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#ifndef _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTOR_IDL_
#define _COM_SUN_STAR_CONNECTION_XCONNECTOR_IDL_

#include <com/sun/star/connection/ConnectionSetupException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/connection/NoConnectException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/connection/XConnection.idl>


module com {  module sun {  module star {  module connection {

/**
   allows to actively establish an interprocess connection.
 */
published interface XConnector: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** creates a new connection interprocess connection.
        <p>
        Tries to connect to an XAcceptor.  Behavior is unspecified
        if a call to connect is made when another call to connect either has not
        yet returned or has returned successfully without raising an exception.

        @param sConnectionDescription
                contains the kind of the connection plus a
                comma separated list of attributes,
               e.g., <em>socket,host=localhost,port=2345</em> for a tcpip connection.

        @throws ConnectionSetupException
                Problems during setting up the connector
              on client side, (e.g., Security-reasons, socket already busy .. ),
                or the string could not be interpreted correctly.

        @throws NoConnectException
                Couldn't reach a server (e.g. network failure),
                no server is listening
     */
    XConnection connect( [in] string sConnectionDescription )
        raises( NoConnectException,ConnectionSetupException );
};


};};};};

#endif

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