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12
13 package org.w3c.dom;
14
15 /**
16  * The <code>Element</code> interface represents an element in an HTML or XML
17  * document. Elements may have attributes associated with them; since the
18  * <code>Element</code> interface inherits from <code>Node</code>, the
19  * generic <code>Node</code> interface attribute <code>attributes</code> may
20  * be used to retrieve the set of all attributes for an element. There are
21  * methods on the <code>Element</code> interface to retrieve either an
22  * <code>Attr</code> object by name or an attribute value by name. In XML,
23  * where an attribute value may contain entity references, an
24  * <code>Attr</code> object should be retrieved to examine the possibly
25  * fairly complex sub-tree representing the attribute value. On the other
26  * hand, in HTML, where all attributes have simple string values, methods to
27  * directly access an attribute value can safely be used as a convenience.
28  * <p ><b>Note:</b> In DOM Level 2, the method <code>normalize</code> is
29  * inherited from the <code>Node</code> interface where it was moved.
30  * <p>See also the <a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
31  */

32 public interface Element extends Node JavaDoc {
33     /**
34      * The name of the element. If <code>Node.localName</code> is different
35      * from <code>null</code>, this attribute is a qualified name. For
36      * example, in:
37      * <pre> &lt;elementExample id="demo"&gt; ...
38      * &lt;/elementExample&gt; , </pre>
39      * <code>tagName</code> has the value
40      * <code>"elementExample"</code>. Note that this is case-preserving in
41      * XML, as are all of the operations of the DOM. The HTML DOM returns
42      * the <code>tagName</code> of an HTML element in the canonical
43      * uppercase form, regardless of the case in the source HTML document.
44      */

45     public String JavaDoc getTagName();
46
47     /**
48      * Retrieves an attribute value by name.
49      * @param name The name of the attribute to retrieve.
50      * @return The <code>Attr</code> value as a string, or the empty string
51      * if that attribute does not have a specified or default value.
52      */

53     public String JavaDoc getAttribute(String JavaDoc name);
54
55     /**
56      * Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that name is already present
57      * in the element, its value is changed to be that of the value
58      * parameter. This value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is
59      * being set. So any markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an
60      * entity reference) is treated as literal text, and needs to be
61      * appropriately escaped by the implementation when it is written out.
62      * In order to assign an attribute value that contains entity
63      * references, the user must create an <code>Attr</code> node plus any
64      * <code>Text</code> and <code>EntityReference</code> nodes, build the
65      * appropriate subtree, and use <code>setAttributeNode</code> to assign
66      * it as the value of an attribute.
67      * <br>To set an attribute with a qualified name and namespace URI, use
68      * the <code>setAttributeNS</code> method.
69      * @param name The name of the attribute to create or alter.
70      * @param value Value to set in string form.
71      * @exception DOMException
72      * INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name is not an XML
73      * name according to the XML version in use specified in the
74      * <code>Document.xmlVersion</code> attribute.
75      * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
76      */

77     public void setAttribute(String JavaDoc name,
78                              String JavaDoc value)
79                              throws DOMException JavaDoc;
80
81     /**
82      * Removes an attribute by name. If a default value for the removed
83      * attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute immediately appears
84      * with the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI,
85      * local name, and prefix when applicable. The implementation may handle
86      * default values from other schemas similarly but applications should
87      * use <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> to guarantee this
88      * information is up-to-date.
89      * <br>If no attribute with this name is found, this method has no effect.
90      * <br>To remove an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the
91      * <code>removeAttributeNS</code> method.
92      * @param name The name of the attribute to remove.
93      * @exception DOMException
94      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
95      */

96     public void removeAttribute(String JavaDoc name)
97                                 throws DOMException JavaDoc;
98
99     /**
100      * Retrieves an attribute node by name.
101      * <br>To retrieve an attribute node by qualified name and namespace URI,
102      * use the <code>getAttributeNodeNS</code> method.
103      * @param name The name (<code>nodeName</code>) of the attribute to
104      * retrieve.
105      * @return The <code>Attr</code> node with the specified name (
106      * <code>nodeName</code>) or <code>null</code> if there is no such
107      * attribute.
108      */

