Source for org.w3c.dom.NameList

   1: /*
   2:  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
   3:  *
   4:  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
   5:  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
   6:  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
   7:  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
   8:  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   9:  *
  10:  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
  11:  */
  12: 
  13: package org.w3c.dom;
  14: 
  15: /**
  16:  *  The <code>NameList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
  17:  * collection of parallel pairs of name and namespace values (which could be
  18:  * null values), without defining or constraining how this collection is
  19:  * implemented. The items in the <code>NameList</code> are accessible via an
  20:  * integral index, starting from 0.
  21:  * <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>.
  22:  * @since DOM Level 3
  23:  */
  24: public interface NameList {
  25:     /**
  26:      *  Returns the <code>index</code>th name item in the collection.
  27:      * @param index Index into the collection.
  28:      * @return  The name at the <code>index</code>th position in the
  29:      *   <code>NameList</code>, or <code>null</code> if there is no name for
  30:      *   the specified index or if the index is out of range.
  31:      */
  32:     public String getName(int index);
  33: 
  34:     /**
  35:      *  Returns the <code>index</code>th namespaceURI item in the collection.
  36:      * @param index Index into the collection.
  37:      * @return  The namespace URI at the <code>index</code>th position in the
  38:      *   <code>NameList</code>, or <code>null</code> if there is no name for
  39:      *   the specified index or if the index is out of range.
  40:      */
  41:     public String getNamespaceURI(int index);
  42: 
  43:     /**
  44:      *  The number of pairs (name and namespaceURI) in the list. The range of
  45:      * valid child node indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
  46:      */
  47:     public int getLength();
  48: 
  49:     /**
  50:      *  Test if a name is part of this <code>NameList</code>.
  51:      * @param str  The name to look for.
  52:      * @return  <code>true</code> if the name has been found,
  53:      *   <code>false</code> otherwise.
  54:      */
  55:     public boolean contains(String str);
  56: 
  57:     /**
  58:      *  Test if the pair namespaceURI/name is part of this
  59:      * <code>NameList</code>.
  60:      * @param namespaceURI  The namespace URI to look for.
  61:      * @param name  The name to look for.
  62:      * @return  <code>true</code> if the pair namespaceURI/name has been
  63:      *   found, <code>false</code> otherwise.
  64:      */
  65:     public boolean containsNS(String namespaceURI,
  66:                               String name);
  67: 
  68: }