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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XFlatParagraphIterator_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_text_XFlatParagraphIterator_idl__

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

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XFlatParagraph_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/text/XFlatParagraph.idl>
#endif

//=============================================================================

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text {

//=============================================================================

/** provides functionality to ...

    @since OOo 3.0
 */

interface XFlatParagraphIterator: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** get the first flat paragraph to be checked or an empty reference if
        there are no more paragraphs to check.

        @returns
                the paragraph.
    */
    com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph getFirstPara();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** get the next flat paragraph to be checked or an empty reference if
        there are no more paragraphs to check.

        @returns
                the paragraph.
    */
    com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph getNextPara();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** get the last flat paragraph

        @returns
                the paragraph.
    */
    com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph getLastPara();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** get the flat paragraph before this one

        @param  xPara
                the current flat paragraph

		@returns
                the flat paragraph.

        @throws IllegalArgumentException
                if any argument is wrong.
    */
    com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph getParaBefore( [in] com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph xPara )
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** get the flat paragraph just following this one

        @param  xPara
                the current flat paragraph

		@returns
                the flat paragraph.

        @throws IllegalArgumentException
                if any argument is wrong.
    */
    com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph getParaAfter( [in] com::sun::star::text::XFlatParagraph xPara )
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );
};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

#endif