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diff --git a/udkapi/com/sun/star/reflection/TypeDescriptionProvider.idl b/udkapi/com/sun/star/reflection/TypeDescriptionProvider.idl index 672274b8d163..af84f3cff577 100644 --- a/udkapi/com/sun/star/reflection/TypeDescriptionProvider.idl +++ b/udkapi/com/sun/star/reflection/TypeDescriptionProvider.idl @@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ published service TypeDescriptionProvider /** Interface to retrieve type descriptions. <p>Names are given in dotted notation, for example - <code>"com.sun.star.uno.XInterface"</code>. The returned values are of - interface type <type>XTypeDescription</type>.</p> + <code>"com.sun.star.uno.XInterface"</code>.</p> - <p>Even though the name of this interface suggests that the used type - names are hierarchic, this need not be the case.</p> + </p>The returned values are generally non-null references of type + <type>XTypeDescription</type>. However, before LibreOffice 4.1, + the value returned for a UNO constant was the value of the constant, + rather than a reference to an <type>XConstantTypeDescription</type> + object. (It also appears that some implementations return values for + individual UNO enum members, e.g. + <code>"com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass.VOID"</code>, though this is probably + best treated as an implementation obscurity.)</p> */ interface com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess; |