sources/org/apache/batik/dom/xbl/XBLManager.java

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package org.apache.batik.dom.xbl;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
 * An interface for classes that can manage XBL functionality for a
 * document's nodes.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cam%40mcc%2eid%2eau">Cameron McCormack</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface XBLManager {

    /**
     * Starts XBL processing on the document.
     */
    void startProcessing();

    /**
     * Stops XBL processing on the document.
     */
    void stopProcessing();

    /**
     * Returns whether XBL processing is currently enabled.
     */
    boolean isProcessing();

    /**
     * Get the parent of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    Node getXblParentNode(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the list of child nodes of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    NodeList getXblChildNodes(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the list of child nodes of a node in the fully flattened tree
     * that are within the same shadow scope.
     */
    NodeList getXblScopedChildNodes(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the first child node of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    Node getXblFirstChild(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the last child node of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    Node getXblLastChild(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the node which directly precedes a node in the xblParentNode's
     * xblChildNodes list.
     */
    Node getXblPreviousSibling(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the node which directly follows a node in thexblParentNode's
     * xblChildNodes list.
     */
    Node getXblNextSibling(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the first element child of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    Element getXblFirstElementChild(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the last element child of a node in the fully flattened tree.
     */
    Element getXblLastElementChild(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the first element that precedes the a node in the
     * xblParentNode's xblChildNodes list.
     */
    Element getXblPreviousElementSibling(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the first element that follows a node in the
     * xblParentNode's xblChildNodes list.
     */
    Element getXblNextElementSibling(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the bound element whose shadow tree a node resides in.
     */
    Element getXblBoundElement(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the shadow tree of a node.
     */
    Element getXblShadowTree(Node n);

    /**
     * Get the xbl:definition elements currently binding an element.
     */
    NodeList getXblDefinitions(Node n);
}