109     public Attr JavaDoc getAttributeNode(String JavaDoc name);
110
111     /**
112      * Adds a new attribute node. If an attribute with that name (
113      * <code>nodeName</code>) is already present in the element, it is
114      * replaced by the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no
115      * effect.
116      * <br>To add a new attribute node with a qualified name and namespace
117      * URI, use the <code>setAttributeNodeNS</code> method.
118      * @param newAttr The <code>Attr</code> node to add to the attribute list.
119      * @return If the <code>newAttr</code> attribute replaces an existing
120      * attribute, the replaced <code>Attr</code> node is returned,
121      * otherwise <code>null</code> is returned.
122      * @exception DOMException
123      * WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newAttr</code> was created from a
124      * different document than the one that created the element.
125      * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
126      * <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>newAttr</code> is already an
127      * attribute of another <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must
128      * explicitly clone <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other
129      * elements.
130      */

131     public Attr JavaDoc setAttributeNode(Attr JavaDoc newAttr)
132                                  throws DOMException JavaDoc;
133
134     /**
135      * Removes the specified attribute node. If a default value for the
136      * removed <code>Attr</code> node is defined in the DTD, a new node
137      * immediately appears with the default value as well as the
138      * corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.
139      * The implementation may handle default values from other schemas
140      * similarly but applications should use
141      * <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> to guarantee this
142      * information is up-to-date.
143      * @param oldAttr The <code>Attr</code> node to remove from the attribute
144      * list.
145      * @return The <code>Attr</code> node that was removed.
146      * @exception DOMException
147      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
148      * <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if <code>oldAttr</code> is not an attribute
149      * of the element.
150      */

151     public Attr JavaDoc removeAttributeNode(Attr JavaDoc oldAttr)
152                                     throws DOMException JavaDoc;
153
154     /**
155      * Returns a <code>NodeList</code> of all descendant <code>Elements</code>
156      * with a given tag name, in document order.
157      * @param name The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*"
158      * matches all tags.
159      * @return A list of matching <code>Element</code> nodes.
160      */

161     public NodeList JavaDoc getElementsByTagName(String JavaDoc name);
162
163     /**
164      * Retrieves an attribute value by local name and namespace URI.
165      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
166      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
167      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
168      * no namespace.
169      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve.
170      * @param localName The local name of the attribute to retrieve.
171      * @return The <code>Attr</code> value as a string, or the empty string
172      * if that attribute does not have a specified or default value.
173      * @exception DOMException
174      * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
175      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
176      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
177      * @since DOM Level 2
178      */

179     public String JavaDoc getAttributeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
180                                  String JavaDoc localName)
181                                  throws DOMException JavaDoc;
182
183     /**
184      * Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with the same local name and
185      * namespace URI is already present on the element, its prefix is
186      * changed to be the prefix part of the <code>qualifiedName</code>, and
187      * its value is changed to be the <code>value</code> parameter. This
188      * value is a simple string; it is not parsed as it is being set. So any
189      * markup (such as syntax to be recognized as an entity reference) is
190      * treated as literal text, and needs to be appropriately escaped by the
191      * implementation when it is written out. In order to assign an
192      * attribute value that contains entity references, the user must create
193      * an <code>Attr</code> node plus any <code>Text</code> and
194      * <code>EntityReference</code> nodes, build the appropriate subtree,
195      * and use <code>setAttributeNodeNS</code> or
196      * <code>setAttributeNode</code> to assign it as the value of an
197      * attribute.
198      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
199      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
200      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
201      * no namespace.
202      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to create or
203      * alter.
204      * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the attribute to create or
205      * alter.
206      * @param value The value to set in string form.
207      * @exception DOMException
208      * INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name is not
209      * an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the
210      * <code>Document.xmlVersion</code> attribute.
211      * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
212      * <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the <code>qualifiedName</code> is
213      * malformed per the Namespaces in XML specification, if the
214      * <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix and the
215      * <code>namespaceURI</code> is <code>null</code>, if the
216      * <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix that is "xml" and the
217      * <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from "<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace'>
218      * http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>", if the <code>qualifiedName</code> or its prefix is "xmlns" and the
219      * <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from "<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/'>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/</a>", or if the <code>namespaceURI</code> is "<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/'>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/</a>" and neither the <code>qualifiedName</code> nor its prefix is "xmlns".
220      * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
221      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
222      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
223      * @since DOM Level 2
224      */

