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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 by Quentin Anciaux
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
* option) any later version.
*
* This library 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 the GNU Library General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
* Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* @author Quentin Anciaux
*/
package org.w3c.dom;
/**
* The NodeList
interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
* collection of nodes, without defining or constraining how this collection
* is implemented. NodeList
objects in the DOM are live.
*
*
* The items in the NodeList
are accessible via an integral index,
* starting from 0.
*
*
*
* See also the Document
* Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification .
*
*/
public interface NodeList {
/**
* Returns the index
th item in the collection. If
* index
is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in
* the list, this returns null
.
*
* @param index Index into the collection.
*
* @return The node at the index
th position in the
* NodeList
, or null
if that is not a
* valid index.
*/
public Node item(int index);
/**
* The number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indices
* is 0 to length-1
inclusive.
*
* @return DOCUMENT ME!
*/
public int getLength();
}