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package org.w3c.dom.html;

/**

 *  Multi-line text field. See the  TEXTAREA element definition in HTML 4.0.

 * <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 HTMLTextAreaElement extends HTMLElement {

    /**

     *  Represents the contents of the element. The value of this attribute

     * does not change if the contents of the corresponding form control, in

     * an interactive user agent, changes. Changing this attribute, however,

     * resets the contents of the form control.

     */

    public String getDefaultValue();

    public void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue);

    /**

     *  Returns the <code>FORM</code> element containing this control. Returns

     * <code>null</code> if this control is not within the context of a form.

     */

    public HTMLFormElement getForm();

    /**

     *  A single character access key to give access to the form control. See

     * the  accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public String getAccessKey();

    public void setAccessKey(String accessKey);

    /**

     *  Width of control (in characters). See the  cols attribute definition

     * in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public int getCols();

    public void setCols(int cols);

    /**

     *  The control is unavailable in this context. See the  disabled

     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public boolean getDisabled();

    public void setDisabled(boolean disabled);

    /**

     *  Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the  name

     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public String getName();

    public void setName(String name);

    /**

     *  This control is read-only. See the  readonly attribute definition in

     * HTML 4.0.

     */

    public boolean getReadOnly();

    public void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly);

    /**

     *  Number of text rows. See the  rows attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public int getRows();

    public void setRows(int rows);

    /**

     *  Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See

     * the  tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

     */

    public int getTabIndex();

    public void setTabIndex(int tabIndex);

    /**

     *  The type of this form control. This the string "textarea".

     */

    public String getType();

    /**

     *  Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in

     * an interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the

     * contents of the form control, but does not change the contents of the

     * element. If the entirety of the data can not fit into a single

     * <code>DOMString</code> , the implementation may truncate the data.

     */

    public String getValue();

    public void setValue(String value);

    /**

     *  Removes keyboard focus from this element.

     */

    public void blur();

    /**

     *  Gives keyboard focus to this element.

     */

    public void focus();

    /**

     *  Select the contents of the <code>TEXTAREA</code> .

     */

    public void select();

}