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41 
42 package org.w3c.dom.html;
43 
44 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
45 
46 /**
47  *  An <code>HTMLCollection</code> is a list of nodes. An individual node may
48  * be accessed by either ordinal index or the node's<code>name</code> or
49  * <code>id</code> attributes.  Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed
50  * to be  live meaning that they are automatically updated when the
51  * underlying document is changed.
52  * <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>.
53  *
54  * @since 1.4, DOM Level 2
55  */
56 public interface HTMLCollection {
57     /**
58      *  This attribute specifies the length or  size of the list.
59      */
getLength()60     public int getLength();
61 
62     /**
63      *  This method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index. Nodes are
64      * numbered in tree order (depth-first traversal order).
65      * @param index  The index of the node to be fetched. The index origin is
66      *   0.
67      * @return  The <code>Node</code> at the corresponding position upon
68      *   success. A value of <code>null</code> is returned if the index is
69      *   out of range.
70      */
item(int index)71     public Node item(int index);
72 
73     /**
74      *  This method retrieves a <code>Node</code> using a name. It first
75      * searches for a <code>Node</code> with a matching <code>id</code>
76      * attribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for a
77      * <code>Node</code> with a matching <code>name</code> attribute, but
78      * only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.
79      * @param name  The name of the <code>Node</code> to be fetched.
80      * @return  The <code>Node</code> with a <code>name</code> or
81      *   <code>id</code> attribute whose value corresponds to the specified
82      *   string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returns
83      *   <code>null</code> .
84      */
namedItem(String name)85     public Node namedItem(String name);
86 
87 }
88