/*
* Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
*
* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
* Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
* work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] 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.
*
* [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
*/
package org.w3c.dom;
/**
* The <code>NameList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
* collection of parallel pairs of name and namespace values (which could be
* null values), without defining or constraining how this collection is
* implemented. The items in the <code>NameList</code> are accessible via an
* integral index, starting from 0.
* <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>.
* @since DOM Level 3
*/
public interface NameList {
/**
* Returns the <code>index</code>th name item in the collection.
* @param index Index into the collection.
* @return The name at the <code>index</code>th position in the
* <code>NameList</code>, or <code>null</code> if there is no name for
* the specified index or if the index is out of range.
*/
public String getName(int index);
/**
* Returns the <code>index</code>th namespaceURI item in the collection.
* @param index Index into the collection.
* @return The namespace URI at the <code>index</code>th position in the
* <code>NameList</code>, or <code>null</code> if there is no name for
* the specified index or if the index is out of range.
*/
public String getNamespaceURI(int index);
/**
* The number of pairs (name and namespaceURI) in the list. The range of
* valid child node indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Test if a name is part of this <code>NameList</code>.
* @param str The name to look for.
* @return <code>true</code> if the name has been found,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public boolean contains(String str);
/**
* Test if the pair namespaceURI/name is part of this
* <code>NameList</code>.
* @param namespaceURI The namespace URI to look for.
* @param name The name to look for.
* @return <code>true</code> if the pair namespaceURI/name has been
* found, <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public boolean containsNS(String namespaceURI,
String name);
}