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/*
* Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
* Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
* Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
* Intellectual Property License. This program 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 W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
*/
package org.w3c.dom.events;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* The <code>MutationEvent</code> interface provides specific contextual
* information associated with Mutation events.
* <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification</a>.
* @since DOM Level 2
*/
public interface MutationEvent extends Event {
// attrChangeType
/**
* The <code>Attr</code> was modified in place.
*/
public static final short MODIFICATION = 1;
/**
* The <code>Attr</code> was just added.
*/
public static final short ADDITION = 2;
/**
* The <code>Attr</code> was just removed.
*/
public static final short REMOVAL = 3;
/**
* <code>relatedNode</code> is used to identify a secondary node related
* to a mutation event. For example, if a mutation event is dispatched
* to a node indicating that its parent has changed, the
* <code>relatedNode</code> is the changed parent. If an event is
* instead dispatched to a subtree indicating a node was changed within
* it, the <code>relatedNode</code> is the changed node. In the case of
* the DOMAttrModified event it indicates the <code>Attr</code> node
* which was modified, added, or removed.
*/
public Node getRelatedNode();
/**
* <code>prevValue</code> indicates the previous value of the
* <code>Attr</code> node in DOMAttrModified events, and of the
* <code>CharacterData</code> node in DOMCharacterDataModified events.
*/
public String getPrevValue();
/**
* <code>newValue</code> indicates the new value of the <code>Attr</code>
* node in DOMAttrModified events, and of the <code>CharacterData</code>
* node in DOMCharacterDataModified events.
*/
public String getNewValue();
/**
* <code>attrName</code> indicates the name of the changed
* <code>Attr</code> node in a DOMAttrModified event.
*/
public String getAttrName();
/**
* <code>attrChange</code> indicates the type of change which triggered
* the DOMAttrModified event. The values can be <code>MODIFICATION</code>
* , <code>ADDITION</code>, or <code>REMOVAL</code>.
*/
public short getAttrChange();
/**
* The <code>initMutationEvent</code> method is used to initialize the
* value of a <code>MutationEvent</code> created through the
* <code>DocumentEvent</code> interface. This method may only be called
* before the <code>MutationEvent</code> has been dispatched via the
* <code>dispatchEvent</code> method, though it may be called multiple
* times during that phase if necessary. If called multiple times, the
* final invocation takes precedence.
* @param typeArg Specifies the event type.
* @param canBubbleArg Specifies whether or not the event can bubble.
* @param cancelableArg Specifies whether or not the event's default
* action can be prevented.
* @param relatedNodeArg Specifies the <code>Event</code>'s related Node.
* @param prevValueArg Specifies the <code>Event</code>'s
* <code>prevValue</code> attribute. This value may be null.
* @param newValueArg Specifies the <code>Event</code>'s
* <code>newValue</code> attribute. This value may be null.
* @param attrNameArg Specifies the <code>Event</code>'s
* <code>attrName</code> attribute. This value may be null.
* @param attrChangeArg Specifies the <code>Event</code>'s
* <code>attrChange</code> attribute
*/
public void initMutationEvent(String typeArg,
boolean canBubbleArg,
boolean cancelableArg,
Node relatedNodeArg,
String prevValueArg,
String newValueArg,
String attrNameArg,
short attrChangeArg);
}