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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySetInfo_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySetInfo_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/Property.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl>
#endif


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {

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

/** specifies a set of properties.

	<p>There are three kinds of properties:
	<ul>
		<li>bound properties</li>
		<li>constrained properties</li>
		<li>free properties</li>
	</ul>

	<p>The specification only describes the properties, it does not contain
	any values.</p>
 */
published interface XPropertySetInfo: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			a sequence with all property descriptors which are specified
			within this <type>XPropertySetInfo</type>.
	 */
	sequence<com::sun::star::beans::Property> getProperties();

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			the property with the specified name from the object.

		@param aName
			specifies the name of the property.

		@throws UnknownPropertyException
			if the property does not exist.
	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::Property getPropertyByName( [in] string aName )
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** @returns
			<TRUE/> if a property with the specified name exist;
			otherwise <FALSE/> is returned.

		@param aName
			specifies the name of the property.
	 */
	boolean hasPropertyByName( [in] string Name );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif