001 /* 002 * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium, 003 * 004 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for 005 * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This 006 * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that 007 * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied 008 * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 009 * 010 * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 011 */ 012 013 package org.w3c.dom; 014 015 /** 016 * This interface permits a DOM implementer to supply one or more 017 * implementations, based upon requested features and versions, as specified 018 * in . Each implemented <code>DOMImplementationSource</code> object is 019 * listed in the binding-specific list of available sources so that its 020 * <code>DOMImplementation</code> objects are made available. 021 * <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>. 022 * @since DOM Level 3 023 */ 024 public interface DOMImplementationSource { 025 /** 026 * A method to request the first DOM implementation that supports the 027 * specified features. 028 * @param features A string that specifies which features and versions 029 * are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature 030 * is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a 031 * version number. This method returns the first item of the list 032 * returned by <code>getDOMImplementationList</code>. As an example, 033 * the string <code>"XML 3.0 Traversal +Events 2.0"</code> will 034 * request a DOM implementation that supports the module "XML" for its 035 * 3.0 version, a module that support of the "Traversal" module for 036 * any version, and the module "Events" for its 2.0 version. The 037 * module "Events" must be accessible using the method 038 * <code>Node.getFeature()</code> and 039 * <code>DOMImplementation.getFeature()</code>. 040 * @return The first DOM implementation that support the desired 041 * features, or <code>null</code> if this source has none. 042 */ 043 public DOMImplementation getDOMImplementation(String features); 044 045 /** 046 * A method to request a list of DOM implementations that support the 047 * specified features and versions, as specified in . 048 * @param features A string that specifies which features and versions 049 * are required. This is a space separated list in which each feature 050 * is specified by its name optionally followed by a space and a 051 * version number. This is something like: "XML 3.0 Traversal +Events 052 * 2.0" 053 * @return A list of DOM implementations that support the desired 054 * features. 055 */ 056 public DOMImplementationList getDOMImplementationList(String features); 057 058 }