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#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_container_XHierarchicalNameAccess_idl__

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

#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.idl>


module com {  module sun {  module star {  module container {


/** is used to have hierarchical access to elements within a container.

    <p>You address an object of a specific level in the hierarchy by giving its
    fully qualified name, e.g., "com.sun.star.uno.XInterface". </p>

    <p>To implement inaccurate name access, support the
    com::sun::star::beans::XExactName interface.  </p>

    @see com::sun::star::beans::XExactName
 */
published interface XHierarchicalNameAccess: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    /** @returns
                the object with the specified name.

        @param aName
            the name of the object.

        @throws NoSuchElementException
            if an element under Name does not exist.
     */
    any getByHierarchicalName( [in] string aName )
            raises( com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException );


    /** @returns
            `TRUE` if an element with this name is in
            the container, `FALSE` otherwise.

        <p>In many cases, the next call is XNameAccess::getByName().
        You should optimize this case.

        @param aName
            the name of the object.
     */
    boolean hasByHierarchicalName( [in] string aName );

};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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