AOO410/main/offapi/com/sun/star/linguistic2/XDictionaryList.idl

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#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionaryList_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionaryList_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionary_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XDictionary.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XDictionaryListEventListener_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/linguistic2/XDictionaryListEventListener.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module linguistic2 {

//=============================================================================
/** is used to manage and maintain a list of dictionaries.

	<P>A dictionary-list may be given to a spellchecker or hyphenator
	service implementation on their creation in order to supply a set
	of dictionaries and additional information to be used for
	those purposes.</P>

    @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
    @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::uno">XInterface</type>
*/
published interface XDictionaryList : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**
		@returns
			the number of dictionaries in the list.
	*/
	short getCount();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/**
		@returns
 			a sequence with an entry for every dictionary
			in the list.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
	*/
	sequence<com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionary> getDictionaries();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** searches the list for a dictionary with a given name.

	 	@returns
			the XDictionary with the specified name. If no such
			dictionary exists, <NULL/> will be returned.

		@param	aDictionaryName
			specifies the name of the dictionary to look for.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
	*/
	com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionary getDictionaryByName(
			[in] string aDictionaryName );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** adds a dictionary to the list.

		<P>Additionally, the dictionary-list will add itself to the list of dictionary
	 	event listeners of that dictionary.</P>

    	@returns
		 	<TRUE/> if the dictionary was added successfully,
			<FALSE/> otherwise.

		@param	xDictionary
			the dictionary to be added.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
	*/
	boolean addDictionary(
			[in] com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionary xDictionary );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** removes a single dictionary from the list.

		<P>If the dictionary is still active, it will be deactivated
		first. The dictionary-list will remove itself from the list of
		dictionary event listeners of the dictionary.</P>

		@returns
		 	<TRUE/> if the dictionary was removed successfully, <FALSE/>
		 	otherwise.

		@param	xDictionary
			dictionary to be removed from the list of dictionaries.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
	*/
	boolean removeDictionary(
			[in] com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionary xDictionary );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** adds an entry to the list of dictionary-list event listeners.

		<P>On dictionary-list events, each entry in the listener list will
	 	be notified via a call to
        <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener::processDictionaryListEvent</member>.</P>

		@returns
			<TRUE/> if the entry was made, <FALSE/> otherwise.
            If <member scope="com::sun::star::lang">XEventListener::disposing</member>
            was called before, it will always fail.

		@param	xListener
			the object to be notified of dictionary-list events.

		@param	bReceiveVerbose
            <TRUE/> if the listener requires more detailed event
			notification than usual.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEvent</type>
	*/
	boolean addDictionaryListEventListener(
		[in] com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionaryListEventListener xListener,
		[in] boolean bReceiveVerbose );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** removes an entry from the list of dictionary-list event listeners.

		@returns
			<TRUE/> if the object to be removed was found and removed,
			<FALSE/> otherwise.

		@param	xListener
			the object to be removed from the listener list.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEvent</type>
	*/
	boolean removeDictionaryListEventListener(
		[in] com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionaryListEventListener xListener );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** increases request level for event buffering by one.

	 	<P>The request level for event buffering is an integer
	 	counter that is initially set to 0.
		As long as the request level is not 0, events will be buffered
	 	until the next flushing of the buffer.</P>

		@returns
		 	the current request level for event buffering.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEvent</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener</type>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::endCollectEvents</member>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::flushEvents</member>
	*/
	short beginCollectEvents();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** flushes the event buffer and decreases the request level for
	 	event buffering by one.

	 	<P>There should be one matching endCollectEvents call for every
	 	beginCollectEvents call. Usually you will group these around
	 	some code where you do not wish to get notfied of every single
	 	event.</P>

		@returns
		 	the current request level for event buffering.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEvent</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener</type>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::beginCollectEvents</member>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::flushEvents</member>
	*/
	short endCollectEvents();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** notifies the listeners of all buffered events and then clears
	 	that buffer.

		@returns
		 	the current request level for event buffering.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEvent</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryListEventListener</type>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::beginCollectEvents</member>
        @see    <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionaryList::endCollectEvents</member>
	*/
	short flushEvents();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** creates a new dictionary.

		@returns
			an empty dictionary with the given name, language and type.
		 	<NULL/> on failure.

		@param  aName
			is the name of the dictionary (should be unique).

		@param  aLocale
			defines the language of the dictionary.
		 	Use an empty aLocale for dictionaries which may contain
			entries of all languages.

		@param	eDicType
			specifies the type of the dictionary.

	 	@param aURL
			is the URL of the location where the dictionary is persistent,
			if the XStorable interface is supported.
			It may be empty, which means the dictionary will not be persistent.

        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XDictionary</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">Locale</type>
        @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">DictionaryType</type>
	*/
	com::sun::star::linguistic2::XDictionary createDictionary(
			[in] string aName,
			[in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale aLocale,
			[in] com::sun::star::linguistic2::DictionaryType eDicType,
			[in] string aURL );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif