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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_container_XNameAccess_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/container/XElementAccess.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>

//=============================================================================

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {

//=============================================================================

/** is used to access named objects within a container.

    <p>To implement inaccurate name access, support the
    <type scope="com::sun::star::beans">XExactName</type>
    interface.  </p>
    @see com::sun::star::beans::XExactName
 */
published interface XNameAccess: com::sun::star::container::XElementAccess
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
        the object with the specified name.

        @param aName
            the name of the object.

        @throws NoSuchElementException
            if an element under Name does not exist.

        @throws  com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
            If the implementation has internal reasons for exceptions,
            then wrap these in a <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>
            exception.
     */
    any getByName( [in] string aName )
            raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
            a sequence of all element names in this container.

        <p>The order of the names is not specified. </p>
     */
    sequence<string> getElementNames();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
            <TRUE/> if an element with this name is in
            the container, <FALSE/> otherwise.

        <p>In many cases the next call is <member>XNameAccess::getByName</member>.
        You should optimize this case.  </p>

        @param aName
            the name of the object.
     */
    boolean hasByName( [in] string aName );

};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

#endif