225     public void setAttributeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
226                                String JavaDoc qualifiedName,
227                                String JavaDoc value)
228                                throws DOMException JavaDoc;
229
230     /**
231      * Removes an attribute by local name and namespace URI. If a default
232      * value for the removed attribute is defined in the DTD, a new
233      * attribute immediately appears with the default value as well as the
234      * corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.
235      * The implementation may handle default values from other schemas
236      * similarly but applications should use
237      * <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> to guarantee this
238      * information is up-to-date.
239      * <br>If no attribute with this local name and namespace URI is found,
240      * this method has no effect.
241      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
242      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
243      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
244      * no namespace.
245      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to remove.
246      * @param localName The local name of the attribute to remove.
247      * @exception DOMException
248      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
249      * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
250      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
251      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
252      * @since DOM Level 2
253      */

254     public void removeAttributeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
255                                   String JavaDoc localName)
256                                   throws DOMException JavaDoc;
257
258     /**
259      * Retrieves an <code>Attr</code> node by local name and namespace URI.
260      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
261      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
262      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
263      * no namespace.
264      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve.
265      * @param localName The local name of the attribute to retrieve.
266      * @return The <code>Attr</code> node with the specified attribute local
267      * name and namespace URI or <code>null</code> if there is no such
268      * attribute.
269      * @exception DOMException
270      * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
271      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
272      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
273      * @since DOM Level 2
274      */

275     public Attr JavaDoc getAttributeNodeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
276                                    String JavaDoc localName)
277                                    throws DOMException JavaDoc;
278
279     /**
280      * Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that local name and that
281      * namespace URI is already present in the element, it is replaced by
282      * the new one. Replacing an attribute node by itself has no effect.
283      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
284      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
285      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
286      * no namespace.
287      * @param newAttr The <code>Attr</code> node to add to the attribute list.
288      * @return If the <code>newAttr</code> attribute replaces an existing
289      * attribute with the same local name and namespace URI, the replaced
290      * <code>Attr</code> node is returned, otherwise <code>null</code> is
291      * returned.
292      * @exception DOMException
293      * WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newAttr</code> was created from a
294      * different document than the one that created the element.
295      * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
296      * <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>newAttr</code> is already an
297      * attribute of another <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must
298      * explicitly clone <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other
299      * elements.
300      * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
301      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
302      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
303      * @since DOM Level 2
304      */

305     public Attr JavaDoc setAttributeNodeNS(Attr JavaDoc newAttr)
306                                    throws DOMException JavaDoc;
307
308     /**
309      * Returns a <code>NodeList</code> of all the descendant
310      * <code>Elements</code> with a given local name and namespace URI in
311      * document order.
312      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the elements to match on. The
313      * special value "*" matches all namespaces.
314      * @param localName The local name of the elements to match on. The
315      * special value "*" matches all local names.
316      * @return A new <code>NodeList</code> object containing all the matched
317      * <code>Elements</code>.
318      * @exception DOMException
319      * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
320      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
321      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
322      * @since DOM Level 2
323      */

324     public NodeList JavaDoc getElementsByTagNameNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
325                                            String JavaDoc localName)
326                                            throws DOMException JavaDoc;
327
328     /**
329      * Returns <code>true</code> when an attribute with a given name is
330      * specified on this element or has a default value, <code>false</code>
331      * otherwise.
332      * @param name The name of the attribute to look for.
333      * @return <code>true</code> if an attribute with the given name is
334      * specified on this element or has a default value, <code>false</code>
335      * otherwise.
336      * @since DOM Level 2
337      */

