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  package org.w3c.dom;
  
  import org.w3c.dom.Node;
  
  /**
   * The <code>NodeList</code> interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
   * collection of nodes, without defining or constraining how this collection
   * is implemented. <code>NodeList</code> objects in the DOM are live.
   * <p>The items in the <code>NodeList</code> are accessible via an integral
   * index, starting from 0.
   * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
   */
  public interface NodeList {
      /**
       * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection. If
       * <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in
       * the list, this returns <code>null</code>.
       * @param index Index into the collection.
       * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the
       *   <code>NodeList</code>, or <code>null</code> if that is not a valid
       *   index.
       */
      public Node item(int index);
  
      /**
       * The number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indices
       * is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
       */
      public int getLength();
  
  }
  