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#ifndef __com_sun_star_loader_XImplementationLoader_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_loader_XImplementationLoader_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_registry_XRegistryKey_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_registry_CannotRegisterImplementationException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/registry/CannotRegisterImplementationException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_loader_CannotActivateFactoryException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/loader/CannotActivateFactoryException.idl>
#endif

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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module loader {

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

/** handles activation (loading) of a UNO component.
    @see		com::sun::star::registry::XImplementationRegistration
 */
published interface XImplementationLoader: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** activates a concrete implementation within a component.
        @param implementationName The name of the implementation,
               which shall be instantiated. The method
               <member>XImplementationLoader::writeRegistryInfo</member>
               writes a list of implementation names hosted by this component.
        @param implementationLoaderUrl specification bug, ignore this parameter, please
               pass an empty string.
        @param locationUrl Points to the location of the file containing
               the component (for instance a .jar-file or a shared library).
               This parameter
               should be in an URL format (= protocol:protocol-dependent-part).
               In case the string contains no
               leading "protocol:", the implementation in general assumes,
               that it is a relative file url. <p>Special loaders may define
               their own protocol (for instance an executable loader may need
               more than only one file url).

        @param xKey A registry which may be used to read static data previously
               written via <method>XImplementationLoader::writeRegistryInfo()</method>.
               The use of this parameter is deprecated.

        @return returns a factory interface, which allows to create an instance of
                the concrete implementation. In general, the object supports a
                <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">XSingleComponentFactory</type>
                and the <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">XServiceInfo</type> interface. The
                XServiceInfo interface informs about the capabilities of the
                service implementation, not the factory itself.
	 */
	com::sun::star::uno::XInterface activate( [in] string implementationName,
			 [in] string implementationLoaderUrl,
			 [in] string locationUrl,
			 [in] com::sun::star::registry::XRegistryKey xKey )
			raises( com::sun::star::loader::CannotActivateFactoryException );

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	/** writes a list of all implementations hosted by this component into a registry key.
        <p>This method is called during registering a component.
        @param xKey The registry key, which shall be used to write for each
                    implementation the implementation name plus a list of supported
                    services.
        @param implementationLoaderUrl specification bug, ignore this parameter, please
               pass an empty string.
        @param locationUrl Points to the location of the file containing
               the component (for instance a .jar-file or a shared library).
               This parameter
               should be in an URL format (= protocol:protocol-dependent-part).
               In case the string contains no
               leading &quot;protocol:&quot;, the implementation in general assumes,
               that it is a relative file url. <p>Special loaders may define
               their own protocol (for instance an executable loader may need
               more than only one file url).
        @see com::sun::star::registry::XImplementationRegistration
	 */
	boolean writeRegistryInfo( [in] com::sun::star::registry::XRegistryKey xKey,
			 [in] string implementationLoaderUrl,
			 [in] string locationUrl )
			raises( com::sun::star::registry::CannotRegisterImplementationException );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif