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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;
/**
* The <code>Document</code> interface represents the entire HTML or XML
* document. Conceptually, it is the root of the document tree, and provides
* the primary access to the document's data.
* <p> Since elements, text nodes, comments, processing instructions, etc.
* cannot exist outside the context of a <code>Document</code> , the
* <code>Document</code> interface also contains the factory methods needed
* to create these objects. The <code>Node</code> objects created have a
* <code>ownerDocument</code> attribute which associates them with the
* <code>Document</code> within whose context they were created.
*/
public interface Document extends Node {
/**
* The Document Type Declaration (see <code>DocumentType</code> )
* associated with this document. For HTML documents as well as XML
* documents without a document type declaration this returns
* <code>null</code> . The DOM Level 2 does not support editing the
* Document Type Declaration, therefore <code>docType</code> cannot be
* altered in any way, including through the use of methods, such as
* <code>insertNode</code> or <code>removeNode</code> , inherited from
* <code>Node</code> .
*/
public DocumentType getDoctype();
/**
* The <code>DOMImplementation</code> object that handles this document.
* A DOM application may use objects from multiple implementations.
*/
public DOMImplementation getImplementation();
/**
* This is a convenience attribute that allows direct access to the child
* node that is the root element of the document. For HTML documents,
* this is the element with the tagName "HTML".
*/
public Element getDocumentElement();
/**
* Creates an element of the type specified. Note that the instance
* returned implements the <code>Element</code> interface, so attributes
* can be specified directly on the returned object.
* <br> In addition, if there are known attributes with default values,
* <code>Attr</code> nodes representing them are automatically created and
* attached to the element.
* <br> To create an element with a qualified name and namespace URI, use
* the <code>createElementNS</code> method.
* @param tagName The name of the element type to instantiate. For XML,
* this is case-sensitive. For HTML, the <code>tagName</code>
* parameter may be provided in any case, but it must be mapped to the
* canonical uppercase form by the DOM implementation.
* @return A new <code>Element</code> object with the
* <code>nodeName</code> attribute set to <code>tagName</code> , and
* <code>localName</code> , <code>prefix</code> , and
* <code>namespaceURI</code> set to <code>null</code> .
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name contains an
* illegal character.
*/
public Element createElement(String tagName)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates an empty <code>DocumentFragment</code> object.
* @return A new <code>DocumentFragment</code> .
*/
public DocumentFragment createDocumentFragment();
/**
* Creates a <code>Text</code> node given the specified string.
* @param data The data for the node.
* @return The new <code>Text</code> object.
*/
public Text createTextNode(String data);
/**
* Creates a <code>Comment</code> node given the specified string.
* @param data The data for the node.
* @return The new <code>Comment</code> object.
*/
public Comment createComment(String data);
/**
* Creates a <code>CDATASection</code> node whose value is the specified
* string.
* @param data The data for the <code>CDATASection</code> contents.
* @return The new <code>CDATASection</code> object.
* @exception DOMException
* NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
*/
public CDATASection createCDATASection(String data)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates a <code>ProcessingInstruction</code> node given the specified
* name and data strings.
* @param target The target part of the processing instruction.
* @param data The data for the node.
* @return The new <code>ProcessingInstruction</code> object.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified target contains an
* illegal character.
* <br> NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
*/
public ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(String target,
String data)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates an <code>Attr</code> of the given name. Note that the
* <code>Attr</code> instance can then be set on an <code>Element</code>
* using the <code>setAttribute</code> method.
* <br> To create an attribute with a qualified name and namespace URI, use
* the <code>createAttributeNS</code> method.
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @return A new <code>Attr</code> object with the <code>nodeName</code>
* attribute set to <code>name</code> , and <code>localName</code> ,
* <code>prefix</code> , and <code>namespaceURI</code> set to
* <code>null</code> .
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name contains an
* illegal character.
*/
public Attr createAttribute(String name)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates an <code>EntityReference</code> object. In addition, if the
* referenced entity is known, the child list of the
* <code>EntityReference</code> node is made the same as that of the
* corresponding <code>Entity</code> node. If any descendant of the
* <code>Entity</code> node has an unbound namespace prefix , the
* corresponding descendant of the created <code>EntityReference</code>
* node is also unbound; (its <code>namespaceURI</code> is
* <code>null</code> ). The DOM Level 2 does not support any mechanism to
* resolve namespace prefixes.
