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com :: sun :: star :: bridge ::

interface XBridgeSupplier2

Base Interface
com::sun::star::uno::XInterface

Description
defines the interface for creating bridges to other object models.

Because bridges sometimes can not be generated in an address space, the implementation needs to check the address space of the caller by comparing the process ID against its own. That ID is provided by the UNO runtime.

All objects, whether they are part of the UNO object model or not, are carried in an any . The representation of this object is heavily model-dependent and has to be specified in the following list:

UNO:
The any carries normal UNO types, which can be any base type, struct, sequence, enum or interface.
OLE:
The any carries an unsigned long (on 32-bit systems) or an unsigned hyper (on 64-bit systems), which is interpreted as a variant pointer. The any does not control the lifetime of the represented variant. That implies that the caller has the responsibility of freeing the OLE resources represented by the any value.
JAVA:
not specified yet.
CORBA:
not specified yet.

Any implementation can supply its own bridges to other object models by implementing this interface and returning the bridge when the method XBridgeSupplier2::createBridge() is called with itself as the first parameter.

See also
com::sun::star::bridge::OleBridgeSupplier2


Known Services which Export this Interface

com::sun::star::bridge::OleBridgeSupplier2 maps UNO types to COM types and vice versa.
com::sun::star::bridge::OleBridgeSupplier2 maps UNO types to COM types and vice versa.

Methods' Summary

createBridge creates a bridge to provide an object of one object model with another.

Methods' Details

createBridge
 
any
createBridge(
[ in ] any aModelDepObject,
[ in ] sequence< byte > aProcessId,
[ in ] short nSourceModelType,
[ in ] short nDestModelType )
raises ( com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

Description
creates a bridge to provide an object of one object model with another.

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