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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;

/**
 * Multi-line text field. See the TEXTAREA 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 HTMLTextAreaElement extends HTMLElement {

	/**
	 * Removes keyboard focus from this element.
	 */
	public void blur();

	/**
	 * Gives keyboard focus to this element.
	 */
	public void focus();

	/**
	 * A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the
	 * accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getAccessKey();

	/**
	 * Width of control (in characters). See the cols attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public int getCols();

	/**
	 * Represents the contents of the element. The value of this attribute does
	 * not change if the contents of the corresponding form control, in an
	 * interactive user agent, changes.
	 * 
	 * @version DOM Level 2
	 */
	public String getDefaultValue();

	/**
	 * The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute
	 * definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public boolean getDisabled();

	/**
	 * Returns the <code>FORM</code> element containing this control. Returns
	 * <code>null</code> if this control is not within the context of a form.
	 */
	public HTMLFormElement getForm();

	/**
	 * Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name
	 * attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * This control is read-only. See the readonly attribute definition in HTML
	 * 4.01.
	 */
	public boolean getReadOnly();

	/**
	 * Number of text rows. See the rows attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public int getRows();

	/**
	 * Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See
	 * the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public int getTabIndex();

	/**
	 * The type of this form control. This the string "textarea".
	 */
	public String getType();

	/**
	 * Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in an
	 * interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the contents of
	 * the form control, but does not change the contents of the element. If the
	 * entirety of the data can not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>,
	 * the implementation may truncate the data.
	 */
	public String getValue();

	/**
	 * Select the contents of the <code>TEXTAREA</code>.
	 */
	public void select();

	/**
	 * A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the
	 * accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setAccessKey(String accessKey);

	/**
	 * Width of control (in characters). See the cols attribute definition in
	 * HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setCols(int cols);

	/**
	 * Represents the contents of the element. The value of this attribute does
	 * not change if the contents of the corresponding form control, in an
	 * interactive user agent, changes.
	 * 
	 * @version DOM Level 2
	 */
	public void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue);

	/**
	 * The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute
	 * definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setDisabled(boolean disabled);

	/**
	 * Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name
	 * attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setName(String name);

	/**
	 * This control is read-only. See the readonly attribute definition in HTML
	 * 4.01.
	 */
	public void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly);

	/**
	 * Number of text rows. See the rows attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setRows(int rows);

	/**
	 * Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See
	 * the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
	 */
	public void setTabIndex(int tabIndex);

	/**
	 * Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in an
	 * interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the contents of
	 * the form control, but does not change the contents of the element. If the
	 * entirety of the data can not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>,
	 * the implementation may truncate the data.
	 */
	public void setValue(String value);

}