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/*
 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package com.google.gwt.xml.client;

/*
 * Implementation notes: Opera has a length limit of 32k on any <code>CharacterData</code>
 * nodes.
 */

/**
 * This interface describes <code>CharacterData</code> XML nodes. These can be
 * either <code>Text</code>, <code>CDATASection</code> or
 * <code>Comment</code> nodes.
 */
public interface CharacterData extends Node {
    /**
     * This method appends <code>data</code> to the data in this
     * <code>CharacterData</code>.
     * 
     * @param appendedData the data to be appended to the end
     */
    void appendData(String appendedData);

    /**
     * This method deletes data, starting at <code>offset</code>, and deleting
     * <code>count</code> characters.
     * 
     * @param offset how far from the beginning to start deleting
     * @param count how many characters to delete
     */
    void deleteData(int offset, int count);

    /**
     * This method retrieves the data.
     * 
     * @return the data of this <code>CharacterData</code>
     */
    String getData();

    /**
     * This method retrieves the length of the data.
     * 
     * @return the length of the data contained in this <code>CharacterData</code>
     */
    int getLength();

    /**
     * This method inserts data at the specified offset.
     * 
     * @param offset how far from the beginning to start inserting
     * @param insertedData the data to be inserted
     */
    void insertData(int offset, String insertedData);

    /**
     * This method replaces the substring of data indicated by <code>offset</code>
     * and <code>count</code> with <code>replacementData</code>.
     * 
     * @param offset how far from the beginning to start the replacement
     * @param replacementData the data that will replace the deleted data
     * @param count how many characters to delete before inserting
     *          <code>replacementData</code>
     */
    void replaceData(int offset, int count, String replacementData);

    /**
     * This method sets the data to <code>data</code>.
     * 
     * @param data the new data
     */
    void setData(String data);

    /**
     * This method gets a substring of the character data.
     * 
     * @param offset the place to start the substring
     * @param count how many characters to return
     * @return the specified substring
     */
    String substringData(int offset, int count);

}