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    42 package org.w3c.dom;
       
    43 
       
    44 /**
       
    45  *  The <code>DOMConfiguration</code> interface represents the configuration
       
    46  * of a document and maintains a table of recognized parameters. Using the
       
    47  * configuration, it is possible to change
       
    48  * <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> behavior, such as replacing the
       
    49  * <code>CDATASection</code> nodes with <code>Text</code> nodes or
       
    50  * specifying the type of the schema that must be used when the validation
       
    51  * of the <code>Document</code> is requested. <code>DOMConfiguration</code>
       
    52  * objects are also used in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407'>DOM Level 3 Load and Save</a>]
       
    53  *  in the <code>DOMParser</code> and <code>DOMSerializer</code> interfaces.
       
    54  * <p> The parameter names used by the <code>DOMConfiguration</code> object
       
    55  * are defined throughout the DOM Level 3 specifications. Names are
       
    56  * case-insensitive. To avoid possible conflicts, as a convention, names
       
    57  * referring to parameters defined outside the DOM specification should be
       
    58  * made unique. Because parameters are exposed as properties in names
       
    59  * are recommended to follow the section 5.16 Identifiers of [Unicode] with the addition of the character '-' (HYPHEN-MINUS) but it is not
       
    60  * enforced by the DOM implementation. DOM Level 3 Core Implementations are
       
    61  * required to recognize all parameters defined in this specification. Some
       
    62  * parameter values may also be required to be supported by the
       
    63  * implementation. Refer to the definition of the parameter to know if a
       
    64  * value must be supported or not.
       
    65  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  Parameters are similar to features and properties used in
       
    66  * SAX2 [<a href='http://www.saxproject.org/'>SAX</a>].
       
    67  * <p> The following list of parameters defined in the DOM:
       
    68  * <dl>
       
    69  * <dt>
       
    70  * <code>"canonical-form"</code></dt>
       
    71  * <dd>
       
    72  * <dl>
       
    73  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
    74  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Canonicalize the document according to the rules specified in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315'>Canonical XML</a>],
       
    75  * such as removing the <code>DocumentType</code> node (if any) from the
       
    76  * tree, or removing superfluous namespace declarations from each element.
       
    77  * Note that this is limited to what can be represented in the DOM; in
       
    78  * particular, there is no way to specify the order of the attributes in the
       
    79  * DOM. In addition,  Setting this parameter to <code>true</code> will also
       
    80  * set the state of the parameters listed below. Later changes to the state
       
    81  * of one of those parameters will revert "canonical-form" back to
       
    82  * <code>false</code>. Parameters set to <code>false</code>: "entities", "
       
    83  * normalize-characters", "cdata-sections". Parameters set to
       
    84  * <code>true</code>: "namespaces", "namespace-declarations", "well-formed",
       
    85  * "element-content-whitespace". Other parameters are not changed unless
       
    86  * explicitly specified in the description of the parameters.</dd>
       
    87  * <dt>
       
    88  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
    89  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Do not canonicalize the document.</dd>
       
    90  * </dl></dd>
       
    91  * <dt><code>"cdata-sections"</code></dt>
       
    92  * <dd>
       
    93  * <dl>
       
    94  * <dt>
       
    95  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
    96  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Keep <code>CDATASection</code> nodes in the document.</dd>
       
    97  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
    98  * <dd>[<em>required</em>]Transform <code>CDATASection</code> nodes in the document into
       
    99  * <code>Text</code> nodes. The new <code>Text</code> node is then combined
       
   100  * with any adjacent <code>Text</code> node.</dd>
       
   101  * </dl></dd>
       
   102  * <dt>
       
   103  * <code>"check-character-normalization"</code></dt>
       
   104  * <dd>
       
   105  * <dl>
       
   106  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   107  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Check if the characters in the document are <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/#dt-fullnorm'>fully
       
   108  * normalized</a>, as defined in appendix B of [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>]. When a
       
   109  * sequence of characters is encountered that fails normalization checking,
       
   110  * an error with the <code>DOMError.type</code> equals to
       
   111  * "check-character-normalization-failure" is issued. </dd>
       
   112  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   113  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Do not check if characters are normalized.</dd>
       
