jaxp/src/org/w3c/dom/DOMImplementation.java
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    41 
       
    42 package org.w3c.dom;
       
    43 
       
    44 /**
       
    45  * The <code>DOMImplementation</code> interface provides a number of methods
       
    46  * for performing operations that are independent of any particular instance
       
    47  * of the document object model.
       
    48  * <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>.
       
    49  */
       
    50 public interface DOMImplementation {
       
    51     /**
       
    52      * Test if the DOM implementation implements a specific feature and
       
    53      * version, as specified in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#DOMFeatures">DOM Features</a>.
       
    54      * @param feature  The name of the feature to test.
       
    55      * @param version  This is the version number of the feature to test.
       
    56      * @return <code>true</code> if the feature is implemented in the
       
    57      *   specified version, <code>false</code> otherwise.
       
    58      */
       
    59     public boolean hasFeature(String feature,
       
    60                               String version);
       
    61 
       
    62     /**
       
    63      * Creates an empty <code>DocumentType</code> node. Entity declarations
       
    64      * and notations are not made available. Entity reference expansions and
       
    65      * default attribute additions do not occur..
       
    66      * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the document type to be
       
    67      *   created.
       
    68      * @param publicId The external subset public identifier.
       
    69      * @param systemId The external subset system identifier.
       
    70      * @return A new <code>DocumentType</code> node with
       
    71      *   <code>Node.ownerDocument</code> set to <code>null</code>.
       
    72      * @exception DOMException
       
    73      *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name is not
       
    74      *   an XML name according to [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>].
       
    75      *   <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the <code>qualifiedName</code> is
       
    76      *   malformed.
       
    77      *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
       
    78      *   support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the
       
    79      *   Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
       
    80      * @since DOM Level 2
       
    81      */
       
    82     public DocumentType createDocumentType(String qualifiedName,
       
    83                                            String publicId,
       
    84                                            String systemId)
       
    85                                            throws DOMException;
       
    86 
       
    87     /**
       
    88      * Creates a DOM Document object of the specified type with its document
       
    89      * element.
       
    90      * <br>Note that based on the <code>DocumentType</code> given to create
       
    91      * the document, the implementation may instantiate specialized
       
    92      * <code>Document</code> objects that support additional features than
       
    93      * the "Core", such as "HTML" [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>DOM Level 2 HTML</a>]
       
    94      * . On the other hand, setting the <code>DocumentType</code> after the
       
    95      * document was created makes this very unlikely to happen.
       
    96      * Alternatively, specialized <code>Document</code> creation methods,
       
    97      * such as <code>createHTMLDocument</code> [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>DOM Level 2 HTML</a>]
       
    98      * , can be used to obtain specific types of <code>Document</code>
       
    99      * objects.
       
   100      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the document element to
       
   101      *   create or <code>null</code>.
       
   102      * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the document element to be
       
   103      *   created or <code>null</code>.
       
   104      * @param doctype The type of document to be created or <code>null</code>.
       
   105      *   When <code>doctype</code> is not <code>null</code>, its
       
   106      *   <code>Node.ownerDocument</code> attribute is set to the document
       
   107      *   being created.
       
   108      * @return A new <code>Document</code> object with its document element.
       
   109      *   If the <code>NamespaceURI</code>, <code>qualifiedName</code>, and
       
   110      *   <code>doctype</code> are <code>null</code>, the returned
       
   111      *   <code>Document</code> is empty with no document element.
       
   112      * @exception DOMException
       
   113      *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified qualified name is not
       
   114      *   an XML name according to [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>].
       
   115      *   <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the <code>qualifiedName</code> is
       
   116      *   malformed, if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix and the
       
   117      *   <code>namespaceURI</code> is <code>null</code>, or if the
       
   118      *   <code>qualifiedName</code> is <code>null</code> and the
       
   119      *   <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from <code>null</code>, or
       
   120      *   if the <code>qualifiedName</code> has a prefix that is "xml" and
       
   121      *   the <code>namespaceURI</code> is different from "<a href='http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace'>
       
   122      *   http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>" [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
       
   123      *   , or if the DOM implementation does not support the
       
   124      *   <code>"XML"</code> feature but a non-null namespace URI was
       
   125      *   provided, since namespaces were defined by XML.
       
   126      *   <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>doctype</code> has already
       
   127      *   been used with a different document or was created from a different
       
   128      *   implementation.
       
   129      *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
       
   130      *   support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the
       
   131      *   Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
       
   132      * @since DOM Level 2
       
   133      */
       
   134     public Document createDocument(String namespaceURI,
       
   135                                    String qualifiedName,
       
   136                                    DocumentType doctype)
       
   137                                    throws DOMException;
       
   138 
       
   139     /**
       
   140      *  This method returns a specialized object which implements the
       
   141      * specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, as specified
       
   142      * in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#DOMFeatures">DOM Features</a>. The specialized object may also be obtained by using
       
   143      * binding-specific casting methods but is not necessarily expected to,
       
   144      * as discussed in . This method also allow the implementation to
       
   145      * provide specialized objects which do not support the
       
   146      * <code>DOMImplementation</code> interface.
       
   147      * @param feature  The name of the feature requested. Note that any plus
       
   148      *   sign "+" prepended to the name of the feature will be ignored since
       
   149      *   it is not significant in the context of this method.
       
   150      * @param version  This is the version number of the feature to test.
       
   151      * @return  Returns an object which implements the specialized APIs of
       
   152      *   the specified feature and version, if any, or <code>null</code> if
       
   153      *   there is no object which implements interfaces associated with that
       
   154      *   feature. If the <code>DOMObject</code> returned by this method
       
   155      *   implements the <code>DOMImplementation</code> interface, it must
       
   156      *   delegate to the primary core <code>DOMImplementation</code> and not
       
   157      *   return results inconsistent with the primary core
       
   158      *   <code>DOMImplementation</code> such as <code>hasFeature</code>,
       
   159      *   <code>getFeature</code>, etc.
       
   160      * @since DOM Level 3
       
   161      */
       
   162     public Object getFeature(String feature,
       
   163                              String version);
       
   164 
       
   165 }