http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/external/: xml-commons provides an Apache-hosted set of DOM, SAX, and JAXP interfaces for use in other xml-based projects. Our hope is that we can standardize on both a common version and packaging scheme for these critical XML standards interfaces to make the lives of both our developers and users easier. The External Components portion of xml-commons contains interfaces that are defined by external standards organizations. For DOM, that's the W3C; for SAX it's David Megginson and sax.sourceforge.net; for JAXP it's Sun. 
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package org.w3c.dom.views;


A base interface that all views shall derive from.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views Specification.

Since:DOM Level 2
/**
 * A base interface that all views shall derive from.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Views-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views Specification</a>.
 * @since DOM Level 2
 */
public interface AbstractView {
    
The source DocumentView of which this is an 
AbstractView.

/**
     * The source <code>DocumentView</code> of which this is an 
     * <code>AbstractView</code>.
     */
    public DocumentView getDocument();

}