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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyVetoException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_WrappedTargetException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.idl> 
#endif 
  
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** provides access to multiple properties which form a hierarchy.

	@see XHierarchicalPropertySet
 */
published interface XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** retrieve information about the hierarchy of properties

		@returns  
				the <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> interface, 
				which describes the property hierarchy of the object which 
				supplies this interface. 
				 
		@returns	 
				<NULL/> if the implementation cannot or will  
				not provide information about the properties; otherwise the  
				interface <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> is returned.
				
		@see XHierarchicalPropertySet::getHierarchicalPropertySetInfo
	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo getHierarchicalPropertySetInfo(); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** sets the values of the properties with the specified nested names.
		
		<p>	The values of the properties must change before bound 
			events are fired. The values of constrained properties 
			should change after the vetoable events are fired, if no 
			exception occurs.  </p>

		<p> Unknown properties are ignored.  </p>

		@param	aHierarchicalPropertyNames	 
				This parameter specifies the names of the properties. 
		 
		@param	aValues	 
				This parameter specifies the new values for the properties. 
		 
		@throws PropertyVetoException  
				if one of the properties is constrained and the change is 
				vetoed by a <type>XVetoableChangeListener</type>.
				
		@throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException  
				if one of the values is not a legal value for the
				corresponding property or if one of the names
				is not a well-formed nested name for this hierarchy.
				An implementation is not required to detect the latter
				condition.

		@throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException  
				if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception. 
				In this case the original exception is wrapped into that 
				<type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.
				
		@see XHierarchicalPropertySet::setHierarchicalPropertyValue
		@see XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
	 */
		
		
	void setHierarchicalPropertyValues( [in] sequence<string> aHierarchicalPropertyNames, 
			 [in] sequence<any> Values ) 
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::PropertyVetoException, 
					com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException, 
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
			a sequence of all values of the properties which are specified 
			by their nested names. 
		 
		<p>	The order of the values in the returned sequence will be the same  
			as the order of the names in the argument.  </p>

		<p>	Unknown properties are ignored, in their place <NULL/> will be returned.  </p>

		@throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException  
				if one of the names is not a well-formed 
				nested name for this hierarchy.
				An implementation is not required to detect this
				condition.

		@throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException  
				if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception. 
				In this case the original exception is wrapped into that 
				<type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.
				
		@see XHierarchicalPropertySet::getHierarchicalPropertyValue
		@see XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
	 */
	sequence<any> getHierarchicalPropertyValues( [in] sequence<string> aPropertyNames )
			raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException , 
					com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	  
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif 
