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 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module frame {

/** offers a simple way to store a component to a URL.

    <p>
    It is usually only useful for two cases:
    </p>
    <ol>
        <li>
            Large components which are wrapped up in UNO interfaces
            and for which distinct filters are not available separately as
            components.
        </li>
        <li>
            Very small components for which only one or very few hard
            coded file format filters make sense or even exist.
        </li>
    </ol>
 */
published interface XStorable: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** The object may know the location because it was loaded from there,
        or because it is stored there.

        @returns
            `TRUE` if the object knows a location where it is persistent
            `FALSE` otherwise
     */
    boolean hasLocation();

    /** After XStorable::storeAsURL() it returns the
        URL the object was stored to.

        @returns
            the URL of the resource which is represented by this object.
     */
    string getLocation();

    /** It is not possible to call XStorable::store() successfully
        when the data store is read-only.

        @returns
            `TRUE` if the data store is readonly or opened readonly
            `FALSE` otherwise
     */
    boolean isReadonly();

    /** stores the data to the URL from which it was loaded.

        <p>Only objects which know their locations can be stored.</p>

        @throws com::sun::star::io::IOException
            if an IO error occurred during save operation
            (may the location is unknown)

        @see XStorable::storeAsURL
        @see XStorable::storeToURL
     */
    void store()
            raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

    /** stores the object's persistent data to a URL and
        makes this URL the new location of the object.

        <p>This is the normal behavior for UI's "save-as" feature.</p>

        <p>The change of the location makes it necessary to store the document in
        a format that the object can load. For this reason the implementation of
        XStorable::storeAsURL() will throw an exception if a pure
        export filter is used, it will accept only combined import/export filters.
        For such filters the method XStorable::storeToURL()
        must be used that does not change the location of the object.</p>

        @param sURL
            specifies the new location of this component

        @param lArguments
            optional parameters for saving
            (see com::sun::star::document::MediaDescriptor for further details)

        @throws com::sun::star::io::IOException
            if an IO error occurred during save operation
            (may the location is unknown)

        @see XStorable::store
        @see XStorable::storeToURL
        @see com::sun::star::document::MediaDescriptor
     */
    void storeAsURL(
        [in] string sURL,
        [in] sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> lArguments )
        raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

    /** stores the object's persistent data to a URL and
        continues to be a representation of the old URL.

        <p>This is the normal behavior for UI's export feature.</p>

        <p>This method accepts all kinds of export filters, not only combined
        import/export filters because it implements an exporting capability, not a
        persistence capability.</p>

        @throws com::sun::star::io::IOException
            if an IO error occurred during save operation
            (may the location is unknown)

        @param sURL
            specifies the location where to store the object

        @param lArguments
            optional parameters for saving
            (see com::sun::star::document::MediaDescriptor for further details)

        @see XStorable::store
        @see XStorable::storeAsURL
        @see com::sun::star::document::MediaDescriptor
     */
    void storeToURL(
        [in] string sURL,
        [in] sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> lArguments )
        raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );
};


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