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011 */
012
013package org.w3c.dom.css;
014
015import org.w3c.dom.Element;
016import org.w3c.dom.views.AbstractView;
017
018/**
019 *  This interface represents a CSS view. The <code>getComputedStyle</code> 
020 * method provides a read only access to the computed values of an element. 
021 * <p> The expectation is that an instance of the <code>ViewCSS</code> 
022 * interface can be obtained by using binding-specific casting methods on an 
023 * instance of the <code>AbstractView</code> interface. 
024 * <p> Since a computed style is related to an <code>Element</code> node, if 
025 * this element is removed from the document, the associated 
026 * <code>CSSStyleDeclaration</code> and <code>CSSValue</code> related to 
027 * this declaration are no longer valid. 
028 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification</a>.
029 * @since DOM Level 2
030 */
031public interface ViewCSS extends AbstractView {
032    /**
033     *  This method is used to get the computed style as it is defined in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512'>CSS2</a>]. 
034     * @param elt  The element whose style is to be computed. This parameter 
035     *   cannot be null. 
036     * @param pseudoElt  The pseudo-element or <code>null</code> if none. 
037     * @return  The computed style. The <code>CSSStyleDeclaration</code> is 
038     *   read-only and contains only absolute values. 
039     */
040    public CSSStyleDeclaration getComputedStyle(Element elt, 
041                                                String pseudoElt);
042
043}