/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
 * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

interface CharacterData : Node {

    [TreatNullAs=NullString] attribute DOMString data;

    readonly attribute unsigned long length;

    [TreatReturnedNullStringAs=Null, RaisesException] DOMString substringData([IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long offset, [IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long length);

    void appendData([Default=Undefined] optional DOMString data);

     [RaisesException] void insertData([IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long offset,
                                   [Default=Undefined] optional DOMString data);

     [RaisesException] void deleteData([IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long offset,
                                   [IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long length);

     [RaisesException] void replaceData([IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long offset,
                                    [IsIndex,Default=Undefined] optional unsigned long length,
                                    [Default=Undefined] optional DOMString data);
};

CharacterData implements ChildNode;