/*
* Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
*
* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
* Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
* work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] 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.
*
* [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
*/
package org.w3c.dom;
/**
* The <code>CharacterData</code> interface extends Node with a set of
* attributes and methods for accessing character data in the DOM. For
* clarity this set is defined here rather than on each object that uses
* these attributes and methods. No DOM objects correspond directly to
* <code>CharacterData</code>, though <code>Text</code> and others do
* inherit the interface from it. All <code>offsets</code> in this interface
* start from <code>0</code>.
* <p>As explained in the <code>DOMString</code> interface, text strings in
* the DOM are represented in UTF-16, i.e. as a sequence of 16-bit units. In
* the following, the term 16-bit units is used whenever necessary to
* indicate that indexing on CharacterData is done in 16-bit units.
* <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 CharacterData extends Node {
/**
* The character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM
* implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data
* that may be stored in a <code>CharacterData</code> node. However,
* implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may
* not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>. In such cases, the user
* may call <code>substringData</code> to retrieve the data in
* appropriately sized pieces.
* @exception DOMException
* DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than
* fit in a <code>DOMString</code> variable on the implementation
* platform.
*/
public String getData()
throws DOMException;
/**
* The character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM
* implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data
* that may be stored in a <code>CharacterData</code> node. However,
* implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may
* not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>. In such cases, the user
* may call <code>substringData</code> to retrieve the data in
* appropriately sized pieces.
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.
*/
public void setData(String data)
throws DOMException;
/**
* The number of 16-bit units that are available through <code>data</code>
* and the <code>substringData</code> method below. This may have the
* value zero, i.e., <code>CharacterData</code> nodes may be empty.
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Extracts a range of data from the node.
* @param offset Start offset of substring to extract.
* @param count The number of 16-bit units to extract.
* @return The specified substring. If the sum of <code>offset</code> and
* <code>count</code> exceeds the <code>length</code>, then all 16-bit
* units to the end of the data are returned.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
* negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
* <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
* negative.
* <br>DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified range of text does
* not fit into a <code>DOMString</code>.
*/
public String substringData(int offset,
int count)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Append the string to the end of the character data of the node. Upon
* success, <code>data</code> provides access to the concatenation of
* <code>data</code> and the <code>DOMString</code> specified.
* @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> to append.
* @exception DOMException
* NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
*/
public void appendData(String arg)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset.
* @param offset The character offset at which to insert.
* @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> to insert.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
* negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
* <code>data</code>.
* <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
*/
public void insertData(int offset,
String arg)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Remove a range of 16-bit units from the node. Upon success,
* <code>data</code> and <code>length</code> reflect the change.
* @param offset The offset from which to start removing.
* @param count The number of 16-bit units to delete. If the sum of
* <code>offset</code> and <code>count</code> exceeds
* <code>length</code> then all 16-bit units from <code>offset</code>
* to the end of the data are deleted.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
* negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
* <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
* negative.
* <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
*/
public void deleteData(int offset,
int count)
throws DOMException;
/**
* Replace the characters starting at the specified 16-bit unit offset
* with the specified string.
* @param offset The offset from which to start replacing.
* @param count The number of 16-bit units to replace. If the sum of
* <code>offset</code> and <code>count</code> exceeds
* <code>length</code>, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data
* are replaced; (i.e., the effect is the same as a <code>remove</code>
* method call with the same range, followed by an <code>append</code>
* method invocation).
* @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> with which the range must be
* replaced.
* @exception DOMException
* INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
* negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
* <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
* negative.
* <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
*/
public void replaceData(int offset,
int count,
String arg)
throws DOMException;
}