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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_Property_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/Property.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_UnknownPropertyException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_lang_IllegalArgumentException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** specifies a hierarchy of properties.
	
	<p>The specification only describes the properties, it does not contain
	any values.</p>
 */
published interface XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
				the property with the specified name from the hierarchy. 
				 
		@param aHierarchicalName  
				specifies the nested name of the property. 
			 
		@throws UnknownPropertyException	 
				if the property does not exist.

		@throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException  
				if <var>aHierarchicalName</var> is not a well-formed 
				nested name for this hierarchy.
			   	An implementation is not required to detect this
				condition.

	 */
	com::sun::star::beans::Property getPropertyByHierarchicalName( [in] string aHierarchicalName ) 
			raises( com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException ); 
 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** @returns 
				<TRUE/> if a property with the specified name exists; 
				otherwise <FALSE/> is returned. 
				 
		@param	aHierarchicalName  
				specifies the name of the property.

		@throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException  
				if <var>aHierarchicalName</var> is not a well-formed 
				nested name for this hierarchy.
			   	An implementation is not required to detect this
				condition.
	 */
	boolean hasPropertyByHierarchicalName( [in] string aHierarchicalName ); 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; };  
 
#endif 
