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module com { module sun { module star { module ucb {

 published interface XContentProviderManager;

/** This interface should be implemented together with
    XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor and allows for a lazy
    implementation of
    XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider().

    The way this works might change, therefore this interface is marked as
    deprecated.

    @deprecated
 */
published interface XRemoteContentProviderActivator: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** Activate (i.e., register at the broker) the remote content providers
        that until now have only been remembered by
        XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider(),
        but not registered.

        <p>This allows for
        XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor::addRemoteContentProvider()
        to be implemented in a lazy fashion (remember the remote content
        providers, but do not register them right away), which can increase
        performance in certain situations.  But it is not required that an
        implementation of XRemoteContentProviderAcceptor uses this
        lazy strategy (and thus also implements this interface).

        @return
        the broker at which the remote content providers have been registered.
     */
    XContentProviderManager activateRemoteContentProviders();
};

}; }; }; };

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