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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XIntrospection_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XIntrospection_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XIntrospectionAccess_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XIntrospectionAccess.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
// DocMerge from xml: interface com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospection
/** allows the inspection of an object's properties and methods. 
	
	<p><strong>Important note:</strong>An object can only be
	inspected completely if it supports the <type scope=
	"com::sun::star::lang">XTypeProvider</type> interface.</p>
	
	<p>For details see method <member>XIntrospection::inspect</member>. </p>
	
	@see XIntrospectionAccess
 */
interface XIntrospection: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospection::inspect
	/** inspects the given object.
		
		<p>It identifies all properties supported by the object
		if they are represented in one of the following ways: </p>
		
		<dl>
			<dt>property set </dt>
			<dd>If the object supports an <type>XPropertySet</type> 
				interface, all its properties are adopted.  
			</dd> 

			<dt>attributes </dt>
			<dd>All of an object's attributes are considered as properties 
				with same name. If an attribute is read-only, the property 
				also is read-only.
			</dd>

			<dt>get/set methods </dt>
			<dd>Every method <code>RetType getX()</code> defines a 
				property where "X" stands for the property name and 
				"RetType" for its type. The method must not have any 
				parameters, or there is no property access method 
				and "X" has no property.  If there is also a method 
				<code>void setX( [in] RetType )</code>, the property
				"X" also allows write access; otherwise it is read-only.
			</dd>

			<dt> <strong>Important note:</strong></dt>
			<dd>If an object implements <type scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess</type>, 
				the items that can be accessed are not considered as properties 
				of the object and so are not included in the property list offered by 
				<member scope="com::sun::star::beans">XIntrospectionAccess::getProperties()</member>. 
				<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess</type> items have to be 
				accessed separately by <member scope="com::sun::star::beans">XIntrospectionAccess::getNameAccess()</member>.
			</dd>
		</dl>
		
		<p>In addition, the inspect method identifies all listener 
		access methods in the form <code>add...Listener</code>/
		<code>remove...Listener</code> (except methods of interface
		<type>XPropertySet</type>) where "..." stands for the listener type.  
		</p>

		<p>Methods which do not belong to a property nor which represent 
		a listener access nor which are methods of <type>XPropertySet</type>, 
		<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XNameAccess</type>, 
		<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XIndexAccess</type>, or
		<type scope="com::sun::star::container">XEnumerationAccess</type>, are considered to be normal 
		methods. </p>

		@see XIntrospectionAccess
	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::XIntrospectionAccess inspect( [in] any aObject ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif 
