/*
 * Copyright (c) 2001 World Wide Web Consortium,
 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
 * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE.
 * See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
 */

package org.apache.xerces.dom3.as;

/**
 * @deprecated
 * This interface extends the <code>NodeEditAS</code> interface with 
 * additional methods for document editing. An object implementing this 
 * interface must also implement NodeEditAS interface.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-3-ASLS-20011025'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Abstract Schemas and Load
and Save Specification</a>.
 */
public interface CharacterDataEditAS extends NodeEditAS {
    /**
     * <code>true</code> if content only whitespace; <code>false</code> for 
     * non-whitespace.
     */
    public boolean getIsWhitespaceOnly();

    /**
     * Determines if data can be set.
     * @param offset Offset.
     * @param count Argument to be set.
     * @return <code>true</code> if no reason it can't be done; 
     *   <code>false</code> if it can't be done.
     */
    public boolean canSetData(int offset, 
                              int count);

    /**
     * Determines if data can be appended.
     * @param arg Argument to be appended.
     * @return <code>true</code> if no reason it can't be done; 
     *   <code>false</code> if it can't be done.
     */
    public boolean canAppendData(String arg);

    /**
     * Determines if data can be replaced.
     * @param offset Offset.
     * @param count Replacement.
     * @param arg Argument to be set.
     * @return <code>true</code> if no reason it can't be done; 
     *   <code>false</code> if it can't be done.
     */
    public boolean canReplaceData(int offset, 
                                  int count, 
                                  String arg);

    /**
     * Determines if data can be inserted.
     * @param offset Offset.
     * @param arg Argument to be set.
     * @return <code>true</code> if no reason it can't be done; 
     *   <code>false</code> if it can't be done.
     */
    public boolean canInsertData(int offset, 
                                 String arg);

    /**
     * Determines if data can be deleted.
     * @param offset Offset.
     * @param count Number of 16-bit units to delete.
     * @return <code>true</code> if no reason it can't be done; 
     *   <code>false</code> if it can't be done.
     */
    public boolean canDeleteData(int offset, 
                                 int count);

}