/*

* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description: 

*

*/

#ifndef DOMDocumentRange_HEADER_GUARD_

#define DOMDocumentRange_HEADER_GUARD_

/*

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 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.

 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0

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/*

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

*/

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class DOMRange;

/**

 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification</a>.

 * @since DOM Level 2

 */

class CDOM_EXPORT DOMDocumentRange {

protected:

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

    //  Hidden constructors

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

    /** @name Hidden constructors */

    //@{    

    DOMDocumentRange() {};

    //@}

private:

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

    // Unimplemented constructors and operators

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

    /** @name Unimplemented constructors and operators */

    //@{

    DOMDocumentRange(const DOMDocumentRange &);

    DOMDocumentRange & operator = (const DOMDocumentRange &);

    //@}

public:

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

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

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

    /** @name Destructor */

    //@{

    /**

     * Destructor

     *

     */

    virtual ~DOMDocumentRange() {};

    //@}

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

    //  Virtual DOMDocumentRange interface

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

    /** @name Functions introduced in DOM Level 2 */

    //@{

    /**

	  * To create the range  consisting of boundary-points and offset of the

     * selected contents

     *

     * @return The initial state of the Range such that both the boundary-points

     * are positioned at the beginning of the corresponding DOMDOcument, before

     * any content. The range returned can only be used to select content

     * associated with this document, or with documentFragments and Attrs for

     * which this document is the ownerdocument

     * @since DOM Level 2

	  */

    virtual DOMRange    *createRange() = 0;

    //@}

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif