jaxp/src/org/w3c/dom/NamedNodeMap.java
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    42 package org.w3c.dom;
       
    43 
       
    44 /**
       
    45  * Objects implementing the <code>NamedNodeMap</code> interface are used to
       
    46  * represent collections of nodes that can be accessed by name. Note that
       
    47  * <code>NamedNodeMap</code> does not inherit from <code>NodeList</code>;
       
    48  * <code>NamedNodeMaps</code> are not maintained in any particular order.
       
    49  * Objects contained in an object implementing <code>NamedNodeMap</code> may
       
    50  * also be accessed by an ordinal index, but this is simply to allow
       
    51  * convenient enumeration of the contents of a <code>NamedNodeMap</code>,
       
    52  * and does not imply that the DOM specifies an order to these Nodes.
       
    53  * <p><code>NamedNodeMap</code> objects in the DOM are live.
       
    54  * <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>.
       
    55  */
       
    56 public interface NamedNodeMap {
       
    57     /**
       
    58      * Retrieves a node specified by name.
       
    59      * @param name The <code>nodeName</code> of a node to retrieve.
       
    60      * @return A <code>Node</code> (of any type) with the specified
       
    61      *   <code>nodeName</code>, or <code>null</code> if it does not identify
       
    62      *   any node in this map.
       
    63      */
       
    64     public Node getNamedItem(String name);
       
    65 
       
    66     /**
       
    67      * Adds a node using its <code>nodeName</code> attribute. If a node with
       
    68      * that name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new
       
    69      * one. Replacing a node by itself has no effect.
       
    70      * <br>As the <code>nodeName</code> attribute is used to derive the name
       
    71      * which the node must be stored under, multiple nodes of certain types
       
    72      * (those that have a "special" string value) cannot be stored as the
       
    73      * names would clash. This is seen as preferable to allowing nodes to be
       
    74      * aliased.
       
    75      * @param arg A node to store in this map. The node will later be
       
    76      *   accessible using the value of its <code>nodeName</code> attribute.
       
    77      * @return If the new <code>Node</code> replaces an existing node the
       
    78      *   replaced <code>Node</code> is returned, otherwise <code>null</code>
       
    79      *   is returned.
       
    80      * @exception DOMException
       
    81      *   WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> was created from a
       
    82      *   different document than the one that created this map.
       
    83      *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
       
    84      *   <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> is an
       
    85      *   <code>Attr</code> that is already an attribute of another
       
    86      *   <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must explicitly clone
       
    87      *   <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other elements.
       
    88      *   <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if an attempt is made to add a node
       
    89      *   doesn't belong in this NamedNodeMap. Examples would include trying
       
    90      *   to insert something other than an Attr node into an Element's map
       
    91      *   of attributes, or a non-Entity node into the DocumentType's map of
       
    92      *   Entities.
       
    93      */
       
    94     public Node setNamedItem(Node arg)
       
    95                              throws DOMException;
       
    96 
       
    97     /**
       
    98      * Removes a node specified by name. When this map contains the attributes
       
    99      * attached to an element, if the removed attribute is known to have a
       
   100      * default value, an attribute immediately appears containing the
       
   101      * default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name,
       
   102      * and prefix when applicable.
       
   103      * @param name The <code>nodeName</code> of the node to remove.
       
   104      * @return The node removed from this map if a node with such a name
       
   105      *   exists.
       
   106      * @exception DOMException
       
   107      *   NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named <code>name</code> in
       
   108      *   this map.
       
   109      *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
       
   110      */
       
   111     public Node removeNamedItem(String name)
       
   112                                 throws DOMException;
       
   113 
       
   114     /**
       
   115      * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the map. If <code>index</code>
       
   116      * is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in this map, this
       
   117      * returns <code>null</code>.
       
   118      * @param index Index into this map.
       
   119      * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the map, or
       
   120      *   <code>null</code> if that is not a valid index.
       
   121      */
       
   122     public Node item(int index);
       
   123 
       
   124     /**
       
   125      * The number of nodes in this map. The range of valid child node indices
       
   126      * is <code>0</code> to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
       
   127      */
       
   128     public int getLength();
       
   129 
       
   130     /**
       
   131      * Retrieves a node specified by local name and namespace URI.
       
   132      * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
       
   133      * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter
       
   134      * for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
       
   135      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the node to retrieve.
       
   136      * @param localName The local name of the node to retrieve.
       
   137      * @return A <code>Node</code> (of any type) with the specified local
       
   138      *   name and namespace URI, or <code>null</code> if they do not
       
   139      *   identify any node in this map.
       
   140      * @exception DOMException
       
   141      *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
       
   142      *   support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the
       
   143      *   Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
       
   144      * @since DOM Level 2
       
   145      */
       
   146     public Node getNamedItemNS(String namespaceURI,
       
   147                                String localName)
       
   148                                throws DOMException;
       
   149 
       
   150     /**
       
   151      * Adds a node using its <code>namespaceURI</code> and
       
   152      * <code>localName</code>. If a node with that namespace URI and that
       
   153      * local name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new
       
   154      * one. Replacing a node by itself has no effect.
       
   155      * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
       
   156      * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter
       
   157      * for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
       
   158      * @param arg A node to store in this map. The node will later be
       
   159      *   accessible using the value of its <code>namespaceURI</code> and
       
   160      *   <code>localName</code> attributes.
       
   161      * @return If the new <code>Node</code> replaces an existing node the
       
   162      *   replaced <code>Node</code> is returned, otherwise <code>null</code>
       
   163      *   is returned.
       
   164      * @exception DOMException
       
   165      *   WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> was created from a
       
   166      *   different document than the one that created this map.
       
   167      *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
       
   168      *   <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> is an
       
   169      *   <code>Attr</code> that is already an attribute of another
       
   170      *   <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must explicitly clone
       
   171      *   <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other elements.
       
   172      *   <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if an attempt is made to add a node
       
   173      *   doesn't belong in this NamedNodeMap. Examples would include trying
       
   174      *   to insert something other than an Attr node into an Element's map
       
   175      *   of attributes, or a non-Entity node into the DocumentType's map of
       
   176      *   Entities.
       
   177      *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
       
   178      *   support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the
       
   179      *   Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
       
   180      * @since DOM Level 2
       
   181      */
       
   182     public Node setNamedItemNS(Node arg)
       
   183                                throws DOMException;
       
   184 
       
   185     /**
       
   186      * Removes a node specified by local name and namespace URI. A removed
       
   187      * attribute may be known to have a default value when this map contains
       
   188      * the attributes attached to an element, as returned by the attributes
       
   189      * attribute of the <code>Node</code> interface. If so, an attribute
       
   190      * immediately appears containing the default value as well as the
       
   191      * corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.
       
   192      * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
       
   193      * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter
       
   194      * for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
       
   195      * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the node to remove.
       
   196      * @param localName The local name of the node to remove.
       
   197      * @return The node removed from this map if a node with such a local
       
   198      *   name and namespace URI exists.
       
   199      * @exception DOMException
       
   200      *   NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node with the specified
       
   201      *   <code>namespaceURI</code> and <code>localName</code> in this map.
       
   202      *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly.
       
   203      *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not
       
   204      *   support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the
       
   205      *   Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]).
       
   206      * @since DOM Level 2
       
   207      */
       
   208     public Node removeNamedItemNS(String namespaceURI,
       
   209                                   String localName)
       
   210                                   throws DOMException;
       
   211 
       
   212 }