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* <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>qualifiedName * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.namespaceURI * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>namespaceURI * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.prefix * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>prefix, extracted * from <code>qualifiedName, or null if there is * no prefix</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.localName * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>local name, extracted from * <code>qualifiedName * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Element.tagName * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>qualifiedName * </tr> * </table> * @exception DOMException * INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified * <code>qualifiedName is not an XML name according to the XML * version in use specified in the <code>Document.xmlVersion * attribute. * <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the qualifiedName is a * malformed qualified name, if the <code>qualifiedName has a * prefix and the <code>namespaceURI is null, or * if the <code>qualifiedName has a prefix that is "xml" and * the <code>namespaceURI is different from " * http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>" [XML Namespaces] * , or if the <code>qualifiedName or its prefix is "xmlns" and * the <code>namespaceURI is different from "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/", or if the namespaceURI is "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" and neither the qualifiedName nor its prefix is "xmlns". * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Always thrown if the current document does not * support the <code>"XML" feature, since namespaces were * defined by XML. * @since DOM Level 2 */ public Element createElementNS(String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName) throws DOMException; /** * Creates an attribute of the given qualified name and namespace URI. * <br>Per [XML Namespaces] * , applications must use the value <code>null as the * <code>namespaceURI parameter for methods if they wish to have * no namespace. * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the attribute to create. * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the attribute to * instantiate. * @return A new <code>Attr object with the following attributes: * <table border='1' cellpadding='3'> * <tr> * <th> * Attribute</th> * <th>Value * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.nodeName * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>qualifiedName * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>Node.namespaceURI * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>namespaceURI * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>Node.prefix * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>prefix, extracted from * <code>qualifiedName, or null if there is no * prefix</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.localName * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>local name, extracted from * <code>qualifiedName * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Attr.name * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'> * <code>qualifiedName * </tr> * <tr> * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.nodeValue * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>the empty * string</td> * </tr> * </table> * @exception DOMException * INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified * <code>qualifiedName is not an XML name according to the XML * version in use specified in the <code>Document.xmlVersion * attribute. * <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the qualifiedName is a * malformed qualified name, if the <code>qualifiedName has a * prefix and the <code>namespaceURI is null, if * the <code>qualifiedName has a prefix that is "xml" and the * <code>namespaceURI is different from " * http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>", if the qualifiedName or its prefix is "xmlns" and the * <code>namespaceURI is different from "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/", or if the namespaceURI is "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" and neither the qualifiedName nor its prefix is "xmlns". * <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Always thrown if the current document does not * support the <code>"XML" feature, since namespaces were * defined by XML. * @since DOM Level 2 */ public Attr createAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName) throws DOMException; /** * Returns a <code>NodeList of all the Elements with a * given local name and namespace URI in document order. * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the elements to match on. The * special value <code>"*" matches all namespaces. * @param localName The local name of the elements to match on. The * special value "*" matches all local names. * @return A new <code>NodeList object containing all the matched * <code>Elements. * @since DOM Level 2 */ public NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(String namespaceURI, String localName); /** * Returns the <code>Element that has an ID attribute with the * given value. If no such element exists, this returns <code>null * . If more than one element has an ID attribute with that value, what * is returned is undefined. * <br> The DOM implementation is expected to use the attribute * <code>Attr.isId to determine if an attribute is of type ID. * <p >Note: Attributes with the name "ID" or "id" are not of type * ID unless so defined. * @param elementId The unique <code>id value for an element. * @return The matching element or <code>null if there is none. * @since DOM Level 2 */ public Element getElementById(String elementId); /** * An attribute specifying the encoding used for this document at the time * of the parsing. This is <code>null when it is not known, such * as when the <code>Document was created in memory. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public String getInputEncoding(); /** * An attribute specifying, as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-XMLDecl'>XML declaration, the encoding of this document. This is null when * unspecified or when it is not known, such as when the * <code>Document was created in memory. