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/*
* Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
* Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
* Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
* Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
* hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
* the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE.
* See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
*/
package org.w3c.dom.ranges;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;
import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
/**
* <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification</a>.
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public interface Range {
/**
* Node within which the Range begins
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public Node getStartContainer()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Offset within the starting node of the Range.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public int getStartOffset()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Node within which the Range ends
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public Node getEndContainer()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Offset within the ending node of the Range.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public int getEndOffset()
throws DOMException;
/**
* TRUE if the Range is collapsed
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public boolean getCollapsed()
throws DOMException;
/**
* The deepest common ancestor container of the Range's two
* boundary-points.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public Node getCommonAncestorContainer()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Sets the attributes describing the start of the Range.
* @param refNodeThe <code>refNode</code> value. This parameter must be
* different from <code>null</code>.
* @param offsetThe <code>startOffset</code> value.
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if <code>refNode</code> or an ancestor
* of <code>refNode</code> is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType
* node.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if <code>offset</code> is negative or greater
* than the number of child units in <code>refNode</code>. Child units
* are 16-bit units if <code>refNode</code> is a type of CharacterData
* node (e.g., a Text or Comment node) or a ProcessingInstruction
* node. Child units are Nodes in all other cases.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public void setStart(Node refNode,
int offset)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Sets the attributes describing the end of a Range.
* @param refNodeThe <code>refNode</code> value. This parameter must be
* different from <code>null</code>.
* @param offsetThe <code>endOffset</code> value.
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if <code>refNode</code> or an ancestor
* of <code>refNode</code> is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType
* node.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if <code>offset</code> is negative or greater
* than the number of child units in <code>refNode</code>. Child units
* are 16-bit units if <code>refNode</code> is a type of CharacterData
* node (e.g., a Text or Comment node) or a ProcessingInstruction
* node. Child units are Nodes in all other cases.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public void setEnd(Node refNode,
int offset)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Sets the start position to be before a node
* @param refNodeRange starts before <code>refNode</code>
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the root container of
* <code>refNode</code> is not an Attr, Document, or DocumentFragment
* node or if <code>refNode</code> is a Document, DocumentFragment,
* Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void setStartBefore(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Sets the start position to be after a node
* @param refNodeRange starts after <code>refNode</code>
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the root container of
* <code>refNode</code> is not an Attr, Document, or DocumentFragment
* node or if <code>refNode</code> is a Document, DocumentFragment,
* Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void setStartAfter(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Sets the end position to be before a node.
* @param refNodeRange ends before <code>refNode</code>
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the root container of
* <code>refNode</code> is not an Attr, Document, or DocumentFragment
* node or if <code>refNode</code> is a Document, DocumentFragment,
* Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void setEndBefore(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Sets the end of a Range to be after a node
* @param refNodeRange ends after <code>refNode</code>.
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the root container of
* <code>refNode</code> is not an Attr, Document or DocumentFragment
* node or if <code>refNode</code> is a Document, DocumentFragment,
* Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void setEndAfter(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Collapse a Range onto one of its boundary-points
* @param toStartIf TRUE, collapses the Range onto its start; if FALSE,
* collapses it onto its end.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void collapse(boolean toStart)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Select a node and its contents
* @param refNodeThe node to select.
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of <code>refNode</code>
* is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node or if
* <code>refNode</code> is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity,
* or Notation node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void selectNode(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
/**
* Select the contents within a node
* @param refNodeNode to select from
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if <code>refNode</code> or an ancestor
* of <code>refNode</code> is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void selectNodeContents(Node refNode)
throws RangeException, DOMException;
// CompareHow
/**
* Compare start boundary-point of <code>sourceRange</code> to start
* boundary-point of Range on which <code>compareBoundaryPoints</code>
* is invoked.
*/
public static final short START_TO_START = 0;
/**
* Compare start boundary-point of <code>sourceRange</code> to end
* boundary-point of Range on which <code>compareBoundaryPoints</code>
* is invoked.
*/
public static final short START_TO_END = 1;
/**
* Compare end boundary-point of <code>sourceRange</code> to end
* boundary-point of Range on which <code>compareBoundaryPoints</code>
* is invoked.
