Appendix A: IDL Definitions

// File: validation.idl

#ifndef _VALIDATION_IDL_
#define _VALIDATION_IDL_

#include "dom.idl"

#pragma prefix "dom.w3c.org"
module validation
{

  typedef dom::Node Node;
  typedef dom::NodeList NodeList;
  typedef dom::DOMString DOMString;
  typedef dom::Attr Attr;

  exception ExceptionVAL {
    unsigned short   code;
  };
  // ExceptionVALCode
  const unsigned short      NO_GRAMMAR_AVAILABLE           = 71;
  const unsigned short      VALIDATION_ERR                 = 72;


  interface NodeEditVAL {

    // CheckTypeVAL
    const unsigned short      WF_CHECK                       = 1;
    const unsigned short      NS_WF_CHECK                    = 2;
    const unsigned short      PARTIAL_VALIDITY_CHECK         = 3;
    const unsigned short      STRICT_VALIDITY_CHECK          = 4;

    boolean            canInsertBefore(in Node newChild, 
                                       in Node refChild);
    boolean            canRemoveChild(in Node oldChild);
    boolean            canReplaceChild(in Node newChild, 
                                       in Node oldChild);
    boolean            canAppendChild(in Node newChild);
    boolean            isNodeValid(in boolean deep, 
                                   in unsigned short wFValidityCheckLevel)
                                        raises(ExceptionVAL);
  };

  interface ElementEditVAL : NodeEditVAL {
    readonly attribute NodeList        definedElementTypes;
    unsigned short     contentType();
    boolean            canSetAttribute(in DOMString attrname, 
                                       in DOMString attrval);
    boolean            canSetAttributeNode(in Attr attrNode);
    boolean            canSetAttributeNS(in DOMString namespaceURI, 
                                         in DOMString qualifiedName, 
                                         in DOMString value);
    boolean            canRemoveAttribute(in DOMString attrname);
    boolean            canRemoveAttributeNS(in DOMString namespaceURI, 
                                            in DOMString localName);
    boolean            canRemoveAttributeNode(in Node attrNode);
    NodeList           getChildElements();
    NodeList           getParentElements();
    NodeList           getAttributeList();
    boolean            isElementDefined(in DOMString name);
    boolean            isElementDefinedNS(in DOMString name, 
                                          in DOMString namespaceURI);
  };

  interface CharacterDataEditVAL : NodeEditVAL {
    readonly attribute boolean         isWhitespaceOnly;
    boolean            canSetData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                  in DOMString arg);
    boolean            canAppendData(in DOMString arg);
    boolean            canReplaceData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                      in unsigned long count, 
                                      in DOMString arg);
    boolean            canInsertData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                     in DOMString arg);
    boolean            canDeleteData(in unsigned long offset, 
                                     in unsigned long count);
  };

  interface DocumentEditVAL : NodeEditVAL {
             attribute boolean         continuousValidityChecking;
    void               validateDocument()
                                        raises(ExceptionVAL);
  };
};

#endif // _VALIDATION_IDL_