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public String getXmlEncoding(); /** * An attribute specifying, as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-XMLDecl'>XML declaration, whether this document is standalone. This is false when * unspecified. * <p >Note: No verification is done on the value when setting * this attribute. Applications should use * <code>Document.normalizeDocument() with the "validate" * parameter to verify if the value matches the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#sec-rmd'>validity * constraint for standalone document declaration</a> as defined in [XML 1.0]. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public boolean getXmlStandalone(); /** * An attribute specifying, as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-XMLDecl'>XML declaration, whether this document is standalone. This is false when * unspecified. * <p >Note: No verification is done on the value when setting * this attribute. Applications should use * <code>Document.normalizeDocument() with the "validate" * parameter to verify if the value matches the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#sec-rmd'>validity * constraint for standalone document declaration</a> as defined in [XML 1.0]. * @exception DOMException * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document does not support the * "XML" feature. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public void setXmlStandalone(boolean xmlStandalone) throws DOMException; /** * An attribute specifying, as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-XMLDecl'>XML declaration, the version number of this document. If there is no declaration and if * this document supports the "XML" feature, the value is * <code>"1.0". If this document does not support the "XML" * feature, the value is always <code>null. Changing this * attribute will affect methods that check for invalid characters in * XML names. Application should invoke * <code>Document.normalizeDocument() in order to check for * invalid characters in the <code>Nodes that are already part of * this <code>Document. * <br> DOM applications may use the * <code>DOMImplementation.hasFeature(feature, version) method * with parameter values "XMLVersion" and "1.0" (respectively) to * determine if an implementation supports [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0]. DOM * applications may use the same method with parameter values * "XMLVersion" and "1.1" (respectively) to determine if an * implementation supports [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1]. In both * cases, in order to support XML, an implementation must also support * the "XML" feature defined in this specification. <code>Document * objects supporting a version of the "XMLVersion" feature must not * raise a <code>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR exception for the same version * number when using <code>Document.xmlVersion. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public String getXmlVersion(); /** * An attribute specifying, as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204#NT-XMLDecl'>XML declaration, the version number of this document. If there is no declaration and if * this document supports the "XML" feature, the value is * <code>"1.0". If this document does not support the "XML" * feature, the value is always <code>null. Changing this * attribute will affect methods that check for invalid characters in * XML names. Application should invoke * <code>Document.normalizeDocument() in order to check for * invalid characters in the <code>Nodes that are already part of * this <code>Document. * <br> DOM applications may use the * <code>DOMImplementation.hasFeature(feature, version) method * with parameter values "XMLVersion" and "1.0" (respectively) to * determine if an implementation supports [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0]. DOM * applications may use the same method with parameter values * "XMLVersion" and "1.1" (respectively) to determine if an * implementation supports [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1]. In both * cases, in order to support XML, an implementation must also support * the "XML" feature defined in this specification. <code>Document * objects supporting a version of the "XMLVersion" feature must not * raise a <code>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR exception for the same version * number when using <code>Document.xmlVersion. * @exception DOMException * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the version is set to a value that is * not supported by this <code>Document or if this document * does not support the "XML" feature. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public void setXmlVersion(String xmlVersion) throws DOMException; /** * An attribute specifying whether error checking is enforced or not. When * set to <code>false, the implementation is free to not test * every possible error case normally defined on DOM operations, and not * raise any <code>DOMException on DOM operations or report * errors while using <code>Document.normalizeDocument(). In case * of error, the behavior is undefined. This attribute is * <code>true by default. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public boolean getStrictErrorChecking(); /** * An attribute specifying whether error checking is enforced or not. When * set to <code>false, the implementation is free to not test * every possible error case normally defined on DOM operations, and not * raise any <code>DOMException on DOM operations or report * errors while using <code>Document.normalizeDocument(). In case * of error, the behavior is undefined. This attribute is * <code>true by default. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public void setStrictErrorChecking(boolean strictErrorChecking); /** * The location of the document or <code>null if undefined or if * the <code>Document was created using * <code>DOMImplementation.createDocument. No lexical checking is * performed when setting this attribute; this could result in a * <code>null value returned when using Node.baseURI * . * <br> Beware that when the Document supports the feature * "HTML" [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>DOM Level 2 HTML] * , the href attribute of the HTML BASE element takes precedence over * this attribute when computing <code>Node.baseURI. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public String getDocumentURI(); /** * The location of the document or <code>null if undefined or if * the <code>Document was created using * <code>DOMImplementation.createDocument. No lexical checking is * performed when setting this attribute; this could result in a * <code>null value returned when using Node.baseURI * . * <br> Beware that when the Document supports the feature * "HTML" [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>DOM Level 2 HTML] * , the href attribute of the HTML BASE element takes precedence over * this attribute when computing <code>Node.baseURI. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public void setDocumentURI(String documentURI); /** * Attempts to adopt a node from another document to this document. If * supported, it changes the <code>ownerDocument of the source * node, its children, as well as the attached attribute nodes if there * are any. If the source node has a parent it is first removed from the * child list of its parent. This effectively allows moving a subtree * from one document to another (unlike <code>importNode() which * create a copy of the source node instead of moving it). When it * fails, applications should use <code>Document.importNode() * instead. Note that if the adopted node is already part of this * document (i.e. the source and target document are the same), this * method still has the effect of removing the source node from the * child list of its parent, if any. The following list describes the * specifics for each type of node. * <dl> * <dt>ATTRIBUTE_NODE * <dd>The * <code>ownerElement attribute is set to null and * the <code>specified flag is set to true on the * adopted <code>Attr. The descendants of the source * <code>Attr are recursively adopted. * <dt>DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE * <dd>The * descendants of the source node are recursively adopted.</dd> * <dt>DOCUMENT_NODE * <dd> * <code>Document nodes cannot be adopted. * <dt>DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE * <dd> * <code>DocumentType nodes cannot be adopted. * <dt>ELEMENT_NODE * <dd>Specified attribute nodes of the source element are adopted. Default attributes * are discarded, though if the document being adopted into defines * default attributes for this element name, those are assigned. The * descendants of the source element are recursively adopted.</dd> * <dt>ENTITY_NODE * <dd> * <code>Entity nodes cannot be adopted. * <dt>ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE * <dd>Only * the <code>EntityReference node itself is adopted, the * descendants are discarded, since the source and destination documents * might have defined the entity differently. If the document being * imported into provides a definition for this entity name, its value * is assigned.</dd> * <dt>NOTATION_NODE * <dd>Notation nodes cannot be * adopted.</dd> * <dt>PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, * COMMENT_NODE</dt> * <dd>These nodes can all be adopted. No specifics. * </dl> * <p >Note: Since it does not create new nodes unlike the * <code>Document.importNode() method, this method does not raise * an <code>INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR exception, and applications * should use the <code>Document.normalizeDocument() method to * check if an imported name is not an XML name according to the XML * version in use. * @param source The node to move into this document. * @return The adopted node, or <code>null if this operation * fails, such as when the source node comes from a different * implementation. * @exception DOMException * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the source node is of type * <code>DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT_TYPE. * <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the source node is * readonly. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public Node adoptNode(Node source) throws DOMException; /** * The configuration used when <code>Document.normalizeDocument() * is invoked. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public DOMConfiguration getDomConfig(); /** * This method acts as if the document was going through a save and load * cycle, putting the document in a "normal" form. As a consequence, * this method updates the replacement tree of * <code>EntityReference nodes and normalizes Text * nodes, as defined in the method <code>Node.normalize(). * <br> Otherwise, the actual result depends on the features being set on * the <code>Document.domConfig object and governing what * operations actually take place. Noticeably this method could also * make the document namespace well-formed according to the algorithm * described in , check the character normalization, remove the * <code>CDATASection nodes, etc. See * <code>DOMConfiguration for details. * <pre>// Keep in the document * the information defined // in the XML Information Set (Java example) * DOMConfiguration docConfig = myDocument.getDomConfig(); * docConfig.setParameter("infoset", Boolean.TRUE); * myDocument.normalizeDocument();</pre> * * <br>Mutation events, when supported, are generated to reflect the * changes occurring on the document. * <br> If errors occur during the invocation of this method, such as an * attempt to update a read-only node or a <code>Node.nodeName * contains an invalid character according to the XML version in use, * errors or warnings (<code>DOMError.SEVERITY_ERROR or * <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_WARNING) will be reported using the * <code>DOMErrorHandler object associated with the "error-handler * " parameter. Note this method might also report fatal errors ( * <code>DOMError.SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR) if an implementation * cannot recover from an error. * @since DOM Level 3 */ public void normalizeDocument(); /** * Rename an existing node of type <code>ELEMENT_NODE or * <code>ATTRIBUTE_NODE. * <br>When possible this simply changes the name of the given node, * otherwise this creates a new node with the specified name and * replaces the existing node with the new node as described below. * <br>If simply changing the name of the given node is not possible, the * following operations are performed: a new node is created, any * registered event listener is registered on the new node, any user * data attached to the old node is removed from that node, the old node * is removed from its parent if it has one, the children are moved to * the new node, if the renamed node is an <code>Element its * attributes are moved to the new node, the new node is inserted at the * position the old node used to have in its parent's child nodes list * if it has one, the user data that was attached to the old node is * attached to the new node. * <br>When the node being renamed is an Element only the * specified attributes are moved, default attributes originated from * the DTD are updated according to the new element name. In addition, * the implementation may update default attributes from other schemas. * Applications should use <code>Document.normalizeDocument() to * guarantee these attributes are up-to-date. * <br>When the node being renamed is an Attr that is * attached to an <code>Element, the node is first removed from * the <code>Element attributes map. Then, once renamed, either * by modifying the existing node or creating a new one as described * above, it is put back. * <br>In addition, * <ul> * <li> a user data event NODE_RENAMED is fired, * </li> * <li> * when the implementation supports the feature "MutationNameEvents", * each mutation operation involved in this method fires the appropriate * event, and in the end the event { * <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events, * <code>DOMElementNameChanged} or { * <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events, * <code>DOMAttributeNameChanged} is fired. * </li> * </ul> * @param n The node to rename. * @param namespaceURI The new namespace URI. * @param qualifiedName The new qualified name. * @return The renamed node. This is either the specified node or the new * node that was created to replace the specified node. * @exception DOMException * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised when the type of the specified node is * neither <code>ELEMENT_NODE nor ATTRIBUTE_NODE, * or if the implementation does not support the renaming of the * document element. * <br>INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the new qualified name is not an * XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the * <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute. * <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised when the specified node was created * from a different document than this document. * <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the qualifiedName is a * malformed qualified name, if the <code>qualifiedName has a * prefix and the <code>namespaceURI is null, or * if the <code>qualifiedName has a prefix that is "xml" and * the <code>namespaceURI is different from " * http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>" [XML Namespaces] * . Also raised, when the node being renamed is an attribute, if the * <code>qualifiedName, or its prefix, is "xmlns" and the * <code>namespaceURI is different from "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/". * @since DOM Level 3 */ public Node renameNode(Node n, String namespaceURI, String qualifiedName) throws DOMException; }

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package org.w3c.dom;

/**
 * The <code>Document interface represents the entire HTML or XML
 * document. Conceptually, it is the root of the document tree, and provides
 * the primary access to the document's data.
 * <p>Since elements, text nodes, comments, processing instructions, etc.
 * cannot exist outside the context of a <code>Document, the
 * <code>Document interface also contains the factory methods needed
 * to create these objects. The <code>Node objects created have a
 * <code>ownerDocument attribute which associates them with the
 * <code>Document within whose context they were created.
 * <p>See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification.
 */
public interface Document extends Node {
    /**
     * The Document Type Declaration (see <code>DocumentType)
     * associated with this document. For XML documents without a document
     * type declaration this returns <code>null. For HTML documents,
     * a <code>DocumentType object may be returned, independently of
     * the presence or absence of document type declaration in the HTML
     * document.
     * <br>This provides direct access to the DocumentType node,
     * child node of this <code>Document. This node can be set at
     * document creation time and later changed through the use of child
     * nodes manipulation methods, such as <code>Node.insertBefore,
     * or <code>Node.replaceChild. Note, however, that while some
     * implementations may instantiate different types of
     * <code>Document objects supporting additional features than the
     * "Core", such as "HTML" [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>DOM Level 2 HTML]
     * , based on the <code>DocumentType specified at creation time,
     * changing it afterwards is very unlikely to result in a change of the
     * features supported.
     *
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public DocumentType getDoctype();

    /**
     * The <code>DOMImplementation object that handles this document. A
     * DOM application may use objects from multiple implementations.
     */
    public DOMImplementation getImplementation();

    /**
     * This is a convenience attribute that allows direct access to the child
     * node that is the document element of the document.
     */
    public Element getDocumentElement();

    /**
     * Creates an element of the type specified. Note that the instance
     * returned implements the <code>Element interface, so attributes
     * can be specified directly on the returned object.
     * <br>In addition, if there are known attributes with default values,
     * <code>Attr nodes representing them are automatically created
     * and attached to the element.
     * <br>To create an element with a qualified name and namespace URI, use
     * the <code>createElementNS method.
     * @param tagName The name of the element type to instantiate. For XML,
     *   this is case-sensitive, otherwise it depends on the
     *   case-sensitivity of the markup language in use. In that case, the
     *   name is mapped to the canonical form of that markup by the DOM
     *   implementation.
     * @return A new <code>Element object with the
     *   <code>nodeName attribute set to tagName, and
     *   <code>localName, prefix, and
     *   <code>namespaceURI set to null.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name is not an XML
     *   name according to the XML version in use specified in the
     *   <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute.
     */
    public Element createElement(String tagName)
                                 throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Creates an empty <code>DocumentFragment object.
     * @return A new <code>DocumentFragment.
     */
    public DocumentFragment createDocumentFragment();

    /**
     * Creates a <code>Text node given the specified string.
     * @param data The data for the node.
     * @return The new <code>Text object.
     */
    public Text createTextNode(String data);

    /**
     * Creates a <code>Comment node given the specified string.
     * @param data The data for the node.
     * @return The new <code>Comment object.
     */
    public Comment createComment(String data);

    /**
     * Creates a <code>CDATASection node whose value is the specified
     * string.
     * @param data The data for the <code>CDATASection contents.
     * @return The new <code>CDATASection object.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
     */
    public CDATASection createCDATASection(String data)
                                           throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Creates a <code>ProcessingInstruction node given the specified
     * name and data strings.
     * @param target The target part of the processing instruction.Unlike
     *   <code>Document.createElementNS or
     *   <code>Document.createAttributeNS, no namespace well-formed
     *   checking is done on the target name. Applications should invoke
     *   <code>Document.normalizeDocument() with the parameter "
     *   namespaces" set to <code>true in order to ensure that the
     *   target name is namespace well-formed.
     * @param data The data for the node.
     * @return The new <code>ProcessingInstruction object.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified target is not an XML
     *   name according to the XML version in use specified in the
     *   <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
     */
    public ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(String target,
                                                             String data)
                                                             throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Creates an <code>Attr of the given name. Note that the
     * <code>Attr instance can then be set on an Element
     * using the <code>setAttributeNode method.
     * <br>To create an attribute with a qualified name and namespace URI, use
     * the <code>createAttributeNS method.
     * @param name The name of the attribute.
     * @return A new <code>Attr object with the nodeName
     *   attribute set to <code>name, and localName,
     *   <code>prefix, and namespaceURI set to
     *   <code>null. The value of the attribute is the empty string.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name is not an XML
     *   name according to the XML version in use specified in the
     *   <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute.
     */
    public Attr createAttribute(String name)
                                throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Creates an <code>EntityReference object. In addition, if the
     * referenced entity is known, the child list of the
     * <code>EntityReference node is made the same as that of the
     * corresponding <code>Entity node.
     * <p >Note: If any descendant of the Entity node has
     * an unbound namespace prefix, the corresponding descendant of the
     * created <code>EntityReference node is also unbound; (its
     * <code>namespaceURI is null). The DOM Level 2 and
     * 3 do not support any mechanism to resolve namespace prefixes in this
     * case.
     * @param name The name of the entity to reference.Unlike
     *   <code>Document.createElementNS or
     *   <code>Document.createAttributeNS, no namespace well-formed
     *   checking is done on the entity name. Applications should invoke
     *   <code>Document.normalizeDocument() with the parameter "
     *   namespaces" set to <code>true in order to ensure that the
     *   entity name is namespace well-formed.
     * @return The new <code>EntityReference object.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified name is not an XML
     *   name according to the XML version in use specified in the
     *   <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if this document is an HTML document.
     */
    public EntityReference createEntityReference(String name)
                                                 throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Returns a <code>NodeList of all the Elements in
     * document order with a given tag name and are contained in the
     * document.
     * @param tagname  The name of the tag to match on. The special value "*"
     *   matches all tags. For XML, the <code>tagname parameter is
     *   case-sensitive, otherwise it depends on the case-sensitivity of the
     *   markup language in use.
     * @return A new <code>NodeList object containing all the matched
     *   <code>Elements.
     */
    public NodeList getElementsByTagName(String tagname);

    /**
     * Imports a node from another document to this document, without altering
     * or removing the source node from the original document; this method
     * creates a new copy of the source node. The returned node has no
     * parent; (<code>parentNode is null).
     * <br>For all nodes, importing a node creates a node object owned by the
     * importing document, with attribute values identical to the source
     * node's <code>nodeName and nodeType, plus the
     * attributes related to namespaces (<code>prefix,
     * <code>localName, and namespaceURI). As in the
     * <code>cloneNode operation, the source node is not altered.
     * User data associated to the imported node is not carried over.
     * However, if any <code>UserDataHandlers has been specified
     * along with the associated data these handlers will be called with the
     * appropriate parameters before this method returns.
     * <br>Additional information is copied as appropriate to the
     * <code>nodeType, attempting to mirror the behavior expected if
     * a fragment of XML or HTML source was copied from one document to
     * another, recognizing that the two documents may have different DTDs
     * in the XML case. The following list describes the specifics for each
     * type of node.
     * <dl>
     * <dt>ATTRIBUTE_NODE
     * <dd>The ownerElement attribute
     * is set to <code>null and the specified flag is
     * set to <code>true on the generated Attr. The
     * descendants of the source <code>Attr are recursively imported
     * and the resulting nodes reassembled to form the corresponding subtree.
     * Note that the <code>deep parameter has no effect on
     * <code>Attr nodes; they always carry their children with them
     * when imported.</dd>
     * <dt>DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
     * <dd>If the deep option
     * was set to <code>true, the descendants of the source
     * <code>DocumentFragment are recursively imported and the
     * resulting nodes reassembled under the imported
     * <code>DocumentFragment to form the corresponding subtree.
     * Otherwise, this simply generates an empty
     * <code>DocumentFragment.
     * <dt>DOCUMENT_NODE
     * <dd>Document
     * nodes cannot be imported.</dd>
     * <dt>DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
     * <dd>DocumentType
     * nodes cannot be imported.</dd>
     * <dt>ELEMENT_NODE
     * <dd>Specified attribute nodes of the source element are imported, and the generated
     * <code>Attr nodes are attached to the generated
     * <code>Element. Default attributes are not copied, though if the document being imported into defines default
     * attributes for this element name, those are assigned. If the
     * <code>importNode deep parameter was set to
     * <code>true, the descendants of the source element are
     * recursively imported and the resulting nodes reassembled to form the
     * corresponding subtree.</dd>
     * <dt>ENTITY_NODE
     * <dd>Entity nodes can be
     * imported, however in the current release of the DOM the
     * <code>DocumentType is readonly. Ability to add these imported
     * nodes to a <code>DocumentType will be considered for addition
     * to a future release of the DOM.On import, the <code>publicId,
     * <code>systemId, and notationName attributes are
     * copied. If a <code>deep import is requested, the descendants
     * of the the source <code>Entity are recursively imported and
     * the resulting nodes reassembled to form the corresponding subtree.</dd>
     * <dt>
     * ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE</dt>
     * <dd>Only the EntityReference itself is
     * copied, even if a <code>deep import is requested, since the
     * source and destination documents might have defined the entity
     * differently. If the document being imported into provides a
     * definition for this entity name, its value is assigned.</dd>
     * <dt>NOTATION_NODE
     * <dd>
     * <code>Notation nodes can be imported, however in the current
     * release of the DOM the <code>DocumentType is readonly. Ability
     * to add these imported nodes to a <code>DocumentType will be
     * considered for addition to a future release of the DOM.On import, the
     * <code>publicId and systemId attributes are copied.
     * Note that the <code>deep parameter has no effect on this type
     * of nodes since they cannot have any children.</dd>
     * <dt>
     * PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE</dt>
     * <dd>The imported node copies its
     * <code>target and data values from those of the
     * source node.Note that the <code>deep parameter has no effect
     * on this type of nodes since they cannot have any children.</dd>
     * <dt>TEXT_NODE,
     * CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE</dt>
     * <dd>These three types of nodes inheriting
     * from <code>CharacterData copy their data and
     * <code>length attributes from those of the source node.Note
     * that the <code>deep parameter has no effect on these types of
     * nodes since they cannot have any children.</dd>
     * </dl>
     * @param importedNode The node to import.
     * @param deep If <code>true, recursively import the subtree under
     *   the specified node; if <code>false, import only the node
     *   itself, as explained above. This has no effect on nodes that cannot
     *   have any children, and on <code>Attr, and
     *   <code>EntityReference nodes.
     * @return The imported node that belongs to this <code>Document.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the type of node being imported is not
     *   supported.
     *   <br>INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if one of the imported names is not
     *   an XML name according to the XML version in use specified in the
     *   <code>Document.xmlVersion attribute. This may happen when
     *   importing an XML 1.1 [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml11-20040204/'>XML 1.1] element
     *   into an XML 1.0 document, for instance.
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public Node importNode(Node importedNode,
                           boolean deep)
                           throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Creates an element of the given qualified name and namespace URI.
     * <br>Per [XML Namespaces]
     * , applications must use the value <code>null as the
     * namespaceURI parameter for methods if they wish to have no namespace.
     * @param namespaceURI The namespace URI of the element to create.
     * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the element type to
     *   instantiate.
     * @return A new <code>Element object with the following
     *   attributes:
     * <table border='1' cellpadding='3'>
     * <tr>
     * <th>Attribute
     * <th>Value
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>Node.nodeName
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