338     public boolean hasAttribute(String JavaDoc name);
339
340     /**
341      * Returns <code>true</code> when an attribute with a given local name and
342      * namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value,
343      * <code>false</code> otherwise.
344      * <br>Per [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
345      * , applications must use the value <code>null</code> as the
346      * <code>namespaceURI</code> parameter for methods if they wish to have
347      * no namespace.
348      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to look for.
349      * @param localName The local name of the attribute to look for.
350      * @return <code>true</code> if an attribute with the given local name
351      * and namespace URI is specified or has a default value on this
352      * element, <code>false</code> otherwise.
353      * @exception DOMException
354      * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
355      * support the feature <code>"XML"</code> and the language exposed
356      * through the Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a HREF='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
357      * @since DOM Level 2
358      */

359     public boolean hasAttributeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
360                                   String JavaDoc localName)
361                                   throws DOMException JavaDoc;
362
363     /**
364      * The type information associated with this element.
365      * @since DOM Level 3
366      */

367     public TypeInfo JavaDoc getSchemaTypeInfo();
368
369     /**
370      * If the parameter <code>isId</code> is <code>true</code>, this method
371      * declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute
372      * . This affects the value of <code>Attr.isId</code> and the behavior
373      * of <code>Document.getElementById</code>, but does not change any
374      * schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the
375      * <code>Attr.schemaTypeInfo</code> of the specified <code>Attr</code>
376      * node. Use the value <code>false</code> for the parameter
377      * <code>isId</code> to undeclare an attribute for being a
378      * user-determined ID attribute.
379      * <br> To specify an attribute by local name and namespace URI, use the
380      * <code>setIdAttributeNS</code> method.
381      * @param name The name of the attribute.
382      * @param isId Whether the attribute is a of type ID.
383      * @exception DOMException
384      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
385      * <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute
386      * of this element.
387      * @since DOM Level 3
388      */

389     public void setIdAttribute(String JavaDoc name,
390                                boolean isId)
391                                throws DOMException JavaDoc;
392
393     /**
394      * If the parameter <code>isId</code> is <code>true</code>, this method
395      * declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute
396      * . This affects the value of <code>Attr.isId</code> and the behavior
397      * of <code>Document.getElementById</code>, but does not change any
398      * schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the
399      * <code>Attr.schemaTypeInfo</code> of the specified <code>Attr</code>
400      * node. Use the value <code>false</code> for the parameter
401      * <code>isId</code> to undeclare an attribute for being a
402      * user-determined ID attribute.
403      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute.
404      * @param localName The local name of the attribute.
405      * @param isId Whether the attribute is a of type ID.
406      * @exception DOMException
407      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
408      * <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute
409      * of this element.
410      * @since DOM Level 3
411      */

412     public void setIdAttributeNS(String JavaDoc namespaceURI,
413                                  String JavaDoc localName,
414                                  boolean isId)
415                                  throws DOMException JavaDoc;
416
417     /**
418      * If the parameter <code>isId</code> is <code>true</code>, this method
419      * declares the specified attribute to be a user-determined ID attribute
420      * . This affects the value of <code>Attr.isId</code> and the behavior
421      * of <code>Document.getElementById</code>, but does not change any
422      * schema that may be in use, in particular this does not affect the
423      * <code>Attr.schemaTypeInfo</code> of the specified <code>Attr</code>
424      * node. Use the value <code>false</code> for the parameter
425      * <code>isId</code> to undeclare an attribute for being a
426      * user-determined ID attribute.
427      * @param idAttr The attribute node.
428      * @param isId Whether the attribute is a of type ID.
429      * @exception DOMException
430      * NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
431      * <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if the specified node is not an attribute
432      * of this element.
433      * @since DOM Level 3
434      */

435     public void setIdAttributeNode(Attr JavaDoc idAttr,
436                                    boolean isId)
437                                    throws DOMException JavaDoc;
438
439 }
440
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