jna-master/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/COM/IMoniker.java
/* Copyright (c) 2014 Dr David H. Akehurst (itemis), All Rights Reserved
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package com.sun.jna.platform.win32.COM;

import com.sun.jna.Pointer;


/**
 * Enables you to use a moniker object, which contains information that uniquely
 * identifies a COM object.
 *
 * (Unimplemented, placeholder only at present)
 *
 * @see <a
 *      href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms679705%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">MSDN</a>
 *
 */
public interface IMoniker extends IPersistStream {

    /**
     * Binds to the specified object. The binding process involves finding the
     * object, putting it into the running state if necessary, and providing the
     * caller with a pointer to a specified interface on the identified object.
     *
     * {@code
     *   HRESULT BindToObject(
     *     [in]   IBindCtx *pbc,
     *     [in]   IMoniker *pmkToLeft,
     *     [in]   REFIID riidResult,
     *     [out]  void **ppvResult
     *   );
     * }
     *
     * @see <a
     *      href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms691433%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">MSDN</a>
     */
    void BindToObject();

    void BindToStorage();

    void Reduce();

    void ComposeWith();

    void Enum();

    void IsEqual();

    void Hash();

    void IsRunning();

    void GetTimeOfLastChange();

    void Inverse();

    void CommonPrefixWith();

    /**
     * Retrieves the display name for the moniker.
     *
     * {@code
     *   HRESULT GetDisplayName(
     *     [in]   IBindCtx *pbc,
     *     [in]   IMoniker *pmkToLeft,
     *     [out]  LPOLESTR *ppszDisplayName
     *   );
     * }
         *
     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680754%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">MSDN</a>
     */
    String GetDisplayName(Pointer bindContext, Pointer pmkToLeft);

    void ParseDisplayName();

    void IsSystemMoniker();

    void RelativePathTo();
}