   114  * </dl></dd>
       
   115  * <dt><code>"comments"</code></dt>
       
   116  * <dd>
       
   117  * <dl>
       
   118  * <dt>
       
   119  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
   120  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Keep <code>Comment</code> nodes in the document.</dd>
       
   121  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   122  * <dd>[<em>required</em>]Discard <code>Comment</code> nodes in the document.</dd>
       
   123  * </dl></dd>
       
   124  * <dt>
       
   125  * <code>"datatype-normalization"</code></dt>
       
   126  * <dd>
       
   127  * <dl>
       
   128  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   129  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Expose schema normalized values in the tree, such as <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#key-nv'>XML
       
   130  * Schema normalized values</a> in the case of XML Schema. Since this parameter requires to have schema
       
   131  * information, the "validate" parameter will also be set to
       
   132  * <code>true</code>. Having this parameter activated when "validate" is
       
   133  * <code>false</code> has no effect and no schema-normalization will happen.
       
   134  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  Since the document contains the result of the XML 1.0
       
   135  * processing, this parameter does not apply to attribute value
       
   136  * normalization as defined in section 3.3.3 of [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>] and is only
       
   137  * meant for schema languages other than Document Type Definition (DTD). </dd>
       
   138  * <dt>
       
   139  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
   140  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) Do not perform schema normalization on the tree. </dd>
       
   141  * </dl></dd>
       
   142  * <dt>
       
   143  * <code>"element-content-whitespace"</code></dt>
       
   144  * <dd>
       
   145  * <dl>
       
   146  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   147  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Keep all whitespaces in the document.</dd>
       
   148  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   149  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Discard all <code>Text</code> nodes that contain whitespaces in element
       
   150  * content, as described in <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204#infoitem.character'>
       
   151  * [element content whitespace]</a>. The implementation is expected to use the attribute
       
   152  * <code>Text.isElementContentWhitespace</code> to determine if a
       
   153  * <code>Text</code> node should be discarded or not.</dd>
       
   154  * </dl></dd>
       
   155  * <dt><code>"entities"</code></dt>
       
   156  * <dd>
       
   157  * <dl>
       
   158  * <dt>
       
   159  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
   160  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Keep <code>EntityReference</code> nodes in the document.</dd>
       
   161  * <dt>
       
   162  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
   163  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] Remove all <code>EntityReference</code> nodes from the document,
       
   164  * putting the entity expansions directly in their place. <code>Text</code>
       
   165  * nodes are normalized, as defined in <code>Node.normalize</code>. Only <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204/#infoitem.rse'>
       
   166  * unexpanded entity references</a> are kept in the document. </dd>
       
   167  * </dl>
       
   168  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  This parameter does not affect <code>Entity</code> nodes. </dd>
       
   169  * <dt>
       
   170  * <code>"error-handler"</code></dt>
       
   171  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] Contains a <code>DOMErrorHandler</code> object. If an error is
       
   172  * encountered in the document, the implementation will call back the
       
   173  * <code>DOMErrorHandler</code> registered using this parameter. The
       
   174  * implementation may provide a default <code>DOMErrorHandler</code> object.
       
   175  *  When called, <code>DOMError.relatedData</code> will contain the closest
       
   176  * node to where the error occurred. If the implementation is unable to
       
   177  * determine the node where the error occurs,
       
   178  * <code>DOMError.relatedData</code> will contain the <code>Document</code>
       
   179  * node. Mutations to the document from within an error handler will result
       
   180  * in implementation dependent behavior. </dd>
       
   181  * <dt><code>"infoset"</code></dt>
       
   182  * <dd>
       
   183  * <dl>
       
   184  * <dt>
       
   185  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
   186  * <dd>[<em>required</em>]Keep in the document the information defined in the XML Information Set [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204/'>XML Information Set</a>]
       
   187  * .This forces the following parameters to <code>false</code>: "
       
   188  * validate-if-schema", "entities", "datatype-normalization", "cdata-sections
       
   189  * ".This forces the following parameters to <code>true</code>: "
       
   190  * namespace-declarations", "well-formed", "element-content-whitespace", "
       
   191  * comments", "namespaces".Other parameters are not changed unless
       
   192  * explicitly specified in the description of the parameters. Note that
       
   193  * querying this parameter with <code>getParameter</code> returns
       
   194  * <code>true</code> only if the individual parameters specified above are
       
   195  * appropriately set.</dd>
       
   196  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   197  * <dd>Setting <code>infoset</code> to
       
