/*
 * 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 org.w3c.dom.html;

/**
 *  Multi-line text field. See the  TEXTAREA element definition in HTML 4.0.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-DOM-Level-2-20000510'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification</a>.
 */
public interface HTMLTextAreaElement extends HTMLElement {
    /**
     *  Represents the contents of the element. The value of this attribute 
     * does not change if the contents of the corresponding form control, in 
     * an interactive user agent, changes. Changing this attribute, however, 
     * resets the contents of the form control.
     */
    public String getDefaultValue();
    public void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue);

    /**
     *  Returns the <code>FORM</code> element containing this control. Returns 
     * <code>null</code> if this control is not within the context of a form. 
     */
    public HTMLFormElement getForm();

    /**
     *  A single character access key to give access to the form control. See 
     * the  accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getAccessKey();
    public void setAccessKey(String accessKey);

    /**
     *  Width of control (in characters). See the  cols attribute definition 
     * in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public int getCols();
    public void setCols(int cols);

    /**
     *  The control is unavailable in this context. See the  disabled 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public boolean getDisabled();
    public void setDisabled(boolean disabled);

    /**
     *  Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the  name 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getName();
    public void setName(String name);

    /**
     *  This control is read-only. See the  readonly attribute definition in 
     * HTML 4.0.
     */
    public boolean getReadOnly();
    public void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly);

    /**
     *  Number of text rows. See the  rows attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public int getRows();
    public void setRows(int rows);

    /**
     *  Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See 
     * the  tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public int getTabIndex();
    public void setTabIndex(int tabIndex);

    /**
     *  The type of this form control. This the string "textarea".
     */
    public String getType();

    /**
     *  Represents the current contents of the corresponding form control, in 
     * an interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the 
     * contents of the form control, but does not change the contents of the 
     * element. If the entirety of the data can not fit into a single 
     * <code>DOMString</code> , the implementation may truncate the data.
     */
    public String getValue();
    public void setValue(String value);

    /**
     *  Removes keyboard focus from this element.
     */
    public void blur();

    /**
     *  Gives keyboard focus to this element.
     */
    public void focus();

    /**
     *  Select the contents of the <code>TEXTAREA</code> .
     */
    public void select();

}