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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XImplicitIDContainer_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_container_XImplicitIDContainer_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XImplicitIDReplace_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XImplicitIDReplace.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 {

/** makes it possible to insert and remove elements in/from a container
    using an implicit (unique) ID.
 */
published interface XImplicitIDContainer: com::sun::star::container::XImplicitIDReplace
{
    /** adds a new object to the container and generates an implicit (unique)
        ID for this object.

        @returns
            the implicit ID for the new object.
     */
    string addWithImplicitID( [in] any aElement );

    /** removes an object from the container which is specified by
        an implicit (unique) identifier.
     */
    void removeByImplicitID( [in] string ID )
        raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException );
};

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

}; }; }; };

/*=============================================================================

=============================================================================*/
#endif
