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#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/awt/UnoControl.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/form/XGrid.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/form/XBoundComponent.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/form/XGridFieldDataSupplier.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/util/XModifyBroadcaster.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/util/XModeSelector.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/container/XEnumerationAccess.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProviderInterception.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/view/XSelectionSupplier.idl>


module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {

published interface XGridControl;

module control {


/** describes a table-like control for displaying data.

    <p>The model of the control has to support the com::sun::star::form::component::GridControl
    service.</p>

    @see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl
    @see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControlModel
*/
published service GridControl
{
    service com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl;

    /** allows committing the content of the active cell of the control.
    */
    interface com::sun::star::form::XBoundComponent;

    /** allows access to the active cell within the grid.

        <p>Only the column position can be modified using this interface, as the row position within
        a table control bound to a data source is given implicitly (by the cursor position of the data source).</p>
    */
    interface com::sun::star::form::XGrid;

    [optional] interface com::sun::star::form::XGridControl;

    /** used to broadcast modifications made by the user (within the active cell)
    */
    interface com::sun::star::util::XModifyBroadcaster;

    /** allows access to the field data of the grid's current row in different formats
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::form::XGridFieldDataSupplier;

    /** allows access to objects wrapping a single column
    */
    interface com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess;

    /** allows creation of an enumeration for the column objects
    */
    interface com::sun::star::container::XEnumerationAccess;

    /** is used to switch the operating modes of the control.

        <p>Besides the normal operation mode (which is used to display the database form's data) the control may
        for instance support a filter mode.</p>
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XModeSelector;

    /** used to control the selection of rows in the grid control.

        <p>The selection used with the methods com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier::getSelection()
        and com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier::select() is a sequence of Any's.<br/>
        Here the elements of the Sequence are the bookmarks (in the com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet)
        of the (to-be-) selected rows.</p>
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier;

    /** allows external components to register dispatchers for some common form actions.

        <p>A grid control can contain own UI elements for traveling within the database form it belongs to (This
        concept seems to make sense, as a grid control - in opposite to other data aware controls - displays
        not only one record at a time, but a larger number of records of the database form.)<br/>
        With the help of this interface, external components which wish to handle such travelings themselves can
        register interceptors for the actions in question.</p>

        <p>Usual URLs to use include
            <dl>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToFirst</dt><dd> move the cursor to the first record</dd>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToPrev</dt><dd> move the cursor to the previous record</dd>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNext</dt><dd> move the cursor to the next record</dd>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToLast</dt><dd> move the cursor to the last record</dd>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNew</dt><dd> move the cursor to the (one and only) <em>new</em> record</dd>
                <dt>.uno:FormSlots/undoRecord</dt><dd> undo the changes done so far in the current record</dd>
            </dl>
        </p>

        <p>A concrete implementation of this service may offer more or less URLs, but if it offers some of the URLs
        above, it must stick to the meanings defined above.</p>
    */
    [optional] interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterception;
};


}; }; }; }; };


#endif

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