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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2003 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.w3c.dom.html2;

/**
 * The <code>FORM</code> element encompasses behavior similar to a collection
 * and an element. It provides direct access to the contained form controls as
 * well as the attributes of the form element. See the FORM element definition
 * in HTML 4.01.
 * <p>
 * See also the <a
 * href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>Document
 * Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification</a>.
 */
public interface HTMLFormElement extends HTMLElement {

	/**
	 * List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset
	 * attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getAcceptCharset();

	/**
	 * Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML
	 * 4.01.
	 */
	public String getAction();

	/**
	 * Returns a collection of all form control elements in the form.
	 */
	public HTMLCollection getElements();

	/**
	 * The content type of the submitted form, generally
	 * "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". See the enctype attribute definition
	 * in HTML 4.01. The onsubmit even handler is not guaranteed to be triggered
	 * when invoking this method. The behavior is inconsistent for historical
	 * reasons and authors should not rely on a particular one.
	 */
	public String getEnctype();

	/**
	 * The number of form controls in the form.
	 */
	public int getLength();

	/**
	 * HTTP method [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC
	 * 2616</a>] used to submit form. See the method attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getMethod();

	/**
	 * Names the form.
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getTarget();

	/**
	 * Restores a form element's default values. It performs the same action as
	 * a reset button.
	 */
	public void reset();

	/**
	 * List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset
	 * attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setAcceptCharset(String acceptCharset);

	/**
	 * Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML
	 * 4.01.
	 */
	public void setAction(String action);

	/**
	 * The content type of the submitted form, generally
	 * "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". See the enctype attribute definition
	 * in HTML 4.01. The onsubmit even handler is not guaranteed to be triggered
	 * when invoking this method. The behavior is inconsistent for historical
	 * reasons and authors should not rely on a particular one.
	 */
	public void setEnctype(String enctype);

	/**
	 * HTTP method [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC
	 * 2616</a>] used to submit form. See the method attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setMethod(String method);

	/**
	 * Names the form.
	 */
	public void setName(String name);

	/**
	 * Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setTarget(String target);

	/**
	 * Submits the form. It performs the same action as a submit button.
	 */
	public void submit();

}