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module com { module sun { module star { module script { module provider {

/**
    This interface represents an invocable script or UNO function.
*/
interface XScript : ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface {

    /**
        invoke the script or function represented by the implementing
            object

        @param aParams
            all parameters; pure, out parameters are undefined in sequence,
            i.e., the value has to be ignored by the callee
        @param aOutParamIndex
            out indices, indicating the position of the out or inout
            parameters in the list of arguments to the script
        @param aOutParam
            out parameters<p>
            For example, if the script had the signature<br>
            <code>long foo( [inout] string a, [in] string b, [out] string c )</code>
            <br> the call would look like<br>
            <code>bar.invoke( {"foo", "foo2", "this-is-ignored" }, aOutParamIndex, aOutParam);</code>
            <br> and after the call the out sequences would contain<br>
            @code{.py}
            aOutParamIndex={0,2};
            aOutParam={"string from a", "string from c"};
            @endcode

        @returns
            the value returned from the function being invoked

        @throws ::com::sun::star::reflection::InvocationTargetException
            if an error occurs while attempting to invoke a script the information is captured. If the error or exception is generated by the script itself it is wrapped as either ScriptErrorRaisedException or ScriptExceptionRaisedException or ScriptFrameworkErrorException are wrapped as ScriptFrameworkErrorExceptions.
    */
    any invoke(
        [in] sequence<any> aParams,
        [out] sequence<short> aOutParamIndex,
        [out] sequence<any> aOutParam ) raises(
        ::com::sun::star::script::provider::ScriptFrameworkErrorException ,
        ::com::sun::star::reflection::InvocationTargetException);

};

}; }; }; }; }; // ::com::sun::star::script::provider

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