/*
* 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>DOMStringList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an
* ordered collection of <code>DOMString</code> values, without defining or
* constraining how this collection is implemented. The items in the
* <code>DOMStringList</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>.
* @since DOM Level 3
*/
public interface DOMStringList {
/**
* Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection. If
* <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of
* <code>DOMString</code>s in the list, this returns <code>null</code>.
* @param index Index into the collection.
* @return The <code>DOMString</code> at the <code>index</code>th
* position in the <code>DOMStringList</code>, or <code>null</code> if
* that is not a valid index.
*/
public String item(int index);
/**
* The number of <code>DOMString</code>s in the list. The range of valid
* child node indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Test if a string is part of this <code>DOMStringList</code>.
* @param str The string to look for.
* @return <code>true</code> if the string has been found,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public boolean contains(String str);
}