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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ui_XUIElementSettings_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ui_XUIElementSettings_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XIndexAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ui {

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

/** provides functions to retrieve and change user interface element structure
    data and to update its visible representation.

    @since OOo 2.0
*/

published interface XUIElementSettings : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** forces the user interface element to retrieve new settings from its
        configuration source.

        <p>
        This is not done automatically as configurable user interface elements
        are controlled by layout managers. It is more efficient to let the
        responsible layout manager to control the update process in a single
        task.
        </p>
    */
    void updateSettings();

    /** provides a <type>UIElementSettings</type> instance that provides access
        to the structure of user interface element if the user interface element
        type supports it.

        @param bWriteable
            must be <TRUE/> if the retrieved settings should be a writeable.
            Otherwise <FALSE/> should be provided to get a shareable reference
            to the settings data.

        @return
            the current settings of the user interface element.
    */
    com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess getSettings( [in] boolean bWriteable );

    /** set changes to the structure of the user interface element.

        @param UISettings
            new data settings for the configurable user interface element.


        <p>
        User interface elements cannot be changed directly. The changed structure
        data has to be set again. This speeds up the configuration process if many
        changes have to be made on the structure. The persistence of changes are
        controlled by the boolean property <member>Persistent</member>.

        </p>

        @see com::sun::star::ui::UIElementSettings
    */
    void setSettings( [in] com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess UISettings );
};

}; }; }; };

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

#endif