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#ifndef __com_sun_star_text_XDependentTextField_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_text_XDependentTextField_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/text/XTextField.idl>

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

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


//=============================================================================

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module text {

//=============================================================================

/** makes it possible to attach this <type>TextField</type> to a
    <type>TextFieldMaster</type>.
 */
published interface XDependentTextField: com::sun::star::text::XTextField
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** method must be called to attach the
        <type>TextFieldMaster</type> to this <type>TextField</type>.
        <p>A <type>TextFieldMaster</type> can only be assigned once.
        </p>

        @example Create and insert a user field (with a
                <code>UserField</code>):

        <listing>
                // Create a fieldmaster for our newly created User Text field, and access it's
                // XPropertySet interface
                XPropertySet xMasterPropSet = (XPropertySet) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                                XPropertySet.class, mxDocFactory.createInstance(
                                                "com.sun.star.text.FieldMaster.User"));
                // Set the name and value of the FieldMaster
                xMasterPropSet.setPropertyValue ("Name", "UserEmperor");
                xMasterPropSet.setPropertyValue ("Value", new Integer(42));
                // Attach the field master to the user field
                xUserField.attachTextFieldMaster (xMasterPropSet);
                // Move the cursor to the end of the document
                mxDocCursor.gotoEnd(false);
                // insert a paragraph break using the XSimpleText interface
                mxDocText.insertControlCharacter(
                                mxDocCursor, ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK, false);
                // Insert the user field at the end of the document
                mxDocText.insertTextContent(mxDocText.getEnd(), xUserField, false);
                </listing>
     */
    void attachTextFieldMaster( [in] com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet xFieldMaster )
            raises( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @returns
                the previously attached <type>TextFieldMaster</type>
     */
    com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet getTextFieldMaster();

};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };


#endif

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