   198  * <code>false</code> has no effect.</dd>
       
   199  * </dl></dd>
       
   200  * <dt><code>"namespaces"</code></dt>
       
   201  * <dd>
       
   202  * <dl>
       
   203  * <dt>
       
   204  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
   205  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) Perform the namespace processing as defined in . </dd>
       
   206  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   207  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Do not perform the namespace processing. </dd>
       
   208  * </dl></dd>
       
   209  * <dt>
       
   210  * <code>"namespace-declarations"</code></dt>
       
   211  * <dd> This parameter has no effect if the
       
   212  * parameter "namespaces" is set to <code>false</code>.
       
   213  * <dl>
       
   214  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   215  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) Include namespace declaration attributes, specified or defaulted from
       
   216  * the schema, in the document. See also the sections "Declaring Namespaces"
       
   217  * in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
       
   218  *  and [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-names11-20040204/'>XML Namespaces 1.1</a>]
       
   219  * .</dd>
       
   220  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   221  * <dd>[<em>required</em>]Discard all namespace declaration attributes. The namespace prefixes (
       
   222  * <code>Node.prefix</code>) are retained even if this parameter is set to
       
   223  * <code>false</code>.</dd>
       
   224  * </dl></dd>
       
   225  * <dt><code>"normalize-characters"</code></dt>
       
   226  * <dd>
       
   227  * <dl>
       
   228  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   229  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/#dt-fullnorm'>Fully
       
   230  * normalized</a> the characters in the document as defined in appendix B of [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1</a>]. </dd>
       
   231  * <dt>
       
   232  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
   233  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Do not perform character normalization.</dd>
       
   234  * </dl></dd>
       
   235  * <dt><code>"schema-location"</code></dt>
       
   236  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Represent a <code>DOMString</code> object containing a list of URIs,
       
   237  * separated by whitespaces (characters matching the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-S'>nonterminal
       
   238  * production S</a> defined in section 2.3 [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>]), that
       
   239  * represents the schemas against which validation should occur, i.e. the
       
   240  * current schema. The types of schemas referenced in this list must match
       
   241  * the type specified with <code>schema-type</code>, otherwise the behavior
       
   242  * of an implementation is undefined.  The schemas specified using this
       
   243  * property take precedence to the schema information specified in the
       
   244  * document itself. For namespace aware schema, if a schema specified using
       
   245  * this property and a schema specified in the document instance (i.e. using
       
   246  * the <code>schemaLocation</code> attribute) in a schema document (i.e.
       
   247  * using schema <code>import</code> mechanisms) share the same
       
   248  * <code>targetNamespace</code>, the schema specified by the user using this
       
   249  * property will be used. If two schemas specified using this property share
       
   250  * the same <code>targetNamespace</code> or have no namespace, the behavior
       
   251  * is implementation dependent.  If no location has been provided, this
       
   252  * parameter is <code>null</code>.
       
   253  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  The <code>"schema-location"</code> parameter is ignored
       
   254  * unless the "schema-type" parameter value is set. It is strongly
       
   255  * recommended that <code>Document.documentURI</code> will be set so that an
       
   256  * implementation can successfully resolve any external entities referenced. </dd>
       
   257  * <dt>
       
   258  * <code>"schema-type"</code></dt>
       
   259  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Represent a <code>DOMString</code> object containing an absolute URI
       
   260  * and representing the type of the schema language used to validate a
       
   261  * document against. Note that no lexical checking is done on the absolute
       
   262  * URI.  If this parameter is not set, a default value may be provided by
       
   263  * the implementation, based on the schema languages supported and on the
       
   264  * schema language used at load time. If no value is provided, this
       
   265  * parameter is <code>null</code>.
       
