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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextRange_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_text_XTextRange_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text { 
 
 published interface XText; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
// DocMerge from xml: interface com::sun::star::text::XTextRange
/** describes the object's position in a text.
	
	
	<p>It represents a text range. The beginning and end of the range may
	be identical.
	</p>
 */
published interface XTextRange: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getText
	/** @returns 
				the text interface in which the text position is contained.
	 */
	XText getText(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getStart
	/** @returns 
				a text range which contains only the start of this text range.
	 */
	XTextRange getStart(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getEnd
	/** @returns 
				a text range which contains only the end of this text range.
	 */
	XTextRange getEnd(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getString
	/** @returns 
			 	the string that is included in this text range.
	 */
	string getString(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::setString
	/** the whole string of characters of this piece of text is replaced.
		
		
		<p>All styles are removed when applying this method.
		
		</p>
	 */
	[oneway] void setString( [in] string aString ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
#endif