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#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_ 
#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_ 
 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/AlreadyAcceptingException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl> 
#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl> 
 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection { 
 
/** allows to passively accept connection attempts from other processes.

	<p>
	This is the counterpart to the XConnector interface.
 */
interface XAcceptor: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XAcceptor::accept
	/** accepts an interprocess connection. Waits until someone connects to the resource.
	    <p>
        After a successful return, the method may be called again to accept
	    further connections, but the parameter string MUST be left unchanged.


	   @param sConnectionDescription 
				contains the kind of the connection plus a
		      comma seperated list of attributes,
			   e.g., <em>socket,host=locahost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.
			   
	   @return null reference, 
			stopAccepting was called. 
			Otherwise a valid XConnection reference.

	   @throws AlreadyAcceptingException 
				Only one acceptor-thread per instance allowed.
	   @throws ConnectionSetupException  
			Problems during setting up the acceptor.
	      (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy, etc.)
	   @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
	              sConnectionDescription could not be interpreted
			   
	 */
	XConnection accept( [in] string sConnectionDescription ) 
		raises( AlreadyAcceptingException, 
				ConnectionSetupException, 
				com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException); 
 
	 
	/** pushes acceptor out of the accept-call.
	 */
	void stopAccepting(); 
}; 
 
};};};}; 
 
#endif 
