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#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_beans_XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet_idl__

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

#include <com/sun/star/beans/XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.idl>

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

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


module com {  module sun {  module star {  module beans {


/** provides access to multiple properties which form a hierarchy.

    @see XHierarchicalPropertySet
 */
published interface XMultiHierarchicalPropertySet: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    /** retrieve information about the hierarchy of properties

        @returns
                the <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> interface,
                which describes the property hierarchy of the object which
                supplies this interface.

        @returns
                <NULL/> if the implementation cannot or will
                not provide information about the properties; otherwise the
                interface <type>XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo</type> is returned.

        @see XHierarchicalPropertySet::getHierarchicalPropertySetInfo
     */
    com::sun::star::beans::XHierarchicalPropertySetInfo getHierarchicalPropertySetInfo();


    /** sets the values of the properties with the specified nested names.

        <p> The values of the properties must change before bound
            events are fired. The values of constrained properties
            should change after the vetoable events are fired, if no
            exception occurs.  </p>

        <p> Unknown properties are ignored.  </p>

        @param  aHierarchicalPropertyNames
                This parameter specifies the names of the properties.

        @param  aValues
                This parameter specifies the new values for the properties.

        @throws PropertyVetoException
                if one of the properties is constrained and the change is
                vetoed by a <type>XVetoableChangeListener</type>.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
                if one of the values is not a legal value for the
                corresponding property or if one of the names
                is not a well-formed nested name for this hierarchy.
                An implementation is not required to detect the latter
                condition.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
                if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception.
                In this case the original exception is wrapped into that
                <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.

        @see XHierarchicalPropertySet::setHierarchicalPropertyValue
        @see XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
     */


    void setHierarchicalPropertyValues( [in] sequence<string> aHierarchicalPropertyNames,
             [in] sequence<any> Values )
            raises( com::sun::star::beans::PropertyVetoException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );


    /** @returns
            a sequence of all values of the properties which are specified
            by their nested names.

        <p> The order of the values in the returned sequence will be the same
            as the order of the names in the argument.  </p>

        <p> Unknown properties are ignored, in their place <NULL/> will be returned.  </p>

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException
                if one of the names is not a well-formed
                nested name for this hierarchy.
                An implementation is not required to detect this
                condition.

        @throws com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException
                if the implementation has an internal reason for the exception.
                In this case the original exception is wrapped into that
                <type scope="com::sun::star::lang">WrappedTargetException</type>.

        @see XHierarchicalPropertySet::getHierarchicalPropertyValue
        @see XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
     */
    sequence<any> getHierarchicalPropertyValues( [in] sequence<string> aPropertyNames )
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException ,
                    com::sun::star::lang::WrappedTargetException );


};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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