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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XRemoteContentProviderActivator_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XRemoteContentProviderActivator_idl__

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

 published interface XContentProviderManager;

//============================================================================
/** This interface should be implemented together with
	<type>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor</type>	and allows for a lazy
    implementation of
	<member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>.

	The way this works might change, therefore this interface is marked as
	deprectated.

	@deprecated
 */
published interface XRemoteContentProviderActivator: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** Activate (i.e., register at the broker) the remote content providers
		that until now have only been remembered by
		<member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>,
        but not registered.

        <p>This allows for
		<member>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider</member>
		to be implemented in a layz fashion (remember the remote content
		providers, but do not register them right away), which can increase
		performance in certain situations.  But it is not required that an
		implementation of <type>XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor</type> uses this
        lazy strategy (and thus also implements this interface).

		@return
		the broker at which the remote content providers have been registered.
	 */
	XContentProviderManager activateRemoteContentProviders();
};

}; }; }; };

#endif