   266  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  For XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
       
   267  * , applications must use the value
       
   268  * <code>"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"</code>. For XML DTD [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>],
       
   269  * applications must use the value
       
   270  * <code>"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml"</code>. Other schema languages are
       
   271  * outside the scope of the W3C and therefore should recommend an absolute
       
   272  * URI in order to use this method. </dd>
       
   273  * <dt><code>"split-cdata-sections"</code></dt>
       
   274  * <dd>
       
   275  * <dl>
       
   276  * <dt>
       
   277  * <code>true</code></dt>
       
   278  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>)Split CDATA sections containing the CDATA section termination marker
       
   279  * ']]&gt;'. When a CDATA section is split a warning is issued with a
       
   280  * <code>DOMError.type</code> equals to
       
   281  * <code>"cdata-sections-splitted"</code> and
       
   282  * <code>DOMError.relatedData</code> equals to the first
       
   283  * <code>CDATASection</code> node in document order resulting from the split.</dd>
       
   284  * <dt>
       
   285  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
   286  * <dd>[<em>required</em>]Signal an error if a <code>CDATASection</code> contains an
       
   287  * unrepresentable character.</dd>
       
   288  * </dl></dd>
       
   289  * <dt><code>"validate"</code></dt>
       
   290  * <dd>
       
   291  * <dl>
       
   292  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   293  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Require the validation against a schema (i.e. XML schema, DTD, any
       
   294  * other type or representation of schema) of the document as it is being
       
   295  * normalized as defined by [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>]. If
       
   296  * validation errors are found, or no schema was found, the error handler is
       
   297  * notified. Schema-normalized values will not be exposed according to the
       
   298  * schema in used unless the parameter "datatype-normalization" is
       
   299  * <code>true</code>.  This parameter will reevaluate:
       
   300  * <ul>
       
   301  * <li> Attribute nodes with
       
   302  * <code>Attr.specified</code> equals to <code>false</code>, as specified in
       
   303  * the description of the <code>Attr</code> interface;
       
   304  * </li>
       
   305  * <li> The value of the
       
   306  * attribute <code>Text.isElementContentWhitespace</code> for all
       
   307  * <code>Text</code> nodes;
       
   308  * </li>
       
   309  * <li> The value of the attribute
       
   310  * <code>Attr.isId</code> for all <code>Attr</code> nodes;
       
   311  * </li>
       
   312  * <li> The attributes
       
   313  * <code>Element.schemaTypeInfo</code> and <code>Attr.schemaTypeInfo</code>.
       
   314  * </li>
       
   315  * </ul>
       
   316  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  "validate-if-schema" and "validate" are mutually
       
   317  * exclusive, setting one of them to <code>true</code> will set the other
       
   318  * one to <code>false</code>. Applications should also consider setting the
       
   319  * parameter "well-formed" to <code>true</code>, which is the default for
       
   320  * that option, when validating the document. </dd>
       
   321  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   322  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) Do not accomplish schema processing, including the internal subset
       
   323  * processing. Default attribute values information are kept. Note that
       
   324  * validation might still happen if "validate-if-schema" is <code>true</code>
       
   325  * . </dd>
       
   326  * </dl></dd>
       
   327  * <dt><code>"validate-if-schema"</code></dt>
       
   328  * <dd>
       
   329  * <dl>
       
   330  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   331  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>]Enable validation only if a declaration for the document element can be
       
   332  * found in a schema (independently of where it is found, i.e. XML schema,
       
   333  * DTD, or any other type or representation of schema). If validation is
       
   334  * enabled, this parameter has the same behavior as the parameter "validate"
       
   335  * set to <code>true</code>.
       
   336  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  "validate-if-schema" and "validate" are mutually
       
   337  * exclusive, setting one of them to <code>true</code> will set the other
       
   338  * one to <code>false</code>. </dd>
       
   339  * <dt><code>false</code></dt>
       
   340  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) No schema processing should be performed if the document has a schema,
       
   341  * including internal subset processing. Default attribute values
       
   342  * information are kept. Note that validation must still happen if "validate
       
   343  * " is <code>true</code>. </dd>
       
   344  * </dl></dd>
       
   345  * <dt><code>"well-formed"</code></dt>
       
   346  * <dd>
       
   347  * <dl>
       
   348  * <dt><code>true</code></dt>
       
   349  * <dd>[<em>required</em>] (<em>default</em>) Check if all nodes are XML well formed according to the XML version in
       
   350  * use in <code>Document.xmlVersion</code>:
       
   351  * <ul>
       
   352  * <li> check if the attribute
       
   353  * <code>Node.nodeName</code> contains invalid characters according to its
       
   354  * node type and generate a <code>DOMError</code> of type
       
   355  * <code>"wf-invalid-character-in-node-name"</code>, with a
       
   356  * <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_ERROR</code> severity, if necessary;
       
   357  * </li>
       
   358  * <li> check if
       
   359  * the text content inside <code>Attr</code>, <code>Element</code>,
       
   360  * <code>Comment</code>, <code>Text</code>, <code>CDATASection</code> nodes
       
   361  * for invalid characters and generate a <code>DOMError</code> of type
       
   362  * <code>"wf-invalid-character"</code>, with a
       
   363  * <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_ERROR</code> severity, if necessary;
       
   364  * </li>
       
   365  * <li> check if
       
   366  * the data inside <code>ProcessingInstruction</code> nodes for invalid
       
   367  * characters and generate a <code>DOMError</code> of type
       
   368  * <code>"wf-invalid-character"</code>, with a
       
   369  * <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_ERROR</code> severity, if necessary;
       
   370  * </li>
       
   371  * </ul></dd>
       
   372  * <dt>
       
   373  * <code>false</code></dt>
       
   374  * <dd>[<em>optional</em>] Do not check for XML well-formedness. </dd>
       
   375  * </dl></dd>
       
   376  * </dl>
       
   377  * <p> The resolution of the system identifiers associated with entities is
       
   378  * done using <code>Document.documentURI</code>. However, when the feature
       
   379  * "LS" defined in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407'>DOM Level 3 Load and Save</a>]
       
   380  *  is supported by the DOM implementation, the parameter
       
   381  * "resource-resolver" can also be used on <code>DOMConfiguration</code>
       
   382  * objects attached to <code>Document</code> nodes. If this parameter is
       
   383  * set, <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> will invoke the resource
       
   384  * resolver instead of using <code>Document.documentURI</code>.
       
   385  * <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>.
       
   386  * @since DOM Level 3
       
   387  */
       
   388 public interface DOMConfiguration {
       
   389     /**
       
   390      * Set the value of a parameter.
       
   391      * @param name The name of the parameter to set.
       
   392      * @param value  The new value or <code>null</code> if the user wishes to
       
   393      *   unset the parameter. While the type of the value parameter is
       
   394      *   defined as <code>DOMUserData</code>, the object type must match the
       
   395      *   type defined by the definition of the parameter. For example, if
       
   396      *   the parameter is "error-handler", the value must be of type
       
   397      *   <code>DOMErrorHandler</code>.
       
   398      * @exception DOMException
       
   399      *    NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised when the parameter name is not recognized.
       
   400      *   <br> NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised when the parameter name is recognized
       
   401      *   but the requested value cannot be set.
       
   402      *   <br> TYPE_MISMATCH_ERR: Raised if the value type for this parameter
       
   403      *   name is incompatible with the expected value type.
       
   404      */
       
   405     public void setParameter(String name,
       
   406                              Object value)
       
   407                              throws DOMException;
       
   408 
       
   409     /**
       
   410      *  Return the value of a parameter if known.
       
   411      * @param name  The name of the parameter.
       
   412      * @return  The current object associated with the specified parameter or
       
   413      *   <code>null</code> if no object has been associated or if the
       
   414      *   parameter is not supported.
       
   415      * @exception DOMException
       
   416      *    NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised when the parameter name is not recognized.
       
   417      */
       
   418     public Object getParameter(String name)
       
   419                                throws DOMException;
       
   420 
       
   421     /**
       
   422      * Check if setting a parameter to a specific value is supported.
       
   423      * @param name The name of the parameter to check.
       
   424      * @param value  An object. if <code>null</code>, the returned value is
       
   425      *   <code>true</code>.
       
   426      * @return  <code>true</code> if the parameter could be successfully set
       
   427      *   to the specified value, or <code>false</code> if the parameter is
       
   428      *   not recognized or the requested value is not supported. This does
       
   429      *   not change the current value of the parameter itself.
       
   430      */
       
   431     public boolean canSetParameter(String name,
       
   432                                    Object value);
       
   433 
       
   434     /**
       
   435      *  The list of the parameters supported by this
       
   436      * <code>DOMConfiguration</code> object and for which at least one value
       
   437      * can be set by the application. Note that this list can also contain
       
   438      * parameter names defined outside this specification.
       
   439      */
       
   440     public DOMStringList getParameterNames();
       
   441 
       
   442 }