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module com { module sun { module star { module ui {


/** specifies a user interface element.

    <p>
    A user interface element consists of a unique identifier and a type specifier. It
    provides an interface to retrieve a special purpose interface which depends on
    the specific user interface element type. Every user interface must be initialized
    before it can be used.
    </p>

    @since OOo 2.0
*/

service UIElement
{
    /** provides a function to retrieve a special purpose interface which depends on
        the specific user interface element type.
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::ui::XUIElement;

    /** interface to initialize a user interface element instance.

        A user interface element must be initialized using
        com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization::initialize() before
        it can be used. The following property must be provided:
        <ul>
            <li><b>ResourceURL</b>specifies a string property which is the unique identifier of
            the user interface element.</li>
        </ul>

        A user interface element factory creates and initializes every user interface element
        correctly.

        @see com::sun::star::ui::UIElementFactoryManager;
        @see com::sun::star::ui::UIElementFactory
    */
    [optional] interface ::com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;

    /** used to notify an implementation that it needs to update its visual representation.

        <p>
        A user interface element implementation should check if it has to update its visual
        representation. It is up to the implementation if it ignores notifications.
        </p>
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XUpdatable;

    /** controls the life-time of the object.
    */
    interface ::com::sun::star::lang::XComponent;
};

}; }; }; };


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