content: /*
   * Copyright (c) 1998 World Wide Web Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of
   * Technology, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
   * Automatique, Keio University).
   * All Rights Reserved. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/
   */
  
  package mf.org.w3c.dom.html;
  
  /**
   * The create* and delete* methods on the table allow authors to constructand
   * modify tables. HTML 4.0 specifies that only one of each of the
   * <code>CAPTION</code>, <code>THEAD</code>, and <code>TFOOT</code>elements
   * may exist in a table. Therefore, if one exists, and thecreateTHead() or
   * createTFoot() method is called, the method returnsthe existing THead or
   * TFoot element. See the TABLE element definition in HTML 4.0.
   */
  public interface HTMLTableElement extends HTMLElement {
      /**
       * Returns the table's <code>CAPTION</code>, or void if none exists.
       */
      HTMLTableCaptionElement getCaption();
  
      void setCaption(HTMLTableCaptionElement caption);
  
      /**
       * Returns the table's <code>THEAD</code>, or <code>null</code> if none
       * exists.
       */
      HTMLTableSectionElement getTHead();
  
      void setTHead(HTMLTableSectionElement tHead);
  
      /**
       * Returns the table's <code>TFOOT</code>, or <code>null</code> if none
       * exists.
       */
      HTMLTableSectionElement getTFoot();
  
      void setTFoot(HTMLTableSectionElement tFoot);
  
      /**
       * Returns a collection of all the rows in the table, including all in
       * <code>THEAD</code>, <code>TFOOT</code>, all <code>TBODY</code> elements.
       */
      HTMLCollection getRows();
  
      /**
       * Returns a collection of the defined table bodies.
       */
      HTMLCollection getTBodies();
  
      /**
       * Specifies the table's position with respect to the rest of the document.
       * See the align attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This attribute is
       * deprecated in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getAlign();
  
      void setAlign(String align);
  
      /**
       * Cell background color. See the bgcolor attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       * This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getBgColor();
  
      void setBgColor(String bgColor);
  
      /**
       * The width of the border around the table. See the border attribute
       * definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getBorder();
  
      void setBorder(String border);
  
      /**
       * Specifies the horizontal and vertical space between cell content andcell
       * borders. See the cellpadding attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getCellPadding();
  
      void setCellPadding(String cellPadding);
  
      /**
       * Specifies the horizontal and vertical separation between cells. See the
       * cellspacing attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getCellSpacing();
  
      void setCellSpacing(String cellSpacing);
  
      /**
       * Specifies which external table borders to render. See the frame attribute
       * definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getFrame();
  
      void setFrame(String frame);
  
      /**
       * Specifies which internal table borders to render. See the rules attribute
       * definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getRules();
  
      void setRules(String rules);
  
      /**
       * Supplementary description about the purpose or structureof a table. See
       * the summary attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getSummary();
  
      void setSummary(String summary);
  
      /**
       * Specifies the desired table width. See the width attribute definition in
       * HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getWidth();
  
      void setWidth(String width);
  
      /**
       * Create a table header row or return an existing one.
       *
       * @return A new table header element (<code>THEAD</code>).
       */
      HTMLElement createTHead();
  
      /**
       * Delete the header from the table, if one exists.
       */
      void deleteTHead();
  
      /**
       * Create a table footer row or return an existing one.
       *
       * @return A footer element (<code>TFOOT</code>).
       */
      HTMLElement createTFoot();
  
      /**
       * Delete the footer from the table, if one exists.
       */
      void deleteTFoot();
  
      /**
       * Create a new table caption object or return an existing one.
       *
       * @return A <code>CAPTION</code> element.
       */
      HTMLElement createCaption();
  
      /**
       * Delete the table caption, if one exists.
       */
      void deleteCaption();
  
      /**
       * Insert a new empty row in the table.Note. A table row cannot be empty
       * according to HTML 4.0 Recommendation.
       *
       * @param index The row number where to insert a new row.
       * @return The newly created row.
       */
      HTMLElement insertRow(int index);
  
      /**
       * Delete a table row.
       *
       * @param index The index of the row to be deleted.
       */
      void deleteRow(int index);
  }
  
  