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#ifndef __com_sun_star_bridge_XBridgeSupplier_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_bridge_XBridgeSupplier_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_Uik_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/Uik.idl>
#endif

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


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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module bridge {

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


/** defines the interface for creating bridges to other object models.

	<p>Because bridges sometimes can not be generated in an address space,
	the implementation needs to check the address space of the caller by
	comparing the machine and process ID against its own. These IDs are
	provided by the UNO runtime.  </p>

	<p>All objects, whether they are part of the UNO object model or not,
	are carried in an <atom>any</atom>.  The representation of this object
	is heavily model-dependent and has to be specified in the following list: </p>

	<dl>
		<dt>UNO: </dt>
		<dd>The any carries normal UNO types, which can be any base type,
		struct, sequence, enum, or interface.  </dd>

		<dt>OLE: 	</dt>
		<dd>The any carries an <atom>unsigned long</atom> (on 32-bit systems)
		or an <atom>unsigned hyper</atom> (on 64-bit systems), which is
		interpreted as a variant pointer. The any does not control the
		lifetime of the represented variant. That implies that the caller
		has the responsibility of freeing the OLE resources represented
		by the any value.  </dd>

		<dt>JAVA: 	</dt>
		<dd>not yet specified.  </dd>

		<dt>CORBA: </dt>
		<dd>not yet specified.  </dd>
	</dl>

	<p>Any implementation can supply its own bridges to other object
	models by implementing this interface and returning the bridge
	when the method is called with itself as the first parameter. </p>

	@see com::sun::star::bridge::OleBridgeSupplier
	@deprecated
 */
published interface XBridgeSupplier: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

	/** creates a bridge to provide an object of one object model with another.
	 */
	any createBridge( [in] any modelDepObject,
			 [in] com::sun::star::uno::Uik MachineId,
			 [in] long ProcessId,
			 [in] short sourceModelType,
			 [in] short destModelType )
			raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

};

}; }; }; };

/*=============================================================================

=============================================================================*/
#endif