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#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_util_XChainable_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module util {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** enables the object to be a member of a chain.
 */
published interface XChainable: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	/** @returns 
				the previous object in this chain or NULL, if this is the first  
				object of this chain.
	 */
	com::sun::star::util::XChainable getPredecessor(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	/** @returns 
				the next object in this chain or NULL, if this is the last  
				object in this chain.
	 */
	com::sun::star::util::XChainable getSuccessor(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	/** connects the specified object to this object as the successor in a chain. 
		
		<p>This implies that this object will become the predecessor of 
		<var>xChainable</var>.  </p>
	 */
	void setSuccessor( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable ) 
			raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	/** checks if the specified object can be linked to this.
	 */
	boolean isChainable( [in] com::sun::star::util::XChainable xChainable ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif