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41
42package org.w3c.dom.css;
43
44import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
45
46/**
47 *  The <code>CSSRule</code> interface is the abstract base interface for any
48 * type of CSS statement. This includes both rule sets and at-rules. An
49 * implementation is expected to preserve all rules specified in a CSS style
50 * sheet, even if the rule is not recognized by the parser. Unrecognized
51 * rules are represented using the <code>CSSUnknownRule</code> interface.
52 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification</a>.
53 * @since 1.4, DOM Level 2
54 */
55public interface CSSRule {
56    // RuleType
57    /**
58     * The rule is a <code>CSSUnknownRule</code>.
59     */
60    public static final short UNKNOWN_RULE              = 0;
61    /**
62     * The rule is a <code>CSSStyleRule</code>.
63     */
64    public static final short STYLE_RULE                = 1;
65    /**
66     * The rule is a <code>CSSCharsetRule</code>.
67     */
68    public static final short CHARSET_RULE              = 2;
69    /**
70     * The rule is a <code>CSSImportRule</code>.
71     */
72    public static final short IMPORT_RULE               = 3;
73    /**
74     * The rule is a <code>CSSMediaRule</code>.
75     */
76    public static final short MEDIA_RULE                = 4;
77    /**
78     * The rule is a <code>CSSFontFaceRule</code>.
79     */
80    public static final short FONT_FACE_RULE            = 5;
81    /**
82     * The rule is a <code>CSSPageRule</code>.
83     */
84    public static final short PAGE_RULE                 = 6;
85
86    /**
87     *  The type of the rule, as defined above. The expectation is that
88     * binding-specific casting methods can be used to cast down from an
89     * instance of the <code>CSSRule</code> interface to the specific
90     * derived interface implied by the <code>type</code>.
91     */
92    public short getType();
93
94    /**
95     *  The parsable textual representation of the rule. This reflects the
96     * current state of the rule and not its initial value.
97     */
98    public String getCssText();
99    /**
100     *  The parsable textual representation of the rule. This reflects the
101     * current state of the rule and not its initial value.
102     * @exception DOMException
103     *   SYNTAX_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string value has a syntax
104     *   error and is unparsable.
105     *   <br>INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string
106     *   value represents a different type of rule than the current one.
107     *   <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the rule cannot be inserted at
108     *   this point in the style sheet.
109     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the rule is readonly.
110     */
111    public void setCssText(String cssText)
112                        throws DOMException;
113
114    /**
115     *  The style sheet that contains this rule.
116     */
117    public CSSStyleSheet getParentStyleSheet();
118
119    /**
120     *  If this rule is contained inside another rule (e.g. a style rule
121     * inside an @media block), this is the containing rule. If this rule is
122     * not nested inside any other rules, this returns <code>null</code>.
123     */
124    public CSSRule getParentRule();
125
126}
127