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Xerces 3.1.1 API: Interface Range
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org.w3c.dom.range
Interface Range

All Known Implementing Classes:
RangeImpl
public interface Range

Since:
DOM Level 2

Field Summary
static short END_TO_END
           
static short END_TO_START
           
static short START_TO_END
           
static short START_TO_START
           
 
Method Summary
 DocumentFragment cloneContents()
          Duplicates the contents of a range
 Range cloneRange()
          Produces a new range whose boundary-points are equal to the boundary-points of the range.
 void collapse(boolean toStart)
          Collapse a range onto one of its boundary-points
 short compareBoundaryPoints(short how, Range sourceRange)
          Compare the boundary-points of two ranges in a document.
 void deleteContents()
          Removes the contents of a range from the containing document or document fragment without returning a reference to the removed content.
 void detach()
          Called to indicate that the range is no longer in use and that the implementation may relinquish any resources associated with this range.
 DocumentFragment extractContents()
          Moves the contents of a range from the containing document or document fragment to a new DocumentFragment.
 boolean getCollapsed()
          TRUE if the range is collapsed
 Node getCommonAncestorContainer()
          The deepest common ancestor container of the range's two boundary-points.
 Node getEndContainer()
          Node within which the range ends
 int getEndOffset()
          Offset within the ending node of the range.
 Node getStartContainer()
          Node within which the range begins
 int getStartOffset()
          Offset within the starting node of the range.
 void insertNode(Node newNode)
          Inserts a node into the document or document fragment at the start of the range.
 void selectNode(Node refNode)
          Select a node and its contents
 void selectNodeContents(Node refNode)
          Select the contents within a node
 void setEnd(Node refNode, int offset)
          Sets the attributes describing the end of a range.
 void setEndAfter(Node refNode)
          Sets the end of a range to be after a node
 void setEndBefore(Node refNode)
          Sets the end position to be before a node.
 void setStart(Node refNode, int offset)
          Sets the attributes describing the start of the range.
 void setStartAfter(Node refNode)
          Sets the start position to be after a node
 void setStartBefore(Node refNode)
          Sets the start position to be before a node
 void surroundContents(Node newParent)
          Reparents the contents of the range to the given node and inserts the node at the position of the start of the range.
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns the contents of a range as a string.
 

Field Detail

START_TO_START

public static final short START_TO_START

START_TO_END

public static final short START_TO_END

END_TO_END

public static final short END_TO_END

END_TO_START

public static final short END_TO_START
Method Detail

getStartContainer

public Node getStartContainer()
                       throws DOMException
Node within which the range begins
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

getStartOffset

public int getStartOffset()
                   throws DOMException
Offset within the starting node of the range.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

getEndContainer

public Node getEndContainer()
                     throws DOMException
Node within which the range ends
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

getEndOffset

public int getEndOffset()
                 throws DOMException
Offset within the ending node of the range.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

getCollapsed

public boolean getCollapsed()
                     throws DOMException
TRUE if the range is collapsed
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

getCommonAncestorContainer

public Node getCommonAncestorContainer()
                                throws DOMException
The deepest common ancestor container of the range's two boundary-points.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setStart

public void setStart(Node refNode,
                     int offset)
              throws RangeException,
                     DOMException
Sets the attributes describing the start of the range.
Parameters:
refNode - The refNode value. This parameter must be different from null .
offset - The startOffset value.
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised ifrefNode or an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType node.
DOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if offset is negative or greater than the number of child units in refNode . Child units are 16-bit units if refNode is a CharacterData, Comment or ProcessingInstruction node. Child units are Nodes in all other cases.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setEnd

public void setEnd(Node refNode,
                   int offset)
            throws RangeException,
                   DOMException
Sets the attributes describing the end of a range.
Parameters:
refNode - The refNode value. This parameter must be different from null .
offset - The endOffset value.
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised ifrefNode or an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType node.
DOMException - INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if offset is negative or greater than the number of child units in refNode . Child units are 16-bit units if refNode is a CharacterData, Comment or ProcessingInstruction node. Child units are Nodes in all other cases.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setStartBefore

public void setStartBefore(Node refNode)
                    throws RangeException,
                           DOMException
Sets the start position to be before a node
Parameters:
refNode - Range starts before refNode
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setStartAfter

public void setStartAfter(Node refNode)
                   throws RangeException,
                          DOMException
Sets the start position to be after a node
Parameters:
refNode - Range starts after refNode
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setEndBefore

