#ifndef DOMNodeList_HEADER_GUARD_

#define DOMNodeList_HEADER_GUARD_

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/*

 * $Id: DOMNodeList.hpp 568078 2007-08-21 11:43:25Z amassari $

 */

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class DOMNode;

/**

 * The <code>DOMNodeList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an ordered

 * collection of nodes.  DOMNodeLists are created by DOMDocument::getElementsByTagName(),

 * DOMNode::getChildNodes(),

 *

 * <p>The items in the <code>DOMNodeList</code> are accessible via an integral

 * index, starting from 0.

 *

 * DOMNodeLists are "live", in that any changes to the document tree are immediately

 * reflected in any DOMNodeLists that may have been created for that tree.

 */

class  CDOM_EXPORT DOMNodeList {

protected:

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  Hidden constructors

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Hidden constructors */

    //@{    

    DOMNodeList() {};

    //@}

private:

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Unimplemented constructors and operators

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Unimplemented constructors and operators */

    //@{

    DOMNodeList(const DOMNodeList &);

    DOMNodeList & operator = (const DOMNodeList &);

    //@}

public:

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  All constructors are hidden, just the destructor is available

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Destructor */

    //@{

    /**

     * Destructor

     *

     */

    virtual ~DOMNodeList()  {};

    //@}

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  Virtual DOMNodeList interface

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /** @name Functions introduced in DOM Level 1 */

    //@{

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  Getter methods

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**

     * Returns the <code>index</code> item in the collection.

     *

     * If <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in

     * the list, this returns <code>null</code>.

     *

     * @param index Index into the collection.

     * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the

     *   <code>DOMNodeList</code>, or <code>null</code> if that is not a valid

     *   index.

     * @since DOM Level 1

     */

    virtual DOMNode  *item(XMLSize_t index) const = 0;

    /**

     * Returns the number of nodes in the list.

     *

     * The range of valid child node indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.

     * @since DOM Level 1

     */

    virtual XMLSize_t getLength() const = 0;

    //@}

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif