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Vaadin is a web application framework for Rich Internet Applications (RIA). Vaadin enables easy development and maintenance of fast and secure rich web applications with a stunning look and feel and a wide browser support. It features a server-side architecture with the majority of the logic running on the server. Ajax technology is used at the browser-side to ensure a rich and interactive user experience.

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2011 Gargoyle Software Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Interface for form fields where the original field name still matters even once it
 * has been changed.
 * 
 * Example:

 * With

 * <input name="foo"/>

 * following script will work

 * 
 * theForm.foo.name = 'newName';

 * theForm.foo.value = 'some value';
 * 

 * Depending on the simulated browser the form field is reachable only through its original name
 * or through all the names it has had.
 * @author Marc Guillemot
 * @version $Revision: 6204 $
 */
public interface FormFieldWithNameHistory {
    /**
     * Gets the first value of the name attribute of this field before any change.
     * @return the original name (which is the same as the current one when no change has been made)
     */
    String getOriginalName();

    /**
     * Get all the names this field had before the current one.
     * @return an empty collection if the name attribute has never been changed.
     */
    Collection getPreviousNames();
}