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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: XActionsApproval.idl,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2006-02-09 13:44:47 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
+ *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
+ *
+ *
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *    =============================================
+ *    Copyright 2005 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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+ *
+ *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+#ifndef __com_sun_star_embed_XActionsApproval_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_embed_XActionsApproval_idl__
+
+#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
+#endif
+
+//============================================================================
+
+ module com {  module sun {  module star {  module embed {
+
+//============================================================================
+/** allows to request an approval for an action.
+
+    <p>
+    An implementation of this interface is usually provided to another object
+    to allow this object to request an approval for actions. The list of
+    possible actions must be documented in documentation of the object.
+    </p>
+ */
+interface XActionsApproval: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
+{
+    //------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /** requests an approval for the specified action.
+
+        @param nAction
+            a value specifying the action that should be approved. Could take
+            values from <type>Actions</type> constants set. The explicit set
+            of the actions should be documented by the object that is going
+            to use this interface for approval as for example
+            <type>InstanceLocker</type> does.
+
+        @return
+            returns <TRUE/> in case the specified action is approved.
+     */
+    boolean approveAction( [in] long nAction );
+};
+
+//============================================================================
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+#endif
+