001    /*
002     * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
003     * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
004     * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
005     * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
006     * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
007     * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
008     * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
009     * PURPOSE.
010     * See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
011     */
012    
013    package org.w3c.dom.ranges;
014    
015    /**
016     * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification</a>.
017     * @since DOM Level 2
018     */
019    public interface DocumentRange {
020        /**
021         * This interface can be obtained from the object implementing the
022         * <code>Document</code> interface using binding-specific casting
023         * methods.
024         * @return The initial state of the Range returned from this method is
025         *   such that both of its boundary-points are positioned at the
026         *   beginning of the corresponding Document, before any content. The
027         *   Range returned can only be used to select content associated with
028         *   this Document, or with DocumentFragments and Attrs for which this
029         *   Document is the <code>ownerDocument</code>.
030         */
031        public Range createRange();
032    
033    }