/*
 * 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, ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, RaisesException] DOMString substringData(unsigned long offset, unsigned long length);

    void appendData(DOMString data);

    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, RaisesException] void insertData(unsigned long offset, DOMString data);

    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, RaisesException] void deleteData(unsigned long offset, unsigned long length);

    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, RaisesException] void replaceData(unsigned long offset, unsigned long length, DOMString data);
};

CharacterData implements ChildNode;
CharacterData implements NonDocumentTypeChildNode;
