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  41 
  42 package org.w3c.dom.css;
  43 
  44 import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
  45 
  46 /**
  47  *  The <code>CSSRule</code> interface is the abstract base interface for any
  48  * type of CSS statement. This includes both rule sets and at-rules. An
  49  * implementation is expected to preserve all rules specified in a CSS style
  50  * sheet, even if the rule is not recognized by the parser. Unrecognized
  51  * rules are represented using the <code>CSSUnknownRule</code> interface.
  52  * <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>.
  53  * @since DOM Level 2
  54  */
  55 public interface CSSRule {
  56     // RuleType
  57     /**
  58      * The rule is a <code>CSSUnknownRule</code>.
  59      */
  60     public static final short UNKNOWN_RULE              = 0;
  61     /**
  62      * The rule is a <code>CSSStyleRule</code>.
  63      */
  64     public static final short STYLE_RULE                = 1;
  65     /**
  66      * The rule is a <code>CSSCharsetRule</code>.
  67      */
  68     public static final short CHARSET_RULE              = 2;
  69     /**
  70      * The rule is a <code>CSSImportRule</code>.
  71      */
  72     public static final short IMPORT_RULE               = 3;
  73     /**
  74      * The rule is a <code>CSSMediaRule</code>.
  75      */
  76     public static final short MEDIA_RULE                = 4;
  77     /**
  78      * The rule is a <code>CSSFontFaceRule</code>.
  79      */
  80     public static final short FONT_FACE_RULE            = 5;
  81     /**
  82      * The rule is a <code>CSSPageRule</code>.
  83      */
  84     public static final short PAGE_RULE                 = 6;
  85 
  86     /**
  87      *  The type of the rule, as defined above. The expectation is that
  88      * binding-specific casting methods can be used to cast down from an
  89      * instance of the <code>CSSRule</code> interface to the specific
  90      * derived interface implied by the <code>type</code>.
  91      */
  92     public short getType();
  93 
  94     /**
  95      *  The parsable textual representation of the rule. This reflects the
  96      * current state of the rule and not its initial value.
  97      */
  98     public String getCssText();
  99     /**
 100      *  The parsable textual representation of the rule. This reflects the
 101      * current state of the rule and not its initial value.
 102      * @exception DOMException
 103      *   SYNTAX_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string value has a syntax
 104      *   error and is unparsable.
 105      *   <br>INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string
 106      *   value represents a different type of rule than the current one.
 107      *   <br>HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the rule cannot be inserted at
 108      *   this point in the style sheet.
 109      *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if the rule is readonly.
 110      */
 111     public void setCssText(String cssText)
 112                         throws DOMException;
 113 
 114     /**
 115      *  The style sheet that contains this rule.
 116      */
 117     public CSSStyleSheet getParentStyleSheet();
 118 
 119     /**
 120      *  If this rule is contained inside another rule (e.g. a style rule
 121      * inside an @media block), this is the containing rule. If this rule is
 122      * not nested inside any other rules, this returns <code>null</code>.
 123      */
 124     public CSSRule getParentRule();
 125 
 126 }