* @param name The name of the entity to reference.
* @return The new <code>EntityReference</code> object.
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name contains an
* illegal character.
* <br> NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
*/
public EntityReference createEntityReference(String name)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Returns a <code>NodeList</code> of all the <code>Elements</code> with
* a given tag name in the order in which they would be encountered in a
* preorder traversal of the <code>Document</code> tree.
* @param tagname The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*"
* matches all tags.
* @return A new <code>NodeList</code> object containing all the matched
* <code>Elements</code> .
*/
public NodeList getElementsByTagName(String tagname);
/**
* Imports a node from another document to this document. The returned
* node has no parent; (<code>parentNode</code> is <code>null</code> ).
* The source node is not altered or removed from the original document;
* this method creates a new copy of the source node.
* <br> For all nodes, importing a node creates a node object owned by the
* importing document, with attribute values identical to the source
* node's <code>nodeName</code> and <code>nodeType</code> , plus the
* attributes related to namespaces (<code>prefix</code> ,
* <code>localName</code> , and <code>namespaceURI</code> ). As in the
* <code>cloneNode</code> operation on a <code>Node</code> , the source
* node is not altered.
* <br> Additional information is copied as appropriate to the
* <code>nodeType</code> , attempting to mirror the behavior expected if a
* fragment of XML or HTML source was copied from one document to
* another, recognizing that the two documents may have different DTDs in
* the XML case. The following list describes the specifics for every
* type of node.
* <dl>
* <dt> ELEMENT_NODE</dt>
* <dd> Specified attribute nodes of the source
* element are imported, and the generated <code>Attr</code> nodes are
* attached to the generated <code>Element</code> . Default attributes
* are not copied, though if the document being imported into defines
* default attributes for this element name, those are assigned. If the
* <code>importNode</code> <code>deep</code> parameter was set to
* <code>true</code> , the descendants of the source element will be
* recursively imported and the resulting nodes reassembled to form the
* corresponding subtree.</dd>
* <dt> ATTRIBUTE_NODE</dt>
* <dd> The <code>specified</code> flag
* is set to <code>true</code> on the generated <code>Attr</code> . The
* descendants of the source <code>Attr</code> are recursively imported
* and the resulting nodes reassembled to form the corresponding subtree.
* Note that the <code>deep</code> parameter does not apply to
* <code>Attr</code> nodes; they always carry their children with them
* when imported.</dd>
* <dt> TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE</dt>
* <dd> These three
* types of nodes inheriting from <code>CharacterData</code> copy their
* <code>data</code> and <code>length</code> attributes from those of the
* source node.</dd>
* <dt> ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE</dt>
* <dd> Only the
* <code>EntityReference</code> itself is copied, even if a
* <code>deep</code> import is requested, since the source and
* destination documents might have defined the entity differently. If
* the document being imported into provides a definition for this entity
* name, its value is assigned.</dd>
* <dt> ENTITY_NODE</dt>
* <dd><code>Entity</code> nodes can
* be imported, however in the current release of the DOM the
* <code>DocumentType</code> is readonly. Ability to add these imported
* nodes to a <code>DocumentType</code> will be considered for addition
* to a future release of the DOM. On import, the <code>publicId</code> ,
* <code>systemId</code> , and <code>notationName</code> attributes are
* copied. If a <code>deep</code> import is requested, the descendants of
* the the source <code>Entity</code> is recursively imported and the
* resulting nodes reassembled to form the corresponding subtree.</dd>
* <dt>
* PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE</dt>
* <dd> The imported node copies its
* <code>target</code> and <code>data</code> values from those of the
* source node.</dd>
* <dt> DOCUMENT_NODE</dt>
* <dd><code>Document</code> nodes cannot be
* imported.</dd>
* <dt> DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE</dt>
* <dd><code>DocumentType</code> nodes cannot be
* imported.</dd>
* <dt> DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE</dt>
* <dd> If the <code>deep</code> option was
* set <code>true</code> , the descendants of the source element will be
* recursively imported and the resulting nodes reassembled to form the
* corresponding subtree. Otherwise, this simply generates an empty
* <code>DocumentFragment</code> .</dd>
* <dt> NOTATION_NODE</dt>
* <dd><code>Notation</code>
* nodes can be imported, however in the current release of the DOM the
* <code>DocumentType</code> is readonly. Ability to add these imported
* nodes to a <code>DocumentType</code> will be considered for addition
* to a future release of the DOM. On import, the <code>publicId</code>
* and <code>systemId</code> attributes are copied. Note that the
* <code>deep</code> parameter does not apply to <code>Notation</code>
* nodes since they never have any children.</dd>
* </dl>
* @param importedNode The node to import.
