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#ifndef __com_sun_star_xml_sax_XAttributeList_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_xml_sax_XAttributeList_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

//=============================================================================

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module xml {  module sax {

//=============================================================================

/** specifies an element's attributes.

    <p>This interface describes a name-type-value triple which describes a
    single attribute of a tag. Implementors are encouraged to implement the
    <type scope="com::sun::star::util">XCloneable</type> interface also to
    allow the user to make a copy of the instance.

    </p>
    <p>This interface is an IDL version of the Java interface
    <em>org.xml.sax.AttributeList</em>.</p>
 */
published interface XAttributeList: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the number of attributes in this list.
     */
    short getLength();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the name of an attribute in this list (by position).
     */
    string getNameByIndex( [in] short i );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the type of an attribute in the list (by position).
                    Non-validating parsers may return CDATA only.
     */
    string getTypeByIndex( [in] short i );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the type of an attribute in the list (by name).
                    Non-validating parsers may return CDATA only.
     */
    string getTypeByName( [in] string aName );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the value of an attribute in the list (by position).
     */
    string getValueByIndex( [in] short i );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                    the value of an attribute in the list (by name).
     */
    string getValueByName( [in] string aName );
};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; }; };

#endif