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 } 59
