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42package org.w3c.dom;
43
44/**
45 * The <code>CharacterData</code> interface extends Node with a set of
46 * attributes and methods for accessing character data in the DOM. For
47 * clarity this set is defined here rather than on each object that uses
48 * these attributes and methods. No DOM objects correspond directly to
49 * <code>CharacterData</code>, though <code>Text</code> and others do
50 * inherit the interface from it. All <code>offsets</code> in this interface
51 * start from <code>0</code>.
52 * <p>As explained in the <code>DOMString</code> interface, text strings in
53 * the DOM are represented in UTF-16, i.e. as a sequence of 16-bit units. In
54 * the following, the term 16-bit units is used whenever necessary to
55 * indicate that indexing on CharacterData is done in 16-bit units.
56 * <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>.
57 */
58public interface CharacterData extends Node {
59    /**
60     * The character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM
61     * implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data
62     * that may be stored in a <code>CharacterData</code> node. However,
63     * implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may
64     * not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>. In such cases, the user
65     * may call <code>substringData</code> to retrieve the data in
66     * appropriately sized pieces.
67     * @exception DOMException
68     *   DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than
69     *   fit in a <code>DOMString</code> variable on the implementation
70     *   platform.
71     */
72    public String getData()
73                            throws DOMException;
74    /**
75     * The character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM
76     * implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data
77     * that may be stored in a <code>CharacterData</code> node. However,
78     * implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may
79     * not fit into a single <code>DOMString</code>. In such cases, the user
80     * may call <code>substringData</code> to retrieve the data in
81     * appropriately sized pieces.
82     * @exception DOMException
83     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.
84     */
85    public void setData(String data)
86                            throws DOMException;
87
88    /**
89     * The number of 16-bit units that are available through <code>data</code>
90     * and the <code>substringData</code> method below. This may have the
91     * value zero, i.e., <code>CharacterData</code> nodes may be empty.
92     */
93    public int getLength();
94
95    /**
96     * Extracts a range of data from the node.
97     * @param offset Start offset of substring to extract.
98     * @param count The number of 16-bit units to extract.
99     * @return The specified substring. If the sum of <code>offset</code> and
100     *   <code>count</code> exceeds the <code>length</code>, then all 16-bit
101     *   units to the end of the data are returned.
102     * @exception DOMException
103     *   INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
104     *   negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
105     *   <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
106     *   negative.
107     *   <br>DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified range of text does
108     *   not fit into a <code>DOMString</code>.
109     */
110    public String substringData(int offset,
111                                int count)
112                                throws DOMException;
113
114    /**
115     * Append the string to the end of the character data of the node. Upon
116     * success, <code>data</code> provides access to the concatenation of
117     * <code>data</code> and the <code>DOMString</code> specified.
118     * @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> to append.
119     * @exception DOMException
120     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
121     */
122    public void appendData(String arg)
123                           throws DOMException;
124
125    /**
126     * Insert a string at the specified 16-bit unit offset.
127     * @param offset The character offset at which to insert.
128     * @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> to insert.
129     * @exception DOMException
130     *   INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
131     *   negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
132     *   <code>data</code>.
133     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
134     */
135    public void insertData(int offset,
136                           String arg)
137                           throws DOMException;
138
139    /**
140     * Remove a range of 16-bit units from the node. Upon success,
141     * <code>data</code> and <code>length</code> reflect the change.
142     * @param offset The offset from which to start removing.
143     * @param count The number of 16-bit units to delete. If the sum of
144     *   <code>offset</code> and <code>count</code> exceeds
145     *   <code>length</code> then all 16-bit units from <code>offset</code>
146     *   to the end of the data are deleted.
147     * @exception DOMException
148     *   INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
149     *   negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
150     *   <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
151     *   negative.
152     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
153     */
154    public void deleteData(int offset,
155                           int count)
156                           throws DOMException;
157
158    /**
159     * Replace the characters starting at the specified 16-bit unit offset
160     * with the specified string.
161     * @param offset The offset from which to start replacing.
162     * @param count The number of 16-bit units to replace. If the sum of
163     *   <code>offset</code> and <code>count</code> exceeds
164     *   <code>length</code>, then all 16-bit units to the end of the data
165     *   are replaced; (i.e., the effect is the same as a <code>remove</code>
166     *    method call with the same range, followed by an <code>append</code>
167     *    method invocation).
168     * @param arg The <code>DOMString</code> with which the range must be
169     *   replaced.
170     * @exception DOMException
171     *   INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>offset</code> is
172     *   negative or greater than the number of 16-bit units in
173     *   <code>data</code>, or if the specified <code>count</code> is
174     *   negative.
175     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
176     */
177    public void replaceData(int offset,
178                            int count,
179                            String arg)
180                            throws DOMException;
181
182}
183