id1,
			 	[in] com::sun::star::ucb::XContentIdentifier Id2 );
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif