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package org.w3c.dom.css;

/**
 * The <code>CSSValueList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an
 * ordered collection of CSS values.
 * <p> Some properties allow an empty list into their syntax. In that case,
 * these properties take the <code>none</code> identifier. So, an empty list
 * means that the property has the value <code>none</code>.
 * <p> The items in the <code>CSSValueList</code> are accessible via an
 * integral index, starting from 0.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification</a>.
 * @since DOM Level 2
 */
public interface CSSValueList extends CSSValue {
    /**
     * The number of <code>CSSValues</code> in the list. The range of valid
     * values of the indices is <code>0</code> to <code>length-1</code>
     * inclusive.
     */
    public int getLength();

    /**
     * Used to retrieve a <code>CSSValue</code> by ordinal index. The order in
     * this collection represents the order of the values in the CSS style
     * property. If index is greater than or equal to the number of values
     * in the list, this returns <code>null</code>.
     * @param index Index into the collection.
     * @return The <code>CSSValue</code> at the <code>index</code> position
     *   in the <code>CSSValueList</code>, or <code>null</code> if that is
     *   not a valid index.
     */
    public CSSValue item(int index);

}