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 *  The <code>DOMStringList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an
17 * ordered collection of <code>DOMString</code> values, without defining or
18 * constraining how this collection is implemented. The items in the
19 * <code>DOMStringList</code> are accessible via an integral index, starting
20 * from 0.
21 * <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>.
22 * @since DOM Level 3
23 */
24public interface DOMStringList {
25    /**
26     *  Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection. If
27     * <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of
28     * <code>DOMString</code>s in the list, this returns <code>null</code>.
29     * @param index Index into the collection.
30     * @return  The <code>DOMString</code> at the <code>index</code>th
31     *   position in the <code>DOMStringList</code>, or <code>null</code> if
32     *   that is not a valid index.
33     */
34    public String item(int index);
35
36    /**
37     * The number of <code>DOMString</code>s in the list. The range of valid
38     * child node indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
39     */
40    public int getLength();
41
42    /**
43     *  Test if a string is part of this <code>DOMStringList</code>.
44     * @param str  The string to look for.
45     * @return  <code>true</code> if the string has been found,
46     *   <code>false</code> otherwise.
47     */
48    public boolean contains(String str);
49
50}
51