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#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_
#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XACCEPTOR_IDL_

#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/connection/AlreadyAcceptingException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl>


module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection {

/** allows to passively accept connection attempts from other processes.

	<p>
	This is the counterpart to the XConnector interface.
 */
published interface XAcceptor: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	// DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::connection::XAcceptor::accept
	/** accepts an interprocess connection. Waits until someone connects to the resource.
	    <p>
        After a successful return, the method may be called again to accept
	    further connections, but the parameter string MUST be left unchanged.


	   @param sConnectionDescription
				contains the kind of the connection plus a
		      comma separated list of attributes,
			   e.g., <em>socket,host=localhost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.

	   @return null reference,
			stopAccepting was called.
			Otherwise a valid XConnection reference.

	   @throws AlreadyAcceptingException
				Only one acceptor-thread per instance allowed.
	   @throws ConnectionSetupException
			Problems during setting up the acceptor.
	      (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy, etc.)
	   @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
	              sConnectionDescription could not be interpreted

	 */
	XConnection accept( [in] string sConnectionDescription )
		raises( AlreadyAcceptingException,
				ConnectionSetupException,
				com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException);


	/** pushes acceptor out of the accept-call.
	 */
	void stopAccepting();
};

};};};};

#endif