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#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XStringEscape_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_util_XStringEscape_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 { 
 
/** This interface is used to encode an arbitrary String into a
	escaped form.

	<p>The escaped form is chosen to be suitable for use with other interfaces
	of the object or service providing this interface.</p>

	<p>Any characters or character sequences that are not compatible with
	any naming rules or restrictions must be replaced by an escaped form,
	that complies to these rules.

	<p>The transformation should preserve all traits of the string that are
	generally respected by the service. For example, the case of a string
	may be lost after encoding and then decoding, if the service
	generally is case insensitive.

	<p>Other than that the encoding is one-to-one and can be reversed. The
	encoding should try to preserve as much as possible of the original
	string, to keep human-readable input human-friendly where possible.
	Strings that already conform to the naming conventions should be left
	unchanged or minimally modified.</p>
 */
published interface XStringEscape: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	/** encodes an arbitrary string into an escaped form compatible with some naming rules.
	 */
	string escapeString([in] string aString) 
		raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException); 
 
	/** decodes an escaped string into the original form.
	 */
	string unescapeString([in] string aEscapedString) 
		raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException); 
}; 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
#endif