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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XTextRange_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_text_XTextRange_idl__

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

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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text {

 published interface XText;

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

// DocMerge from xml: interface com::sun::star::text::XTextRange
/** describes the object's position in a text.



    <p>It represents a text range. The beginning and end of the range may
    be identical.
    </p>
 */
published interface XTextRange: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getText
    /** @returns
                the text interface in which the text position is contained.
     */
    XText getText();

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

    // DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getStart
    /** @returns
                a text range which contains only the start of this text range.
     */
    XTextRange getStart();

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

    // DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getEnd
    /** @returns
                a text range which contains only the end of this text range.
     */
    XTextRange getEnd();

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

    // DocMerge from idl: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::getString
    /** @returns
                 the string that is included in this text range.
     */
    string getString();

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

    // DocMerge from xml: method com::sun::star::text::XTextRange::setString
    /** the whole string of characters of this piece of text is replaced.



        <p>All styles are removed when applying this method.

        </p>
     */
    [oneway] void setString( [in] string aString );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
