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#ifndef __com_sun_star_inspection_ObjectInspector_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_inspection_ObjectInspector_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_inspection_XObjectInspector_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/inspection/XObjectInspector.idl>
#endif

//=============================================================================
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module inspection {

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** describes an <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">Controller</type> which can be used to
    browse and modify properties of components.

    <p>The controller can be plugged into an <type scope="com::sun::star::frame">XFrame</type>, and will
    provide a visual component for inspecting and modifying component properties.<br/>
    Note that "property" here is a generic term - any aspect of a component can be considered a property,
    as long as some property handler is able to describe this aspect in a property-like way.</p>

    <p>The basic idea is that one facet of the inspected component is represented by a single line
    of controls: A label, an input control, and optionally one or two buttons which, when pressed,
    trigger additional user interaction (e.g. a more sophisticated dialog to enter a property value).</p>

    <p>Additionally, property lines can be grouped into different categories. A usual implementation
    of such categories would be tab pages, but other implementations are possible, too.</p>

    <p>An <type>ObjectInspector</type> needs one or more property handlers which describe
    the facets of an inspected component - without such handlers, the inspector window will simply
    stay empty.</p>

    <p>The property handlers, as well as more information about the layout of the inspector,
    are provided by a inspector model, which has to be implemented by the user of the inspector.</p>

    <p/>

    <p>Since property handlers might have the need to raise UI, they will be created with a context
    value named "DialogParentWindow", which contains an XWindow which should be used as parent of
    any windows to raise.<br/>
    If the <type scope="com::sun::star::uno">XComponentContext</type> in which the <type>ObjectInspector</type>
    was created already contains such a value, it is not overwritten. Only if it doesn't, the inspector
    will add an own value - which contains the inspector's main window - to the context when creating
    handlers.</p>

    @see XPropertyHandler
    @see LineDescriptor
    @see PropertyControlType
    @see ObjectInspectorModel
    @see com::sun::star::uno::XComponentContext
    @see com::sun::star::lang::XMultiComponentFactory

    @since OOo 2.0.3
*/
service ObjectInspector : XObjectInspector
{
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif



