1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
3  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
4  * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
5  * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
6  * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
7  * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
8  * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
9  * PURPOSE.
10  * See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
11  */
12 
13 package org.w3c.dom.ranges;
14 
15 /**
16  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification</a>.
17  * @since DOM Level 2
18  */
19 public interface DocumentRange {
20     /**
21      * This interface can be obtained from the object implementing the
22      * <code>Document</code> interface using binding-specific casting
23      * methods.
24      * @return The initial state of the Range returned from this method is
25      *   such that both of its boundary-points are positioned at the
26      *   beginning of the corresponding Document, before any content. The
27      *   Range returned can only be used to select content associated with
28      *   this Document, or with DocumentFragments and Attrs for which this
29      *   Document is the <code>ownerDocument</code>.
30      */
createRange()31     public Range createRange();
32 
33 }
34