/*
 * 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;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 *  Generic embedded object.  Note. In principle, all properties on the object 
 * element are read-write but in some environments some properties may be 
 * read-only once the underlying object is instantiated. See the  OBJECT 
 * 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 HTMLObjectElement extends HTMLElement {
    /**
     *  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();

    /**
     *  Applet class file. See the <code>code</code> attribute for 
     * HTMLAppletElement. 
     */
    public String getCode();
    public void setCode(String code);

    /**
     *  Aligns this object (vertically or horizontally)  with respect to its 
     * surrounding text. See the  align attribute definition in HTML 4.0. 
     * This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getAlign();
    public void setAlign(String align);

    /**
     *  Space-separated list of archives. See the  archive attribute definition
     *  in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getArchive();
    public void setArchive(String archive);

    /**
     *  Width of border around the object. See the  border attribute definition
     *  in HTML 4.0. This attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getBorder();
    public void setBorder(String border);

    /**
     *  Base URI for <code>classid</code> , <code>data</code> , and
     * <code>archive</code> attributes. See the  codebase attribute definition
     *  in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getCodeBase();
    public void setCodeBase(String codeBase);

    /**
     *  Content type for data downloaded via <code>classid</code> attribute. 
     * See the  codetype attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getCodeType();
    public void setCodeType(String codeType);

    /**
     *  A URI specifying the location of the object's data.  See the  data 
     * attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getData();
    public void setData(String data);

    /**
     *  Declare (for future reference), but do not instantiate, this object. 
     * See the  declare attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public boolean getDeclare();
    public void setDeclare(boolean declare);

    /**
     *  Override height. See the  height attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getHeight();
    public void setHeight(String height);

    /**
     *  Horizontal space to the left and right of this image, applet, or 
     * object. See the  hspace attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This 
     * attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getHspace();
    public void setHspace(String hspace);

    /**
     *  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);

    /**
     *  Message to render while loading the object. See the  standby attribute 
     * definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getStandby();
    public void setStandby(String standby);

    /**
     *  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);

    /**
     *  Content type for data downloaded via <code>data</code> attribute. See 
     * the  type attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getType();
    public void setType(String type);

    /**
     *  Use client-side image map. See the  usemap attribute definition in 
     * HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getUseMap();
    public void setUseMap(String useMap);

    /**
     *  Vertical space above and below this image, applet, or object. See the  
     * vspace attribute definition in HTML 4.0. This attribute is deprecated 
     * in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getVspace();
    public void setVspace(String vspace);

    /**
     *  Override width. See the  width attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
     */
    public String getWidth();
    public void setWidth(String width);

    /**
     *  The document this object contains, if there is any and it is 
     * available, or <code>null</code> otherwise.
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public Document getContentDocument();

}