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#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XFrames_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_frame_XFrames_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XIndexAccess_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XFrame_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XFrame.idl>
#endif


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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module frame {

//=============================================================================
/** manages and creates frames.

    <p>
    Frames may contain other frames (by implementing an <type>XFrames</type>
    interface) and may be contained in other frames.
    </p>

    @see XFrame
    @see Frame
 */
published interface XFrames: com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** appends the specified <type>Frame</type> to the list of sub-frames.

        @param xFrame
            new frame for inserting into this container
     */
    void append( [in] XFrame xFrame );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** provides access to the list of all currently existing
        frames inside this container and her sub frames

        @param nSearchFlags
            use combinations of <type>FrameSearchFlag</type> to specify which
            frames should be found

        @return
            all frames of this container and all available frames of the whole frame tree
            which match search parameter <var>SearchFlags</var>
     */
    sequence< XFrame > queryFrames( [in] long nSearchFlags );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** removes the frame from its container.

        <p>
        Note:
        <ul>
            <li>The method <method>XComponent::dispose()</method> is not called implicitly
                by this method.</li>
            <li>The creator attribute of the frame must be reset by the caller of
                this method.</li>
        </ul>
        </p>

        @param xFrame
            frame which should be removed from this container
    */
    void remove( [in] XFrame xFrame );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif