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#ifndef __com_sun_star_document_XBinaryStreamResolver_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_document_XBinaryStreamResolver_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XInputStream_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/io/XInputStream.idl>
#endif
#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XOututStream_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/io/XOutputStream.idl>
#endif

//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module document {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** 
	<p>This interface encapsulates functionality to get/resolve binary data streams.
	It is used to transform binary data to an url or to transform an url to binary
	data. The binary data is represented through input and output streams.</p> 
	
	<p>In the case of transforming an url to binary data, the <code>getInputStream</code> 
	method is used. This returns a <type scope="com::sun::star::io">XInputStream</type> 
	from which the binary data, transformed from the given url, can be read.</p>
	 
	<p>In the case of transforming binary data to an url, a 
	<type scope="com::sun::star::io">XOutputStream</type> is created first to write 
	the binary data to. After this, the <code>resolveOutputStream</code> method can 
	be used to transform the binary data, represented through the 
	<type scope="com::sun::star::io">XOutputStream</type> interface, to an url.</p>
 */
published interface XBinaryStreamResolver: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	/** converts the given URL from the source URL namespace to an input stream,
		from which binary data can be read
	*/
	com::sun::star::io::XInputStream getInputStream( [in] string aURL );

	/** creates an output stream, to which binary data can be written.
		After writing, an URL can be retrieved by a call to 
		<method>XBinaryStreamResolver::resolveOutputStream</method>.
	*/
	com::sun::star::io::XOutputStream createOutputStream();

	/** converts the output stream, data has been written to, to an URL in 
		source URL namespace.
	*/
	string resolveOutputStream( [in] com::sun::star::io::XOutputStream aBinaryStream );
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif