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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlClass.idl>


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {

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

/** This structure describes a property.


    <dl>There are three types of properties:
        <dt>- bound properties</dt>
        <dt>- constrained properties</dt>
        <dt>- free properties</dt>
    </dl>
 */
published struct Property
{
    /** specifies the name of the property.

        <p>The name is unique within an <type>XPropertySet</type>.
        Upper and lower case are distinguished.</p>
     */
    string Name;

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

    /** contains an implementation-specific handle for the property.

        <p>It may be -1 if the implementation has no handle. You can use
        this handle to get values from the <type>XFastPropertySet</type>.</p>
     */
    long Handle;

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

    /** contains an object that identifies the declared type for
        the property.

        <p>If the property has multiple types or the type is not
        known, <strong>but not an <atom>any</atom></strong>, then
        <const>void</const> must be returned.</p>
     */
    type Type;

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

    /** This field may contain zero or more constants of the
        <type>PropertyAttribute</type> constants group.
     */
    short Attributes;

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