public void setEndBefore(Node refNode)
                  throws RangeException,
                         DOMException
Sets the end position to be before a node.
Parameters:
refNode - Range ends before refNode
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation, or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

setEndAfter

public void setEndAfter(Node refNode)
                 throws RangeException,
                        DOMException
Sets the end of a range to be after a node
Parameters:
refNode - Range ends after refNode .
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

collapse

public void collapse(boolean toStart)
              throws DOMException
Collapse a range onto one of its boundary-points
Parameters:
toStart - If TRUE, collapses the Range onto its start; if FALSE, collapses it onto its end.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

selectNode

public void selectNode(Node refNode)
                throws RangeException,
                       DOMException
Select a node and its contents
Parameters:
refNode - The node to select.
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised if an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node or if refNode is a Document, DocumentFragment, Attr, Entity, or Notation node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

selectNodeContents

public void selectNodeContents(Node refNode)
                        throws RangeException,
                               DOMException
Select the contents within a node
Parameters:
refNode - Node to select from
Throws:
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised ifrefNode or an ancestor of refNode is an Entity, Notation or DocumentType node.
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

compareBoundaryPoints

public short compareBoundaryPoints(short how,
                                   Range sourceRange)
                            throws DOMException
Compare the boundary-points of two ranges in a document.
Parameters:
how -  
sourceRange -  
Returns:
-1, 0 or 1 depending on whether the corresponding boundary-point of the Range is before, equal to, or after the corresponding boundary-point of sourceRange .
Throws:
DOMException - WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if the two Ranges are not in the same document or document fragment.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

deleteContents

public void deleteContents()
                    throws DOMException
Removes the contents of a range from the containing document or document fragment without returning a reference to the removed content.
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if any portion of the content of the range is read-only or any of the nodes that contain any of the content of the range are read-only.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

extractContents

public DocumentFragment extractContents()
                                 throws DOMException
Moves the contents of a range from the containing document or document fragment to a new DocumentFragment.
Returns:
A DocumentFragment containing the extracted contents.
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if any portion of the content of the range is read-only or any of the nodes which contain any of the content of the range are read-only.
HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if a DocumentType node would be extracted into the new DocumentFragment.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

cloneContents

public DocumentFragment cloneContents()
                               throws DOMException
Duplicates the contents of a range
Returns:
A DocumentFragment containing contents equivalent to those of this range.
Throws:
DOMException - HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if a DocumentType node would be extracted into the new DocumentFragment.
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

insertNode

public void insertNode(Node newNode)
                throws DOMException,
                       RangeException
Inserts a node into the document or document fragment at the start of the range.
Parameters:
newNode - The node to insert at the start of the range
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if an ancestor container of the start of the range is read-only.
WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised ifnewNode and the container of the start of the Range were not created from the same document.
HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the container of the start of the Range is of a type that does not allow children of the type of newNode or if newNode is an ancestor of the container .
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.
RangeException - INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised ifnode is an Attr, Entity, Notation, DocumentFragment, or Document node.

surroundContents

public void surroundContents(Node newParent)
                      throws DOMException,
                             RangeException
Reparents the contents of the range to the given node and inserts the node at the position of the start of the range.
Parameters:
newParent - The node to surround the contents with.
Throws:
DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if an ancestor container of either boundary-point of the range is read-only.
WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised ifnewParent and the container of the start of the Range were not created from the same document.
HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the container of the start of the Range is of a type that does not allow children of the type of newParent or if newParent is an ancestor of the container or if node would end up with a child node of a type not allowed by the type of node .
INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.
RangeException - BAD_BOUNDARYPOINTS_ERR: Raised if the range partially selects a non-text node.
INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR: Raised ifnode is an Attr, Entity, DocumentType, Notation, Document, or DocumentFragment node.

cloneRange

public Range cloneRange()
                 throws DOMException
Produces a new range whose boundary-points are equal to the boundary-points of the range.
Returns:
The duplicated range.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
                          throws DOMException
Returns the contents of a range as a string.
Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object
Returns:
The contents of the range.
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.

detach

public void detach()
            throws DOMException
Called to indicate that the range is no longer in use and that the implementation may relinquish any resources associated with this range. Subsequent calls to any methods or attribute getters on this range will result in a DOMException being thrown with an error code of INVALID_STATE_ERR .
Throws:
DOMException - INVALID_STATE_ERR: Raised if detach() has already been invoked on this object.
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