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#ifndef __com_sun_star_script_XTypeConverter_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_script_XTypeConverter_idl__

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

#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlClass.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/script/CannotConvertException.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/uno/TypeClass.idl>



 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module script {


/** Interface to provide standard type conversions.

    @see Converter
*/
published interface XTypeConverter: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** Converts the value <code>aFrom</code> to the specified type
        <code>xDestinationType</code>.
        Throws a CannotConvertException if the conversion
        failed.
        @param aFrom
               source value
        @param xDestinationType
               destination type
        @return
                converted value (any carrying value of type <code>xDestinationType</code>
    */
    any convertTo(
        [in] any aFrom,
        [in] type xDestinationType )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                com::sun::star::script::CannotConvertException );

    /** Converts the value <code>aFrom</code> to the specified simple type
        <code>aDestinationType</code>.
        Throws a CannotConvertException if the conversion
        failed and a com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
        if the destination
        com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass is not simple,
        e.g. not long or byte.

        @param aFrom
               source value
        @param aDestinationType
               destination type class
        @return
                converted value (any carrying value of type <code>aDestinationType</code>
    */
    any convertToSimpleType(
        [in] any aFrom,
        [in] com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass aDestinationType )
        raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                com::sun::star::script::CannotConvertException );
};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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