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package org.w3c.dom.html;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;

/**

 *  The <code>THEAD</code> , <code>TFOOT</code> , and <code>TBODY</code>

 * elements.

 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-DOM-Level-2-20000510'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification</a>.

 */

public interface HTMLTableSectionElement extends HTMLElement {

    /**

     *  Horizontal alignment of data in cells. See the <code>align</code>

     * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.

     */

    public String getAlign();

    public void setAlign(String align);

    /**

     *  Alignment character for cells in a column. See the  char attribute

     * definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public String getCh();

    public void setCh(String ch);

    /**

     *  Offset of alignment character. See the  charoff attribute definition

     * in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public String getChOff();

    public void setChOff(String chOff);

    /**

     *  Vertical alignment of data in cells. See the <code>valign</code>

     * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.

     */

    public String getVAlign();

    public void setVAlign(String vAlign);

    /**

     *  The collection of rows in this table section.

     */

    public HTMLCollection getRows();

    /**

     *  Insert a row into this section. The new row is inserted immediately

     * before the current <code>index</code> th row in this section. If

     * <code>index</code> is equal to the number of rows in this section, the

     * new row is appended.

     * @param index  The row number where to insert a new row. This index

     *   starts from 0 and is relative only to the rows contained inside this

     *   section, not all the rows in the table.

     * @return  The newly created row.

     * @exception DOMException

     *    INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than the

     *   number of rows of if the index is neagative.

     */

    public HTMLElement insertRow(int index)

                                 throws DOMException;

    /**

     *  Delete a row from this section.

     * @param index  The index of the row to be deleted. This index starts

     *   from 0 and is relative only to the rows contained inside this

     *   section, not all the rows in the table.

     * @exception DOMException

     *    INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than or

     *   equal to the number of rows or if the index is negative.

     */

    public void deleteRow(int index)

                          throws DOMException;

}