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#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_backend_Schema_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_configuration_backend_Schema_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_configuration_backend_XSchema_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XSchema.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module configuration { module backend {

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

/**
  provides read only access to a configuration component schema. 
  
  <p>A component is a set of hierarchically organised and semantically
  related configuration settings, e.g StarWriter settings.
  </p>
  <p>A component schema contains two separate sections, one which
  describes the templates to be used in the dynamic containers (sets) of
  the component and one which describes the component's data structure.
  </p>

  @see com::sun::star::configuration::backend::Layer
        Service providing access to individual 
        configuration data for an entity.

  @since OpenOffice 1.1.2
  */
published service Schema
{
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
      handles access to the schema data for a component.
      <p>The data can be read either in its entirety (templates and component
      description) or each of its parts can be accessed.
      </p>
      */
    interface XSchema ;

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    /**
      The URL of the layer data.

      @since OpenOffice 2.0
      */
    [property,optional,readonly] string URL ;

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
} ;

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

} ; } ; } ; } ; } ;

#endif