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  41 
  42 package org.w3c.dom.css;
  43 
  44 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  45 import org.w3c.dom.views.AbstractView;
  46 
  47 /**
  48  *  This interface represents a CSS view. The <code>getComputedStyle</code>
  49  * method provides a read only access to the computed values of an element.
  50  * <p> The expectation is that an instance of the <code>ViewCSS</code>
  51  * interface can be obtained by using binding-specific casting methods on an
  52  * instance of the <code>AbstractView</code> interface.
  53  * <p> Since a computed style is related to an <code>Element</code> node, if
  54  * this element is removed from the document, the associated
  55  * <code>CSSStyleDeclaration</code> and <code>CSSValue</code> related to
  56  * this declaration are no longer valid.
  57  * <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>.
  58  * @since DOM Level 2
  59  */
  60 public interface ViewCSS extends AbstractView {
  61     /**
  62      *  This method is used to get the computed style as it is defined in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512'>CSS2</a>].
  63      * @param elt  The element whose style is to be computed. This parameter
  64      *   cannot be null.
  65      * @param pseudoElt  The pseudo-element or <code>null</code> if none.
  66      * @return  The computed style. The <code>CSSStyleDeclaration</code> is
  67      *   read-only and contains only absolute values.
  68      */
  69     public CSSStyleDeclaration getComputedStyle(Element elt,
  70                                                 String pseudoElt);
  71 
  72 }