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package com.sun.star.comp.beans;

import java.awt.Container;

import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
import com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext;

/**
 * This abstract class represents a connection to the office
 * application.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface OfficeConnection
    extends XComponent
{
    /**
     * Sets a connection URL.
     *
     * @param url This is UNO URL which describes the type of a connection.
     */
    void setUnoUrl(String url)
        throws java.net.MalformedURLException;

    /**
     * Sets an AWT container catory.
     *
     * @param containerFactory This is a application provided AWT container
     *  factory.
     */
    void setContainerFactory(ContainerFactory containerFactory);

    /**
     * Retrieves the UNO component context.
     * Establishes a connection if necessary and initialises the
     * UNO service manager if it has not already been initialised.
     *
     * @return The office UNO component context.
     */
    XComponentContext getComponentContext();

    /**
     * Creates an office window.
     * The window is either a sub-class of java.awt.Canvas (local) or
     * java.awt.Container (RVP).
     *
     * This method does not add the office window to its container.
     *
     * @param container This is an AWT container.
     * @return The office window instance.
     */
    OfficeWindow createOfficeWindow(Container container);
}