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      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  * When associating an object to a key on a node using
     17  * <code>Node.setUserData()</code> the application can provide a handler
     18  * that gets called when the node the object is associated to is being
     19  * cloned, imported, or renamed. This can be used by the application to
     20  * implement various behaviors regarding the data it associates to the DOM
     21  * nodes. This interface defines that handler.
     22  * <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>.
     23  * @since DOM Level 3
     24  */
     25 public interface UserDataHandler {
     26     // OperationType
     27     /**
     28      * The node is cloned, using <code>Node.cloneNode()</code>.
     29      */
     30     public static final short NODE_CLONED               = 1;
     31     /**
     32      * The node is imported, using <code>Document.importNode()</code>.
     33      */
     34     public static final short NODE_IMPORTED             = 2;
     35     /**
     36      * The node is deleted.
     37      * <p ><b>Note:</b> This may not be supported or may not be reliable in
     38      * certain environments, such as Java, where the implementation has no
     39      * real control over when objects are actually deleted.
     40      */
     41     public static final short NODE_DELETED              = 3;
     42     /**
     43      * The node is renamed, using <code>Document.renameNode()</code>.
     44      */
     45     public static final short NODE_RENAMED              = 4;
     46     /**
     47      * The node is adopted, using <code>Document.adoptNode()</code>.
     48      */
     49     public static final short NODE_ADOPTED              = 5;
     50 
     51     /**
     52      * This method is called whenever the node for which this handler is
     53      * registered is imported or cloned.
     54      * <br> DOM applications must not raise exceptions in a
     55      * <code>UserDataHandler</code>. The effect of throwing exceptions from
     56      * the handler is DOM implementation dependent.
     57      * @param operation Specifies the type of operation that is being
     58      *   performed on the node.
     59      * @param key Specifies the key for which this handler is being called.
     60      * @param data Specifies the data for which this handler is being called.
     61      * @param src Specifies the node being cloned, adopted, imported, or
     62      *   renamed. This is <code>null</code> when the node is being deleted.
     63      * @param dst Specifies the node newly created if any, or
     64      *   <code>null</code>.
     65      */
     66     public void handle(short operation,
     67                        String key,
     68                        Object data,
     69                        Node src,
     70                        Node dst);
     71 
     72 }
     73