gecko-dev/dom/interfaces/core/nsIDOMCharacterData.idl

/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsIDOMNode.idl"

/**
 * The nsIDOMCharacterData interface extends nsIDOMNode with a set of 
 * attributes and methods for accessing character data in the DOM.
 * 
 * For more information on this interface please see 
 * http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/
 */

[uuid(4109a2d2-e7af-445d-bb72-c7c9b875f35e)]
interface nsIDOMCharacterData : nsIDOMNode
{
           attribute DOMString            data;
                                  // raises(DOMException) on setting
                                  // raises(DOMException) on retrieval

  readonly attribute unsigned long        length;
  DOMString                 substringData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                          in unsigned long count)
                                  raises(DOMException);
  void                      appendData(in DOMString arg)
                                  raises(DOMException);
  void                      insertData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                       in DOMString arg)
                                  raises(DOMException);
  void                      deleteData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                       in unsigned long count)
                                  raises(DOMException);
  void                      replaceData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                        in unsigned long count, 
                                        in DOMString arg)
                                  raises(DOMException);
};