/*
* 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;
/**
* This interface permits a DOM implementer to supply one or more
* implementations, based upon requested features and versions, as specified
* in . Each implemented <code>DOMImplementationSource</code> object is
* listed in the binding-specific list of available sources so that its
* <code>DOMImplementation</code> objects are made available.
* <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 DOMImplementationSource {
/**
* A method to request the first DOM implementation that supports the
* specified features.
* @param features A string that specifies which features and versions
* are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature
* is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a
* version number. This method returns the first item of the list
* returned by <code>getDOMImplementationList</code>. As an example,
* the string <code>"XML 3.0 Traversal +Events 2.0"</code> will
* request a DOM implementation that supports the module "XML" for its
* 3.0 version, a module that support of the "Traversal" module for
* any version, and the module "Events" for its 2.0 version. The
* module "Events" must be accessible using the method
* <code>Node.getFeature()</code> and
* <code>DOMImplementation.getFeature()</code>.
* @return The first DOM implementation that support the desired
* features, or <code>null</code> if this source has none.
*/
public DOMImplementation getDOMImplementation(String features);
/**
* A method to request a list of DOM implementations that support the
* specified features and versions, as specified in .
* @param features A string that specifies which features and versions
* are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature
* is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a
* version number. This is something like: "XML 3.0 Traversal +Events
* 2.0"
* @return A list of DOM implementations that support the desired
* features.
*/
public DOMImplementationList getDOMImplementationList(String features);
}