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:: com :: sun :: star :: document ::
interface XFilter
  Base Hierarchy
      ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
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       +-XFilter
Description interface to filter documents This interface will be used by service ImportFilter or ExportFilter to supports loading/saving of documents with different formats. The target/source of such filter operations must well known BEFORE filtering will be started. (see XImporter and XExporter too) Otherwise this interface can't work right. See also ImportFilter See also ExportFilter See also XImporter See also XExporter Developers Guide 6.2.4 Office Development - Common Application Features - Integrating Import and Export Filters - XML Based Filter Development - Introduction

Methods' Summary
filter | filter the document.
cancel | cancel the process.

Methods' Details
filter
boolean filter( | [in] sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > | aDescriptor );
Description filter the document. The given MediaDescriptor holds all neccessary information about the document. Don't hold hard references to the descriptor items. You must copy needed informations! Otherwise we couldn't destroy (for example) an existing input stream!
cancel
void cancel(); |  |
Description cancel the process.

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