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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XEnumeration_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_container_XEnumeration_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_NoSuchElementException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl>
#endif


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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {

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

/** provides functionality to enumerate the contents of a container.

    <p>An object that implements the <type>XEnumeration</type> interface
    generates a series of elements, one at a time. Successive calls to
    the <code>XEnumeration::nextElement</code> method return successive
    elements of the series.  </p>

    <p>For example (Java), to print all elements of a vector <var>aVect</var>:
    </p>

    <listing>
    for ( XEnumeration xEnum = aVect.elements() ;
    xEnum.hasMoreElements() ; )
    {
    System.out.println( xEnum.nextElement() );
    }
    </listing>


    <p> If the object changed, the behavior of the enumeration is
    not specified. This is not a remote interface.  </p>
 */
published interface XEnumeration: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** tests whether this enumeration contains more elements.
     */
    boolean hasMoreElements();

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

    /** @returns
            the next element of this enumeration.

        @throws  NoSuchElementException
            if no more elements exist.

        @throws  com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
            If the implementation has internal reasons for exceptions,
            then wrap these in a <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>
            exception.
     */
    any nextElement()
            raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
