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#ifndef __com_sun_star_uri_XUriSchemeParser_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_uri_XUriSchemeParser_idl__

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

module com { module sun { module star { module uri {

/**
   parses textual representations of absolute URIs.

   <p>See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC&nbsp;3986</a> for a
   description of URIs and related terms.</p>

   @since OOo 2.0
 */
published interface XUriSchemeParser: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface {
    /**
       parses the textual representation of an absolute URI.

       <p>This method is used to parse URIs (with no fragment part), not URI
       references (with an optional fragment part).</p>

       <p>If an object is returned, the behaviour of its
       com::sun::star::uri::XUriReference methods must
       reflect the fact that the object represents an absolute URI reference
       with the given scheme and scheme-specific part, and without a fragment
       part.</p>

       @param scheme
       the textual representation of the scheme part (without the delimiting
       &ldquo;<code>:</code>&rdquo;).

       @param schemeSpecificPart
       the textual representation of the scheme-specific part.

       @returns
       an object that supports
       com::sun::star::uri::XUriReference (and possibly also
       additional, scheme-specific interfaces), if the given input can be parsed
       into an absolute URI; otherwise, `NULL` is returned.
     */
    XUriReference parse([in] string scheme, [in] string schemeSpecificPart);
};

}; }; }; };

#endif

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