AOO410/main/offapi/com/sun/star/ui/XContextChangeEventMultiplexer.idl

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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_XContextChangeEventMultiplexer_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ui_XContextChangeEventMultiplexer_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_XContextChangeEventListener_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ui/XContextChangeEventListener.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_ContextChangeEventObject_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ui/ContextChangeEventObject.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif


module com { module sun { module star { module ui {

/** Provide a central access point for a group of events.

    Listeners can be added with a simple restriction on the event source.
    They are only called for events that originate at the specified source.

    Event providers can broadcast an event to all interested listeners.

    The XEventMultiplexer interface is typically implemented as a singleton
*/
interface XContextChangeEventMultiplexer : ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface 
{
    /** Add an event listener that is called only when events are broadcast for the specified
        event focus.

        @param xListener
            An empty reference results in an InvalidArgumentException.

            One listener may be added more than once for different
            event foci.  Adding a listener a second time for the same
            event focus results in an InvalidArgumentException.
            
        @param xEventFocus
            An empty reference is a valid value.  In this case the
            registered listener will be called for every event
            broadcast, regardless of its event focus.

            The event focus may or may not be the source of the event.
              
            A typical example for an event focus is the XController of
            a view.  Using an XController restricts events passed to
            a listener to events that belong to one view.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
            
    */
    void addContextChangeEventListener (
        [in] com::sun::star::ui::XContextChangeEventListener xListener,
        [in] com::sun::star::uno::XInterface xEventFocus)
        raises (com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);

    /** Remove an event listener for the specified event focus.

        When the same listener was added for other event foci then
        these associations remain unmodified.

        @param xListener
            An empty reference results in an InvalidArgumentException.

            When the listener is not registered for the given event
            focus then an InvalidArgumentException is thrown.
            
        @param xEventFocus
            The listener is only removed for this event focus.
            An empty reference is a valid value.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
    */
    void removeContextChangeEventListener (
        [in] com::sun::star::ui::XContextChangeEventListener xListener,
        [in] com::sun::star::uno::XInterface xEventFocus)
        raises (com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);

    /** Remove an event listener for all event foci.

        @param xListener
            An empty reference results in an InvalidArgumentException.

            It is not an error when the listener is not registered for any event focus.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
    */
    void removeAllContextChangeEventListeners (
        [in] com::sun::star::ui::XContextChangeEventListener xListener)
        raises (com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);


    /** Call all event listeners that where added for the specified event focus.
    */
    [oneway] void broadcastContextChangeEvent (
        [in] com::sun::star::ui::ContextChangeEventObject aEvent,
        [in] com::sun::star::uno::XInterface xEventFocus);    
} ;

} ; } ; } ; } ;

#endif