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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sheet_XCellRangesQuery_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sheet_XCellRangesQuery_idl__

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

#ifndef __com_sun_star_sheet_XSheetCellRanges_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/sheet/XSheetCellRanges.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_table_CellAddress_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/table/CellAddress.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_table_CellRangeAddress_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/table/CellRangeAddress.idl>
#endif

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

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sheet {

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

/** provides methods to query for cell ranges with specific contents.

    <p>All methods return a collection of cell ranges.</p>

    @see com::sun::star::sheet::SheetRangesQuery
    @see com::sun::star::sheet::SheetCellRanges
 */
published interface XCellRangesQuery: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** queries all visible cells.

        @returns
            the visible (not hidden) cells of the current cell range(s).
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryVisibleCells();

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

    /** queries all empty cells.

        @returns
            the empty cells of the current cell range(s).
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryEmptyCells();

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

    /** queries all cells with the specified content type(s).

        @param nContentFlags
            a combination of <type>CellFlags</type> flags.

            <p>Attention: Despite the <type>CellFlags</type> flags are
            <atom>long</atom> values, this method expects a <atom>short</atom>
            parameter.

        @returns
            all cells of the current cell range(s) with the specified
            content type(s).
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryContentCells(
            [in] short nContentFlags );

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

    /** queries all formula cells with the specified result type.

        @param nResultFlags
            a combination of <type>FormulaResult</type> flags.

        @returns
            all formula cells of the current cell range(s) with the
            specified result type(s).
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryFormulaCells(
            [in] long nResultFlags );

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

    /** queries all cells with different values in a specified row.

        <p>This method takes each column of the current cell range(s) and
        compares all cells with the cell in the specified row. All cells
        which are different to this comparison cell will be returned.</p>

        @param aCompare
            contains a cell address with the row index used for comparison.
            Only this row index is of interest.

        @returns
            all cells of the current cell range(s) which are different
            to the comparison cell of each column.
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryColumnDifferences(
            [in] com::sun::star::table::CellAddress aCompare );

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

    /** queries all cells with different values in a specified column.

        <p>This method takes each row of the current cell range(s) and
        compares all cells with the cell in the specified column. All cells
        which are different to this comparison cell will be returned.</p>

        @param aCompare
            contains a cell address with the column index used for
            comparison. Only this column index is of interest.

        @returns
            all cells of the current cell range(s) which are different
            to the comparison cell of each row.
     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryRowDifferences(
            [in] com::sun::star::table::CellAddress aCompare );

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

    /** intersects the current cell range(s) with the specified cell range.

        @param aRange
            contains the cell range for intersection.

        @return
            all cells of the current cell range(s) which are contained
            in the passed cell range.

     */
    com::sun::star::sheet::XSheetCellRanges queryIntersection(
            [in] com::sun::star::table::CellRangeAddress aRange );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif

