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#ifndef __com_sun_star_rdf_BlankNode_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_rdf_BlankNode_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_rdf_XBlankNode_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/rdf/XBlankNode.idl>
#endif


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

module com {   module sun {   module star {   module rdf {

//=============================================================================
/** represents a blank node that may occur in a RDF graph.

    @since OOo 3.0

    @see XRepository
 */
service BlankNode : XBlankNode
{

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** create a blank RDF node.

        <p>
        Be careful! With this constructor you can create a node that aliases
        another node that already exists in some repository.
        That may or may not be what you want.
        If you want to create a new blank node that is guaranteed to be unique,
        use <method>XRepository::createBlankNode</method> instead.
        <p>

        @param NodeID
            the ID for the blank node.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
            if the argument does not represent a valid blank node ID

        @see XRepository::createBlankNode
     */
    create( [in] string NodeID )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif