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#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XInputStreamProvider_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_io_XInputStreamProvider_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XInputStream_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/io/XInputStream.idl> 
#endif

//============================================================================= 
 
module com {  module sun {  module star {  module io {
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** Interface for providing an input stream.

	<p>Every time createInputStream() is called a new input stream 
	is returned, always pointing to the begin of the same data. All
	input streams returned by <member>createInputStream()</member>
	are completely independend from each other.</p>
*/
published interface XInputStreamProvider : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
	/** Creates a new input stream, every time providing 
		the same data.
		
		@return
				a new input stream
	*/
	com::sun::star::io::XInputStream createInputStream(); 
};
 
}; }; }; };

#endif 
