1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
3 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
4 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
5 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
6 * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
7 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
8 * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
9 * PURPOSE.
10 * See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
11 */
13 package org.w3c.dom.css;
15 import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
17 /**
18 * The <code>CSSValue</code> interface represents a simple or a complex
19 * value. A <code>CSSValue</code> object only occurs in a context of a CSS
20 * property.
21 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification</a>.
22 * @since DOM Level 2
23 */
24 public interface CSSValue {
25 // UnitTypes
26 /**
27 * The value is inherited and the <code>cssText</code> contains "inherit".
28 */
29 public static final short CSS_INHERIT = 0;
30 /**
31 * The value is a primitive value and an instance of the
32 * <code>CSSPrimitiveValue</code> interface can be obtained by using
33 * binding-specific casting methods on this instance of the
34 * <code>CSSValue</code> interface.
35 */
36 public static final short CSS_PRIMITIVE_VALUE = 1;
37 /**
38 * The value is a <code>CSSValue</code> list and an instance of the
39 * <code>CSSValueList</code> interface can be obtained by using
40 * binding-specific casting methods on this instance of the
41 * <code>CSSValue</code> interface.
42 */
43 public static final short CSS_VALUE_LIST = 2;
44 /**
45 * The value is a custom value.
46 */
47 public static final short CSS_CUSTOM = 3;
49 /**
50 * A string representation of the current value.
51 * @exception DOMException
52 * SYNTAX_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string value has a syntax
53 * error (according to the attached property) or is unparsable.
54 * <br>INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string
55 * value represents a different type of values than the values allowed
56 * by the CSS property.
57 * <br> NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this value is readonly.
58 */
59 public String getCssText();
60 public void setCssText(String cssText)
61 throws DOMException;
63 /**
64 * A code defining the type of the value as defined above.
65 */
66 public short getCssValueType();
68 }