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module com
{
module sun
{
module star
{
module chart2
{

interface XChartType : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** A string representation of the chart type.
        This needs to be the service-name which can be used to create a chart type.
     */
    string getChartType();

    /** Creates a coordinate systems that fits the chart-type with its
        current settings and for the given dimension.

        @throws IllegalArgumentException
            This chart type cannot be displayed in the given dimension.
     */
    XCoordinateSystem createCoordinateSystem( [in] long DimensionCount )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

    /** Returns a sequence of roles that are understood by this chart
        type.

        <p>All roles must be listed in the order in which they are
        usually parsed.  This ensures that gluing sequences together
        and splitting them up apart again results in the same
        structure as before.</p>

        <p>Note, that this does not involve optional roles, like
        error-bars.</p>
     */
    sequence< string >   getSupportedMandatoryRoles();

    /** Returns a sequence of roles that are understood in addition to
        the mandatory roles (see
        XChartType::getSupportedMandatoryRoles()).

        <p>An example for an optional role are error-bars.</p>
     */
    sequence< string >   getSupportedOptionalRoles();

    /** Returns a sequence with supported property mapping roles.

        <p>An example for a property mapping role is FillColor.</p>
    */
    sequence< string >  getSupportedPropertyRoles();

    /** Returns the role of the XLabeledDataSequence of
        which the label will be taken to identify the
        DataSeries in dialogs or the legend.
     */
    string getRoleOfSequenceForSeriesLabel();
};

} ; // chart2
} ; // com
} ; // sun
} ; // star


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