1/* 2 * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium, 3 * 4 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for 5 * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This 6 * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that 7 * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied 8 * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 9 * 10 * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 11 */ 12 13package org.w3c.dom; 14 15/** 16 * Objects implementing the <code>NamedNodeMap</code> interface are used to 17 * represent collections of nodes that can be accessed by name. Note that 18 * <code>NamedNodeMap</code> does not inherit from <code>NodeList</code>; 19 * <code>NamedNodeMaps</code> are not maintained in any particular order. 20 * Objects contained in an object implementing <code>NamedNodeMap</code> may 21 * also be accessed by an ordinal index, but this is simply to allow 22 * convenient enumeration of the contents of a <code>NamedNodeMap</code>, 23 * and does not imply that the DOM specifies an order to these Nodes. 24 * <p><code>NamedNodeMap</code> objects in the DOM are live. 25 * <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>. 26 */ 27public interface NamedNodeMap { 28 /** 29 * Retrieves a node specified by name. 30 * @param name The <code>nodeName</code> of a node to retrieve. 31 * @return A <code>Node</code> (of any type) with the specified 32 * <code>nodeName</code>, or <code>null</code> if it does not identify 33 * any node in this map. 34 */ 35 public Node getNamedItem(String name); 36 37 /** 38 * Adds a node using its <code>nodeName</code> attribute. If a node with 39 * that name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new 40 * one. Replacing a node by itself has no effect. 41 * <br>As the <code>nodeName</code> attribute is used to derive the name 42 * which the node must be stored under, multiple nodes of certain types 43 * (those that have a "special" string value) cannot be stored as the 44 * names would clash. This is seen as preferable to allowing nodes to be 45 * aliased. 46 * @param arg A node to store in this map. The node will later be 47 * accessible using the value of its <code>nodeName</code> attribute. 48 * @return If the new <code>Node</code> replaces an existing node the 49 * replaced <code>Node</code> is returned, otherwise <code>null</code> 50 * is returned. 51 * @exception DOMException 52 * WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> was created from a 53 * different document than the one that created this map. 54 * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly. 55 * <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> is an 56 * <code>Attr</code> that is already an attribute of another 57 * <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must explicitly clone 58 * <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other elements. 59 * <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if an attempt is made to add a node 60 * doesn't belong in this NamedNodeMap. Examples would include trying 61 * to insert something other than an Attr node into an Element's map 62 * of attributes, or a non-Entity node into the DocumentType's map of 63 * Entities. 64 */ 65 public Node setNamedItem(Node arg) 66 throws DOMException; 67 68 /** 69 * Removes a node specified by name. When this map contains the attributes 70 * attached to an element, if the removed attribute is known to have a 71 * default value, an attribute immediately appears containing the 72 * default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, 73 * and prefix when applicable. 74 * @param name The <code>nodeName</code> of the node to remove. 75 * @return The node removed from this map if a node with such a name 76 * exists. 77 * @exception DOMException 78 * NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named <code>name</code> in 79 * this map. 80 * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly. 81 */ 82 public Node removeNamedItem(String name) 83 throws DOMException; 84 85 /** 86 * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the map. If <code>index</code> 87 * is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in this map, this 88 * returns <code>null</code>. 89 * @param index Index into this map. 90 * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the map, or 91 * <code>null</code> if that is not a valid index. 92 */ 93 public Node item(int index); 94 95 /** 96 * The number of nodes in this map. The range of valid child node indices 97 * is <code>0</code> to <code>length-1</code> inclusive. 98 */ 99 public int getLength(); 100 101 /** 102 * Retrieves a node specified by local name and namespace URI. 103 * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>] 104 * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter 105 * for methods if they wish to have no namespace. 106 * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the node to retrieve. 107 * @param localName The local name of the node to retrieve. 108 * @return A <code>Node</code> (of any type) with the specified local 109 * name and namespace URI, or <code>null</code> if they do not 110 * identify any node in this map. 111 * @exception DOMException 112 * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not 113 * support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the 114 * Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]). 115 * @since DOM Level 2 116 */ 117 public Node getNamedItemNS(String namespaceURI, 118 String localName) 119 throws DOMException; 120 121 /** 122 * Adds a node using its <code>namespaceURI</code> and 123 * <code>localName</code>. If a node with that namespace URI and that 124 * local name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new 125 * one. Replacing a node by itself has no effect. 126 * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>] 127 * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter 128 * for methods if they wish to have no namespace. 129 * @param arg A node to store in this map. The node will later be 130 * accessible using the value of its <code>namespaceURI</code> and 131 * <code>localName</code> attributes. 132 * @return If the new <code>Node</code> replaces an existing node the 133 * replaced <code>Node</code> is returned, otherwise <code>null</code> 134 * is returned. 135 * @exception DOMException 136 * WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> was created from a 137 * different document than the one that created this map. 138 * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly. 139 * <br>INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if <code>arg</code> is an 140 * <code>Attr</code> that is already an attribute of another 141 * <code>Element</code> object. The DOM user must explicitly clone 142 * <code>Attr</code> nodes to re-use them in other elements. 143 * <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if an attempt is made to add a node 144 * doesn't belong in this NamedNodeMap. Examples would include trying 145 * to insert something other than an Attr node into an Element's map 146 * of attributes, or a non-Entity node into the DocumentType's map of 147 * Entities. 148 * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not 149 * support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the 150 * Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]). 151 * @since DOM Level 2 152 */ 153 public Node setNamedItemNS(Node arg) 154 throws DOMException; 155 156 /** 157 * Removes a node specified by local name and namespace URI. A removed 158 * attribute may be known to have a default value when this map contains 159 * the attributes attached to an element, as returned by the attributes 160 * attribute of the <code>Node</code> interface. If so, an attribute 161 * immediately appears containing the default value as well as the 162 * corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable. 163 * <br>Per [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>] 164 * , applications must use the value null as the namespaceURI parameter 165 * for methods if they wish to have no namespace. 166 * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the node to remove. 167 * @param localName The local name of the node to remove. 168 * @return The node removed from this map if a node with such a local 169 * name and namespace URI exists. 170 * @exception DOMException 171 * NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node with the specified 172 * <code>namespaceURI</code> and <code>localName</code> in this map. 173 * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this map is readonly. 174 * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: May be raised if the implementation does not 175 * support the feature "XML" and the language exposed through the 176 * Document does not support XML Namespaces (such as [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/'>HTML 4.01</a>]). 177 * @since DOM Level 2 178 */ 179 public Node removeNamedItemNS(String namespaceURI, 180 String localName) 181 throws DOMException; 182 183} 184