Index: offapi/com/sun/star/util/XNumberFormats.idl
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--- offapi/com/sun/star/util/XNumberFormats.idl	(revision 1564251)
+++ offapi/com/sun/star/util/XNumberFormats.idl	(working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 //============================================================================= 
  
 /** provides access to multiple <type>NumberFormat</type>s.
+
+    The number formats are managed by their unique key in the document.
  */
 published interface XNumberFormats: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
 { 
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@
 	 
 	/** @returns  
 					a readonly <type>NumberFormatProperties</type>.
+		
+		@param nKey
+			the key for the format
 	 */
 	com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet getByKey( [in] long nKey ); 
  
@@ -66,8 +71,8 @@
 						the type of number formats to return. Must be one of the 
 						<type>NumberFormat</type> constants. 
 		 
-				@param	nLanguage 
-						the language of number formats to return. 
+				@param	nLocale 
+						the locale of number formats to return. 
 		 
 				@param	bCreate 
 						<TRUE/>: create new entries if no formats for the selected language exist<BR> 
@@ -80,6 +85,18 @@
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 	 
 	/** finds a number format by its format string and returns its key.
+	
+		@returns
+			the key for the format if found, otherwise -1.
+		
+		@param aFormat
+			the string representation of the number format
+		
+		@param nLocale
+			the locale for number formats to find
+		
+		@param bScan
+			reserved for future use and should be set to false
 	 */
 	long queryKey( [in] string aFormat, 
 			 [in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale nLocale, 
@@ -88,6 +105,18 @@
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 	 
 	/** adds a new number format to the list, using a format string.
+	
+		@returns
+			the key for new number format
+		
+		@param aFormat
+			the string representation of the number format
+		
+		@param nLocale
+			the locale for the number format
+		
+		@throws com::sun::star::util::MalformedNumberFormatException
+			if incorrect number format is specified
 	 */
 	long addNew( [in] string aFormat, 
 			 [in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale nLocale ) 
@@ -98,6 +127,21 @@
 	/** adds a new number format to the list, using a format 
 		string in a different locale than the desired locale of the 
 		resulting number format.
+		
+		@returns
+			the key for added number format
+		
+		@param aFormat
+			the key for the number format
+		
+		@param nLocale
+			the original locale for the number format
+		
+		@param nNewLocale
+			the new locale for the number format to be converted
+		
+		@throws com::sun::star::util::MalformedNumberFormatException
+			if incorrect number format is specified
 	 */
 	long addNewConverted( [in] string aFormat, 
 			 [in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale nLocale, 
@@ -107,6 +151,9 @@
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 	 
 	/** removes a number format from the list.
+	
+		@param nKey
+			the key for the numberformat
 	 */
 	void removeByKey( [in] long nKey ); 
  
@@ -114,6 +161,27 @@
 	 
 	/** generates a format string from several parameters without
 		creating an actual number format.
+	
+		@returns
+			the string representation for the number format
+		
+		@param nBaseKey
+			the key for the number format to be used as base format
+		
+		@param nLocale
+			the locale for the number format
+		
+		@param bThousands
+			the thousands separator is shown or not
+		
+		@param bRed
+			show negative number in red colored if <TRUE/>
+		
+		@param nDecimals
+			how many digits are shown after the decimal point
+		
+		@param nLeading
+			how many number of leading zeros are shown
 	 */
 	string generateFormat( [in] long nBaseKey, 
 			 [in] com::sun::star::lang::Locale nLocale,