* @param deep If <code>true</code> , recursively import the subtree
* under the specified node; if <code>false</code> , import only the
* node itself, as explained above. This does not apply to
* <code>Attr</code> , <code>EntityReference</code> , and
* <code>Notation</code> nodes.
* @return The imported node that belongs to this <code>Document</code> .
* @exception DOMException
* NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the type of node being imported is not
* supported.
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public Node importNode(Node importedNode,
boolean deep)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates an element of the given qualified name and namespace URI.
* HTML-only DOM implementations do not need to implement this method.
* @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the element to create.
* @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the element type to
* instantiate.
* @return A new <code>Element</code> object with the following
* attributes: Attribute Value<code>Node.nodeName</code>
* <code>qualifiedName</code><code>Node.namespaceURI</code>
* <code>namespaceURI</code><code>Node.prefix</code> prefix, extracted
* from <code>qualifiedName</code> , or <code>null</code> if there is no
* prefix<code>Node.localName</code> local name , extracted from
* <code>qualifiedName</code><code>Element.tagName</code>
* <code>qualifiedName</code>
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name
* contains an illegal character.
* <br> NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the <code>qualifiedName</code> is
* malformed, if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix and the
* <code>namespaceURI</code> is <code>null</code> or an empty string,
* or if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix that is "xml" and
* the <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from
* "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" .
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public Element createElementNS(String namespaceURI,
String qualifiedName)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Creates an attribute of the given qualified name and namespace URI.
* HTML-only DOM implementations do not need to implement this method.
* @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to create.
* @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the attribute to
* instantiate.
* @return A new <code>Attr</code> object with the following attributes:
* Attribute Value<code>Node.nodeName</code> qualifiedName
* <code>Node.namespaceURI</code><code>namespaceURI</code>
* <code>Node.prefix</code> prefix, extracted from
* <code>qualifiedName</code> , or <code>null</code> if there is no
* prefix<code>Node.localName</code> local name , extracted from
* <code>qualifiedName</code><code>Attr.name</code>
* <code>qualifiedName</code>
* @exception DOMException
* INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name
* contains an illegal character.
* <br> NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the <code>qualifiedName</code> is
* malformed, if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix and the
* <code>namespaceURI</code> is <code>null</code> or an empty string,
* if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix that is "xml" and the
* <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from
* "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace", if the
* <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix that is "xmlns" and the
* <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from
* "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/", or if the <code>qualifiedName</code>
* is "xmlns" and the <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from
* "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/".
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public Attr createAttributeNS(String namespaceURI,
String qualifiedName)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Returns a <code>NodeList</code> of all the <code>Elements</code> with
* a given local name and namespace URI in the order in which they would
* be encountered in a preorder traversal of the <code>Document</code>
* tree.
* @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the elements to match on.
* The special value "*" matches all namespaces.
* @param localName The local name of the elements to match on. The
* special value "*" matches all local names.
* @return A new <code>NodeList</code> object containing all the matched
* <code>Elements</code> .
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespaceURI,
String localName);
/**
* Returns the <code>Element</code> whose <code>ID</code> is given by
* <code>elementId</code> . If no such element exists, returns
* <code>null</code> . Behavior is not defined if more than one element
* has this <code>ID</code> . The DOM implementation must have
* information that says which attributes are of type ID. Attributes with
* the name "ID" are not of type ID unless so defined. Implementations
* that do not know whether attributes are of type ID or not are expected
* to return <code>null</code> .
* @param elementId The unique <code>id</code> value for an element.
* @return The matching element.
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public Element getElementById(String elementId);
}