gecko/dom/interfaces/core/nsIDOMNode.idl

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#include "domstubs.idl"

/**
 * The nsIDOMNode interface is the primary datatype for the entire 
 * Document Object Model.
 * It represents a single node in the document tree.
 *
 * For more information on this interface please see 
 * http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html
 */

[scriptable, uuid(817dc774-2ad2-4111-9042-1787df86c015)]
interface nsIDOMNode : nsISupports
{
  const unsigned short      ELEMENT_NODE       = 1;
  const unsigned short      ATTRIBUTE_NODE     = 2;
  const unsigned short      TEXT_NODE          = 3;
  const unsigned short      CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4;
  const unsigned short      ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5;
  const unsigned short      ENTITY_NODE        = 6;
  const unsigned short      PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;
  const unsigned short      COMMENT_NODE       = 8;
  const unsigned short      DOCUMENT_NODE      = 9;
  const unsigned short      DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10;
  const unsigned short      DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11;
  const unsigned short      NOTATION_NODE      = 12;

  readonly attribute DOMString        nodeName;
           attribute DOMString        nodeValue;
                                          // raises(DOMException) on setting
                                          // raises(DOMException) on retrieval
  readonly attribute unsigned short   nodeType;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode       parentNode;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNodeList   childNodes;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode       firstChild;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode       lastChild;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode       previousSibling;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode       nextSibling;
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNamedNodeMap attributes;
  // Modified in DOM Level 2:
  readonly attribute nsIDOMDocument   ownerDocument;
  nsIDOMNode                insertBefore(in nsIDOMNode newChild, 
                                         in nsIDOMNode refChild)
                                          raises(DOMException);
  nsIDOMNode                replaceChild(in nsIDOMNode newChild, 
                                         in nsIDOMNode oldChild)
                                          raises(DOMException);
  nsIDOMNode                removeChild(in nsIDOMNode oldChild)
                                         raises(DOMException);
  nsIDOMNode                appendChild(in nsIDOMNode newChild)
                                         raises(DOMException);
  boolean                   hasChildNodes();
  nsIDOMNode                cloneNode(in boolean deep);
  // Modified in DOM Level 2:
  void                      normalize();
  // Introduced in DOM Level 2:
  boolean                   isSupported(in DOMString feature, 
                                        in DOMString version);
  // Introduced in DOM Level 2:
  readonly attribute DOMString        namespaceURI;
  // Modified in DOM Core
  readonly attribute DOMString        prefix;

  // Introduced in DOM Level 2:
  readonly attribute DOMString        localName;
  // Introduced in DOM Level 2:
  boolean            hasAttributes();
};