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#ifndef nsIContentList_h___
#define nsIContentList_h___

#include "nsISupports.h"
#include "nsIContent.h"
#include "nsIDOMNode.h"
#include "nsCOMPtr.h"

// d72cb400-4b33-11d5-a041-0010a4ef48c9
#define NS_ICONTENTLIST_IID \
{ 0xd72cb400, 0x4b33, 0x11d5, { 0xa0, 0x41, 0x0, 0x10, 0xa4, 0xef, 0x48, 0xc9 } }

/**
 * Interface for content list.
 */
class nsIContentList : public nsISupports
{
public:
  NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ICONTENTLIST_IID)

  /**
   * Returns the object that the content list should be parented to.
   */
  virtual nsISupports *GetParentObject() = 0;

  // Callers will want to pass in PR_TRUE for aDoFlush unless they
  // are explicitly avoiding an FlushPendingNotifications.  The
  // flush guarantees that the list will be up to date.

  virtual PRUint32 Length(PRBool aDoFlush) = 0;

  virtual nsIContent *Item(PRUint32 aIndex, PRBool aDoFlush) = 0;

  virtual nsIContent *NamedItem(const nsAString& aName, PRBool aDoFlush) = 0;

  virtual PRInt32 IndexOf(nsIContent *aContent, PRBool aDoFlush) = 0;
};

#endif /* nsIContentList_h___ */
