/*
    GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2006 The Lobo Project

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library 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 the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

    Contact info: lobochief@users.sourceforge.net
 */
/*
 * Created on Oct 23, 2005
 */
package org.lobobrowser.html.domimpl;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import org.lobobrowser.html.style.RenderState;

/**
 * A generic node interface. The idea is that implementors could be W3C nodes or
 * not.
 */
public interface ModelNode {
  // There shouldn't be any references to GUI components here.
  // Events are processed by controller in renderer package.

  public java.net.URL getFullURL(String spec) throws MalformedURLException;

  public void warn(String message, Throwable err);

  public boolean isEqualOrDescendentOf(ModelNode otherNode);

  public ModelNode getParentModelNode();

  public RenderState getRenderState();

  /**
   * Sets a document item. A radio button, for example, can use this to set
   * button group state.
   *
   * @param name
   * @param value
   */
  public void setDocumentItem(String name, Object value);

  public Object getDocumentItem(String name);

  public String getNodeName();
}