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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+
+/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+ * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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+ *
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+ *
+ * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+ * John B. Keiser
+ * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2001
+ * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
+ * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
+ * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
+ * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
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+ *
+ * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+#ifndef nsITextControlElement_h___
+#define nsITextControlElement_h___
+
+#include "nsISupports.h"
+
+// IID for the nsITextControl interface
+#define NS_ITEXTCONTROLELEMENT_IID    \
+{ 0x8c22af1e, 0x1dd2, 0x11b2,    \
+  { 0x9d, 0x72, 0xb4, 0xc1, 0x53, 0x68, 0xdc, 0xa1 } }
+
+/**
+ * This interface is used for the text control frame to store its value away
+ * into the content.
+ */
+class nsITextControlElement : public nsISupports {
+public:
+
+  NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ITEXTCONTROLELEMENT_IID)
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of the text control.  This is the value that is set when
+   * the control is not there or goes away.
+   */
+  NS_IMETHOD GetValueInternal(nsAWritableString& str) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Set the value of the text control.  This is the value that is set when
+   * the control is not there or goes away.
+   */
+  NS_IMETHOD SetValueInternal(nsAReadableString& str) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // nsITextControlElement_h___
+