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 * GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Copyright (C) 2006 The Lobo Project
 * 
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 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
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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;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;

/**
 * The <code>THEAD</code>, <code>TFOOT</code>, and <code>TBODY</code> elements.
 * <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 HTMLTableSectionElement extends HTMLElement {

	/**
	 * Delete a row from this section.
	 * 
	 * @param index
	 *            The index of the row to be deleted, or -1 to delete the last
	 *            row. This index starts from 0 and is relative only to the rows
	 *            contained inside this section, not all the rows in the table.
	 * @exception DOMException
	 *                INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater
	 *                than or equal to the number of rows or if the index is a
	 *                negative number other than -1.
	 * @version DOM Level 2
	 */
	public void deleteRow(int index) throws DOMException;

	/**
	 * Horizontal alignment of data in cells. See the <code>align</code>
	 * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.
	 */
	public String getAlign();

	/**
	 * Alignment character for cells in a column. See the char attribute
	 * definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getCh();

	/**
	 * Offset of alignment character. See the charoff attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getChOff();

	/**
	 * The collection of rows in this table section.
	 */
	public HTMLCollection getRows();

	/**
	 * Vertical alignment of data in cells. See the <code>valign</code>
	 * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.
	 */
	public String getVAlign();

	/**
	 * Insert a row into this section. The new row is inserted immediately
	 * before the current <code>index</code>th row in this section. If
	 * <code>index</code> is -1 or equal to the number of rows in this section,
	 * the new row is appended.
	 * 
	 * @param index
	 *            The row number where to insert a new row. This index starts
	 *            from 0 and is relative only to the rows contained inside this
	 *            section, not all the rows in the table.
	 * @return The newly created row.
	 * @exception DOMException
	 *                INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater
	 *                than the number of rows of if the index is a negative
	 *                number other than -1.
	 * @version DOM Level 2
	 */
	public HTMLElement insertRow(int index) throws DOMException;

	/**
	 * Horizontal alignment of data in cells. See the <code>align</code>
	 * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.
	 */
	public void setAlign(String align);

	/**
	 * Alignment character for cells in a column. See the char attribute
	 * definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setCh(String ch);

	/**
	 * Offset of alignment character. See the charoff attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setChOff(String chOff);

	/**
	 * Vertical alignment of data in cells. See the <code>valign</code>
	 * attribute for HTMLTheadElement for details.
	 */
	public void setVAlign(String vAlign);

}