/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
 * Intellectual Property License. This program 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 W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more
 * details.
 */

package org.w3c.dom.html;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;

/**
 *  The create* and delete* methods on the table allow authors to construct 
 * and modify tables. HTML 4.0 specifies that only one of each of the 
 * <code>CAPTION</code> , <code>THEAD</code> , and <code>TFOOT</code> 
 * elements may exist in a table. Therefore, if one exists, and the 
 * createTHead() or createTFoot() method is called, the method returns the 
 * existing THead or TFoot element. See the  TABLE element definition in HTML 
 * 4.0.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-DOM-Level-2-20000510'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification</a>.
 */
public interface HTMLTableElement extends HTMLElement {
    /**
     *  Returns the table's <code>CAPTION</code> , or void if none exists. 
     */
    public HTMLTableCaptionElement getCaption();
    public void setCaption(HTMLTableCaptionElement caption);

    /**
     *  Returns the table's <code>THEAD</code> , or <code>null</code> if none 
     * exists. 
     */
    public HTMLTableSectionElement getTHead();
    public void setTHead(HTMLTableSectionElement tHead);

    /**
     *  Returns the table's <code>TFOOT</code> , or <code>null</code> if none 
     * exists. 
     */
    public HTMLTableSectionElement getTFoot();
    public void setTFoot(HTMLTableSectionElement tFoot);

    /**
     *  Returns a collection of all the rows in the table, including all in 
     * <code>THEAD</code> , <code>TFOOT</code> , all <code>TBODY</code> 
     * elements. 
     */
    public HTMLCollection getRows();

    /**
     *  Returns a collection of the defined table bodies. 
     */
    public HTMLCollection getTBodies();

    /**
     *  Specifies the table's position with respect to the rest of the 
     * document. See the  align attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This 
     * attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getAlign();
    public void setAlign(String align);

    /**
     *  Cell background color. See the  bgcolor attribute definition in HTML 
     * 4.0. This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getBgColor();
    public void setBgColor(String bgColor);

    /**
     *  The width of the border around the table. See the  border attribute 
     * definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getBorder();
    public void setBorder(String border);

    /**
     *  Specifies the horizontal and vertical space between cell content and 
     * cell borders. See the  cellpadding attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getCellPadding();
    public void setCellPadding(String cellPadding);

    /**
     *  Specifies the horizontal and vertical separation between cells. See 
     * the  cellspacing attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getCellSpacing();
    public void setCellSpacing(String cellSpacing);

    /**
     *  Specifies which external table borders to render. See the  frame 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getFrame();
    public void setFrame(String frame);

    /**
     *  Specifies which internal table borders to render. See the  rules 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getRules();
    public void setRules(String rules);

    /**
     *  Description about the purpose or structure of a table. See the  
     * summary attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getSummary();
    public void setSummary(String summary);

    /**
     *  Specifies the desired table width. See the  width attribute definition 
     * in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getWidth();
    public void setWidth(String width);

    /**
     *  Create a table header row or return an existing one.
     * @return  A new table header element (<code>THEAD</code> ).
     */
    public HTMLElement createTHead();

    /**
     *  Delete the header from the table, if one exists.
     */
    public void deleteTHead();

    /**
     *  Create a table footer row or return an existing one.
     * @return  A footer element (<code>TFOOT</code> ).
     */
    public HTMLElement createTFoot();

    /**
     *  Delete the footer from the table, if one exists.
     */
    public void deleteTFoot();

    /**
     *  Create a new table caption object or return an existing one.
     * @return  A <code>CAPTION</code> element.
     */
    public HTMLElement createCaption();

    /**
     *  Delete the table caption, if one exists.
     */
    public void deleteCaption();

    /**
     *  Insert a new empty row in the table. The new row is inserted 
     * immediately before and in the same section as the current 
     * <code>index</code> th row in the table. If <code>index</code> is equal 
     * to the number of rows, the new row is appended. In addition, when the 
     * table is empty the row is inserted into a <code>TBODY</code> which is 
     * created and inserted into the table. Note. A table row cannot be empty 
     * according to HTML 4.0 Recommendation.
     * @param index  The row number where to insert a new row. This index 
     *   starts from 0 and is relative to all the rows contained inside the 
     *   table, regardless of section parentage.
     * @return  The newly created row.
     * @exception DOMException
     *    INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than the 
     *   number of rows or if the index is negative.
     */
    public HTMLElement insertRow(int index)
                                 throws DOMException;

    /**
     *  Delete a table row.
     * @param index  The index of the row to be deleted. This index starts 
     *   from 0 and is relative to all the rows contained inside the table, 
     *   regardless of section parentage.
     * @exception DOMException
     *    INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified index is greater than or 
     *   equal to the number of rows or if the index is negative.
     */
    public void deleteRow(int index)
                          throws DOMException;

}

