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#ifndef __com_sun_star_rdf_XLiteral_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_rdf_XLiteral_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_rdf_XURI_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/rdf/XURI.idl>
#endif


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

module com {   module sun {   module star {   module rdf {

//=============================================================================
/** represents a literal that may occur in a RDF graph.

    <p>
    RDF literals may come in three varieties:
    <ul>
    <li>just a string Value</li>
    <li>Value and Language</li>
    <li>typed literal: Value and Datatype (represented by an URI)</li>
    </ul>
    Note that there is no literal with both Language and Datatype.
    </p>

    @since OOo 3.0

    @see XRepository
 */
interface XLiteral : XNode
{
    /// the content of the literal
    [readonly, attribute] string Value;
    /// the language of the literal; may be the empty <atom>string</atom>
    [readonly, attribute] string Language;
    /// the data type of the literal; may be <NULL/>
    [readonly, attribute] XURI   Datatype;
    //FIXME: TODO: have not looked at handling all kinds of types, maybe just have an any attr here...
};

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

}; }; }; };

#endif
