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 select element allows the selection of an option. The containedoptions
   * can be directly accessed through the select element as acollection. See
   * the SELECT element definition in HTML 4.0.
   */
  public interface HTMLSelectElement extends HTMLElement {
      /**
       * The type of control created.
       */
      String getType();
  
      /**
       * The ordinal index of the selected option. The value -1 is returned ifno
       * element is selected. If multiple options are selected, the index ofthe
       * first selected option is returned.
       */
      int getSelectedIndex();
  
      void setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex);
  
      /**
       * The current form control value.
       */
      String getValue();
  
      void setValue(String value);
  
      /**
       * The number of options in this <code>SELECT</code>.
       */
      int getLength();
  
      /**
       * Returns the <code>FORM</code> element containing this control.Returns
       * null if this control is not within the context of a form.
       */
      HTMLFormElement getForm();
  
      /**
       * The collection of <code>OPTION</code> elements contained by this element.
       */
      HTMLCollection getOptions();
  
      /**
       * The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute
       * definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      boolean getDisabled();
  
      void setDisabled(boolean disabled);
  
      /**
       * If true, multiple <code>OPTION</code> elements may be selected in this
       * <code>SELECT</code>. See the multiple attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      boolean getMultiple();
  
      void setMultiple(boolean multiple);
  
      /**
       * Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name
       * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      String getName();
  
      void setName(String name);
  
      /**
       * Number of visible rows. See the size attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      int getSize();
  
      void setSize(int size);
  
      /**
       * Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See
       * the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
       */
      int getTabIndex();
  
      void setTabIndex(int tabIndex);
  
      /**
       * Add a new element to the collection of <code>OPTION</code> elementsfor
       * this <code>SELECT</code>.
       *
       * @param element The element to add.
       * @param before  The element to insert before, or NULL for the head of the
       *                list.
       */
      void add(HTMLElement element,
               HTMLElement before);
  
      /**
       * Remove an element from the collection of <code>OPTION</code> elementsfor
       * this <code>SELECT</code>. Does nothing if no element has the givenindex.
       *
       * @param index The index of the item to remove.
       */
      void remove(int index);
  
      /**
       * Removes keyboard focus from this element.
       */
      void blur();
  
      /**
       * Gives keyboard focus to this element.
       */
      void focus();
  }
  
  