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package org.w3c.dom;

/**
 * The <code>NodeList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
 * collection of nodes, without defining or constraining how this collection
 * is implemented. <code>NodeList</code> objects in the DOM are live.
 * <p>The items in the <code>NodeList</code> are accessible via an integral
 * index, starting from 0.
 * <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>.
 */
public interface NodeList {
    /**
     * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection. If
     * <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in
     * the list, this returns <code>null</code>.
     * @param index Index into the collection.
     * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the
     *   <code>NodeList</code>, or <code>null</code> if that is not a valid
     *   index.
     */
    public Node item(int index);

    /**
     * The number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indices
     * is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
     */
    public int getLength();

}