/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
 * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed 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. See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more
 * details.
 */

package org.w3c.dom.html;

/**
 *  A selectable choice. See the  OPTION element definition in HTML 4.0.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-DOM-Level-2-20000510'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification</a>.
 */
public interface HTMLOptionElement extends HTMLElement {
    /**
     *  Returns the <code>FORM</code> element containing this control. Returns 
     * <code>null</code> if this control is not within the context of a form. 
     */
    public HTMLFormElement getForm();

    /**
     *  Represents the value of the HTML selected attribute. The value of this 
     * attribute does not change if the state of the corresponding form 
     * control, in an interactive user agent, changes. Changing 
     * <code>defaultSelected</code> , however, resets the state of the form 
     * control. See the  selected attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public boolean getDefaultSelected();
    public void setDefaultSelected(boolean defaultSelected);

    /**
     *  The text contained within the option element. 
     */
    public String getText();

    /**
     *  The index of this <code>OPTION</code> in its parent <code>SELECT</code>
     *  , starting from 0.
     */
    public int getIndex();

    /**
     *  The control is unavailable in this context. See the  disabled 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public boolean getDisabled();
    public void setDisabled(boolean disabled);

    /**
     *  Option label for use in hierarchical menus. See the  label attribute 
     * definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getLabel();
    public void setLabel(String label);

    /**
     *  Represents the current state of the corresponding form control, in an 
     * interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the state of 
     * the form control, but does not change the value of the HTML selected 
     * attribute of the element.
     */
    public boolean getSelected();
    public void setSelected(boolean selected);

    /**
     *  The current form control value. See the  value attribute definition in 
     * HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getValue();
    public void setValue(String value);

}