Source for org.w3c.dom.DOMImplementationSource

   1: /*
   2:  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
   3:  *
   4:  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
   5:  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
   6:  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
   7:  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
   8:  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   9:  *
  10:  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
  11:  */
  12: 
  13: package org.w3c.dom;
  14: 
  15: /**
  16:  * This interface permits a DOM implementer to supply one or more 
  17:  * implementations, based upon requested features and versions, as specified 
  18:  * in . Each implemented <code>DOMImplementationSource</code> object is 
  19:  * listed in the binding-specific list of available sources so that its 
  20:  * <code>DOMImplementation</code> objects are made available.
  21:  * <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>.
  22:  * @since DOM Level 3
  23:  */
  24: public interface DOMImplementationSource {
  25:     /**
  26:      *  A method to request the first DOM implementation that supports the 
  27:      * specified features. 
  28:      * @param features  A string that specifies which features and versions 
  29:      *   are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature 
  30:      *   is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a 
  31:      *   version number.  This method returns the first item of the list 
  32:      *   returned by <code>getDOMImplementationList</code>.  As an example, 
  33:      *   the string <code>"XML 3.0 Traversal +Events 2.0"</code> will 
  34:      *   request a DOM implementation that supports the module "XML" for its 
  35:      *   3.0 version, a module that support of the "Traversal" module for 
  36:      *   any version, and the module "Events" for its 2.0 version. The 
  37:      *   module "Events" must be accessible using the method 
  38:      *   <code>Node.getFeature()</code> and 
  39:      *   <code>DOMImplementation.getFeature()</code>. 
  40:      * @return The first DOM implementation that support the desired 
  41:      *   features, or <code>null</code> if this source has none.
  42:      */
  43:     public DOMImplementation getDOMImplementation(String features);
  44: 
  45:     /**
  46:      * A method to request a list of DOM implementations that support the 
  47:      * specified features and versions, as specified in .
  48:      * @param features A string that specifies which features and versions 
  49:      *   are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature 
  50:      *   is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a 
  51:      *   version number. This is something like: "XML 3.0 Traversal +Events 
  52:      *   2.0"
  53:      * @return A list of DOM implementations that support the desired 
  54:      *   features.
  55:      */
  56:     public DOMImplementationList getDOMImplementationList(String features);
  57: 
  58: }