content: /*
   * 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 mf.org.w3c.dom.css;
  
  import mf.org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
  
  /**
   * The <code>CSSValue</code> interface represents a simple or a complex
   * value. A <code>CSSValue</code> object only occurs in a context of a CSS
   * property.
   * <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>.
   *
   * @since DOM Level 2
   */
  public interface CSSValue {
      // UnitTypes
      /**
       * The value is inherited and the <code>cssText</code> contains "inherit".
       */
      short CSS_INHERIT = 0;
      /**
       * The value is a primitive value and an instance of the
       * <code>CSSPrimitiveValue</code> interface can be obtained by using
       * binding-specific casting methods on this instance of the
       * <code>CSSValue</code> interface.
       */
      short CSS_PRIMITIVE_VALUE = 1;
      /**
       * The value is a <code>CSSValue</code> list and an instance of the
       * <code>CSSValueList</code> interface can be obtained by using
       * binding-specific casting methods on this instance of the
       * <code>CSSValue</code> interface.
       */
      short CSS_VALUE_LIST = 2;
      /**
       * The value is a custom value.
       */
      short CSS_CUSTOM = 3;
  
      /**
       * A string representation of the current value.
       */
      String getCssText();
  
      /**
       * A string representation of the current value.
       *
       * @throws DOMException SYNTAX_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string value has a syntax
       *                      error (according to the attached property) or is unparsable.
       *                      <br>INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: Raised if the specified CSS string
       *                      value represents a different type of values than the values allowed
       *                      by the CSS property.
       *                      <br> NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this value is readonly.
       */
      void setCssText(String cssText)
              throws DOMException;
  
      /**
       * A code defining the type of the value as defined above.
       */
      short getCssValueType();
  
  }
  