public abstract class

DOMService

extends Object
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package com.sun.java.browser.dom;

public abstract class DOMService
{
    /**
     * Returns new instance of a DOMService. The implementation
     * of the DOMService returns depends on the setting of the
     * com.sun.java.browser.dom.DOMServiceProvider property or,
     * if the property is not set, a platform specific default.
     *
     * Throws DOMUnsupportedException if the DOMService is not
     * available to the obj.
     *
     * @param obj Object to leverage the DOMService
     */
    public static DOMService getService(Object obj)
                  throws DOMUnsupportedException
    {
        try
        {
            String provider = (String) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
                   new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction("com.sun.java.browser.dom.DOMServiceProvider"));

            Class clazz = DOMService.class.forName("sun.plugin.dom.DOMService");

            return (DOMService) clazz.newInstance();
        }
        catch (Throwable e)
        {
            throw new DOMUnsupportedException(e.toString());
        }
    }

    /**
     * An empty constructor is provided. Implementations of this
     * abstract class must provide a public no-argument constructor
     * in order for the static getService() method to work correctly.
     * Application programmers should not be able to directly
     * construct implementation subclasses of this abstract subclass.
     */
    public DOMService()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Causes action.run() to be executed synchronously on the
     * DOM action dispatching thread. This call will block until all
     * pending DOM actions have been processed and (then)
     * action.run() returns. This method should be used when an
     * application thread needs to access the browser's DOM.
     * It should not be called from the DOMActionDispatchThread.
     *
     * Note that if the DOMAction.run() method throws an uncaught
     * exception (on the DOM action dispatching thread),  it's caught
     * and re-thrown, as an DOMAccessException, on the caller's thread.
     *
     * If the DOMAction.run() method throws any DOM security related
     * exception (on the DOM action dispatching thread), it's caught
     * and re-thrown, as an DOMSecurityException, on the caller's thread.
     *
     * @param action DOMAction.
     */
    public abstract Object invokeAndWait(DOMAction action) throws DOMAccessException;

    /**
     * Causes action.run() to be executed asynchronously on the
     * DOM action dispatching thread. This method should be used
     * when an application thread needs to access the browser's
     * DOM. It should not be called from the DOMActionDispatchThread.
     *
     * Note that if the DOMAction.run() method throws an uncaught
     * exception (on the DOM action dispatching thread),  it will not be
     * caught and re-thrown on the caller's thread.
     *
     * @param action DOMAction.
     */
    public abstract void invokeLater(DOMAction action);
}