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module com { module sun { module star { module util {
     published interface XStringWidth;
}; }; }; };

module com { module sun { module star { module util {

/** Abbreviate arbitrary strings.

    <p>It is expected that there will be different implementations of this
    interface, that each expect strings conforming to a certain structure
    (e.g., URIs, platform-specific file paths, or newsgroup names).  The
    abbreviation algorithms will then take into account the structural
    information.</p>

    @see XStringWidth
 */
published interface XStringAbbreviation: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** Abbreviate a string, so that the resulting abbreviated string is not
        wider than some given width.

        <p>The width of a string is an abstract concept here, measured via
        an XStringWidth interface.  Examples are the number of
        characters in the string (XStringWidth will measure the
        string's length), or the width in pixel when displayed with a specific
        font (which XStringWidth would encapsulate).</p>

        @param xStringWidth
        The interface that makes concrete the abstract notion of string width.

        @param nWidth
        The resulting abbreviated string's width will be no larger than this.

        @param aString
        The string that is abbreviated.

        @returns
        an abbreviated string.
     */
    string abbreviateString([in] XStringWidth xStringWidth,
                            [in] long nWidth,
                            [in] string aString);
};

}; }; }; };

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