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+/*
+ * 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.smil;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+/**
+ *  This is a placeholder - subject to change. This represents generic 
+ * timelines. 
+ */
+public interface ElementTimeContainer extends ElementTime {
+    /**
+     *  A NodeList that contains all timed childrens of this node. If there are
+     *  no timed children, the <code>Nodelist</code> is empty.  An iterator 
+     * is more appropriate here than a node list but it requires Traversal 
+     * module support. 
+     */
+    public NodeList getTimeChildren();
+
+    /**
+     *  Returns a list of child elements active at the specified invocation. 
+     * @param instant  The desired position on the local timeline in 
+     *   milliseconds. 
+     * @return  List of timed child-elements active at instant. 
+     */
+    public NodeList getActiveChildrenAt(float instant);
+
+}
+