*/
public static final short END_TO_END = 2;
/**
* Compare end boundary-point of <code>sourceRange</code> to start
* boundary-point of Range on which <code>compareBoundaryPoints</code>
* is invoked.
*/
public static final short END_TO_START = 3;
/**
* Compare the boundary-points of two Ranges in a document.
* @param howA code representing the type of comparison, as defined above.
* @param sourceRangeThe <code>Range</code> on which this current
* <code>Range</code> is compared to.
* @return -1, 0 or 1 depending on whether the corresponding
* boundary-point of the Range is respectively before, equal to, or
* after the corresponding boundary-point of <code>sourceRange</code>.
* @exception DOMException
* WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if the two Ranges are not in the same
* Document or DocumentFragment.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public short compareBoundaryPoints(short how,
Range sourceRange)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Removes the contents of a Range from the containing document or
* document fragment without returning a reference to the removed
* content.
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if any portion of the content of
* the Range is read-only or any of the nodes that contain any of the
* content of the Range are read-only.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public void deleteContents()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Moves the contents of a Range from the containing document or document
* fragment to a new DocumentFragment.
* @return A DocumentFragment containing the extracted contents.
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if any portion of the content of
* the Range is read-only or any of the nodes which contain any of the
* content of the Range are read-only.
* <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if a DocumentType node would be
* extracted into the new DocumentFragment.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public DocumentFragment extractContents()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Duplicates the contents of a Range
* @return A DocumentFragment that contains content equivalent to this
* Range.
* @exception DOMException
* HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if a DocumentType node would be
* extracted into the new DocumentFragment.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
*/
public DocumentFragment cloneContents()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Inserts a node into the Document or DocumentFragment at the start of
* the Range. If the container is a Text node, this will be split at the
* start of the Range (as if the Text node's splitText method was
* performed at the insertion point) and the insertion will occur
* between the two resulting Text nodes. Adjacent Text nodes will not be
* automatically merged. If the node to be inserted is a
* DocumentFragment node, the children will be inserted rather than the
* DocumentFragment node itself.
* @param newNodeThe node to insert at the start of the Range
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if an ancestor container of the
* start of the Range is read-only.
* <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newNode</code> and the
* container of the start of the Range were not created from the same
* document.
* <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the container of the start of
* the Range is of a type that does not allow children of the type of
* <code>newNode</code> or if <code>newNode</code> is an ancestor of
* the container.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
* @exception RangeException
* INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if <code>newNode</code> is an Attr,
* Entity, Notation, or Document node.
*/
public void insertNode(Node newNode)
throws DOMException, RangeException;
/**
* Reparents the contents of the Range to the given node and inserts the
* node at the position of the start of the Range.
* @param newParentThe node to surround the contents with.
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if an ancestor container of
* either boundary-point of the Range is read-only.
* <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code> newParent</code> and the
* container of the start of the Range were not created from the same
* document.
* <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the container of the start of
* the Range is of a type that does not allow children of the type of
* <code>newParent</code> or if <code>newParent</code> is an ancestor
* of the container or if <code>node</code> would end up with a child
* node of a type not allowed by the type of <code>node</code>.
* <br>INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already
* been invoked on this object.
* @exception RangeException
* BAD_BOUNDARYPOINTS_ERR: Raised if the Range partially selects a
* non-text node.
* <br>INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if <code> node</code> is an Attr,
* Entity, DocumentType, Notation, Document, or DocumentFragment node.
*/
public void surroundContents(Node newParent)
throws DOMException, RangeException;
/**
* Produces a new Range whose boundary-points are equal to the
* boundary-points of the Range.
* @return The duplicated Range.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public Range cloneRange()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Returns the contents of a Range as a string. This string contains only
* the data characters, not any markup.
* @return The contents of the Range.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public String toString()
throws DOMException;
/**
* Called to indicate that the Range is no longer in use and that the
* implementation may relinquish any resources associated with this
* Range. Subsequent calls to any methods or attribute getters on this
* Range will result in a <code>DOMException</code> being thrown with an
* error code of <code>INVALID_STATE_ERR</code>.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if <code>detach()</code> has already been
* invoked on this object.
*/
public void detach()
throws DOMException;
}