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#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_XFetchProviderForContentAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_ucb_XFetchProviderForContentAccess_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_ucb_FetchResult_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/ucb/FetchResult.idl>
#endif

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

module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

//=============================================================================
/** provides the possibility to load information offered by a
    <type>XContentAccess</type> for several rows of a
    <type>ContentResultSet</type> with a single function call.
*/
published interface XFetchProviderForContentAccess: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** returns the content identifier strings of the columns of the indicated
        rows

        @returns
        <member>FetchResult::Rows</member> contains a sequence of anys. Each
        of these anys contains a string.

        @param nRowStartPosition
        the starting row of the resultset

        @param nRowCount
        the count of rows

        @param bDirection
        <TRUE/>, if you want the rows to be read in the same order, as they
        are contained in the result set ( <TRUE/> &lt;-&gt; forward step;
        <FALSE/> &lt;-&gt; backward step )
    */
    com::sun::star::ucb::FetchResult
         fetchContentIdentifierStrings( [in] long nRowStartPosition
                                      , [in] long nRowCount
                                      , [in] boolean bDirection );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** returns the <type>XContentIdentifier</type>s of the columns of the
        indicated rows

        @returns
        <member>FetchResult::Rows</member> contains a sequence of anys. Each
        of these anys contains an <type>XContentIdentifier</type>.

        @param nRowStartPosition
        the starting row of the resultset

        @param nRowCount
        the count of rows

        @param bDirection
        <TRUE/>, if you want the rows to be read in the same order, as they
        are contained in the result set ( <TRUE/> &lt;-&gt; forward step;
        <FALSE/> &lt;-&gt; backward step )
    */
    com::sun::star::ucb::FetchResult
         fetchContentIdentifiers( [in] long nRowStartPosition
                                , [in] long nRowCount
                                , [in] boolean bDirection );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** returns the <type>XContent</types>s of the columns of the indicated rows

        @returns
        <member>FetchResult::Rows</member> contains a sequence of anys. Each
        of these anys contains an <type>XContent</type>.

        @param nRowStartPosition
        the starting row of the resultset

        @param nRowCount
        the count of rows

        @param bDirection
        <TRUE/>, if you want the rows to be read in the same order, as they
        are contained in the result set ( <TRUE/> &lt;-&gt; forward step;
        <FALSE/> &lt;-&gt; backward step )
    */
    com::sun::star::ucb::FetchResult
         fetchContents( [in] long nRowStartPosition
                      , [in] long nRowCount
                      , [in] boolean bDirection );
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
