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/*************************************************************************
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#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XFormController_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_form_XFormController_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_awt_XTabController_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/awt/XTabController.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_awt_XControl_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/awt/XControl.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XFormControllerListener_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/form/XFormControllerListener.idl>
#endif


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

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {

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

/** provides functionality to control the activation of forms controls.

    <p>There is a duality of forms (<type scope="com::sun::star::form::component">DataForm</type>)
    and form controllers. In a document view, for every loaded form there is a form controller which is
    responsible for exactly the controls which's models are direct children of the form.<br/>

    In some sense, a form controller is the view representation of a form, like a <em>form control</em> is the
    view representation of a <em>form control model</em>.<br/>

    This is also reflected in this interface: If you call
    <method scope="com::sun::star::awt">XTabController::getModel</method> on a form controller, the form which
    the controller is responsible for will be returned.<br/>

    As always in the model-view-paradigm, there is no way from a model to its controller, mostly, because for
    <em>one</em> given form, there is one controller for <em>every</em> view of the document.</p>

    <p>A controller is called <em>active</em> if one of the controls it is responsible for has the focus,
    else inactive. To be notified whenever this activation state of a given controller changes, you can
    add listeners.</p>

    @see com::sun::star::form::component::Form
 */
published interface XFormController: com::sun::star::awt::XTabController
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** access to the currently active control

        @returns
            the currently active control, or <NULL/> if there is no such control
     */
    com::sun::star::awt::XControl getCurrentControl();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** adds the specified listener to receive notifications whenever the activation state of
        the controller changes.

        @param l
            the listener to add.
     */
    [oneway] void addActivateListener( [in] com::sun::star::form::XFormControllerListener l );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** removes the specified listener

        @param l
            the listener to remove.
     */
    [oneway] void removeActivateListener( [in] com::sun::star::form::XFormControllerListener l );

};

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

}; }; }; };

/*=============================================================================

=============================================================================*/
#endif