<html> <head> <title>Interface XTypeProvider</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../idl.css"> </head> <body> <div id="adc-idlref"> <a name="_top_"> </a><table class="navimain" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="navimain"><a href="../module-ix.html" class="navimain">Overview</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="module-ix.html" class="navimain">Module</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="XTypeProvider-xref.html" class="navimain">Use</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="#devmanual" class="navimain">Devguide</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="../../../../index-files/index-1.html" class="navimain">Index</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="navisub" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsSummary" class="navisub">Methods' Summary</a></td> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsDetails" class="navisub">Methods' Details</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Summary</td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Details</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="title-table" style="margin-bottom:6pt;"> <tr> <td><p class="namechain"><a href="../../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">::</a> <a href="../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">com</a> :: <a href="../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">sun</a> :: <a href="../module-ix.html" class="namechain">star</a> :: <a href="module-ix.html" class="namechain">lang</a> :: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title">interface XTypeProvider</td> </tr> <tr> <td/></tr> <tr> <td><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>interface to get information about the types (usually interface types) supported by an object. </dd> </dl> <a name="devmanual"> </a><dl> <dt><b>Developers Guide</b></dt> <dd><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/WritingUNO/Core_Interfaces_to_Implement">WritingUNO - Core Interfaces to Implement</a></dd> <dd><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/AdvUNO/UNO_Reflection_API">AdvUNO - UNO Reflection API</a></dd> <dd><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/WritingUNO/XTypeProvider">WritingUNO - XTypeProvider</a></dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <a name="MethodsSummary"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Methods' Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getTypes">getTypes</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">returns a sequence of all types (usually interface types) provided by the object. Important: If the object aggregates other objects the sequence also has to contain all types supported by the aggregated objects. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getImplementationId">getImplementationId</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">returns a sequence of bytes with length > 0 that is used as an Id to distinguish unambiguously between two sets of types, e.g. to realise hashing functionality when the object is introspected. Two objects that return the same UUID also have to return the same set of types in getTypes(). If a unique implementation Id cannot be provided this method has to return an empty sequence. Important: If the object aggregates other objects the UUID has to be unique for the whole combination of objects. </td> </tr> </table> <a name="MethodsDetails"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle">Methods' Details</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getTypes" class="membertitle">getTypes</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">sequence< type ></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getTypes</b>();</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>returns a sequence of all types (usually interface types) provided by the object. Important: If the object aggregates other objects the sequence also has to contain all types supported by the aggregated objects. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getImplementationId" class="membertitle">getImplementationId</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">sequence< byte ></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getImplementationId</b>();</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>returns a sequence of bytes with length > 0 that is used as an Id to distinguish unambiguously between two sets of types, e.g. to realise hashing functionality when the object is introspected. Two objects that return the same UUID also have to return the same set of types in getTypes(). 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