AOO410/main/udkapi/com/sun/star/bridge/XBridge.idl

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#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_BRIDGE_XBRIDGE_IDL_ 
#define _COM_SUN_STAR_BRIDGE_XBRIDGE_IDL_ 
 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module bridge { 
 
/** main interface for an interprocess bridge.
 */
published interface XBridge: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	/** tries to get an interface from the remote that is known by this name.

		<p>In general, this method is called once to get the initial object from the 
		remote, but it is allowed to call the method multiple times. </p>

		@param sInstanceName The name of the object, that shall be retrieved from the
		                     remote process. The call is delegated to
							 com.sun.star.bridge.XInstanceProvider.getInstance() in the
							 remote process.
		@see com.sun.star.bridge.XInstanceProvider					 
	 */
	com::sun::star::uno::XInterface getInstance( [in] string sInstanceName ); 
 
	 
	/** name that the bridge got when it was created.
	 */
	string getName(); 
	 
			  
	/** a unique descriptive string: protocol + ":" + XConnection.getDescription()
	 */
	string getDescription(); 
}; 
 
};};};};  
 
#endif