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package Torello.HTML;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.util.stream.*;

import java.util.function.Predicate;

import Torello.HTML.NodeSearch.*;
import Torello.Java.*;

/**
 * A long list of utilities for searching, finding, extracting and removing HTML from 
 * Vectorized-HTML.
 * 
 * <BR /><BR /><EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTIL>
 */
@Torello.JavaDoc.StaticFunctional
public class Util
{
    private Util() { }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Trim TextNode Strings
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #trimTextNodes(Vector, int, int, boolean)}
     */
    public static int trimTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, boolean deleteZeroLengthStrings)
    { return trimTextNodes(page, 0, -1, deleteZeroLengthStrings); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #trimTextNodes(Vector, int, int, boolean)}
     */
    public static int trimTextNodes
        (Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp, boolean deleteZeroLengthStrings)
    { return trimTextNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1, deleteZeroLengthStrings); }

    /**
     * This will iterate through the entire {@code Vector<HTMLNode>}, and invoke
     * {@code java.lang.String.trim()} on each {@code TextNode} on the page.  If this invocation
     * results in a reduction of {@code String.length()}, then a new {@code TextNode} will be
     * instantiated whose {@code TextNode.str} field is set to the result of the
     * {@code String.trim(old_node.str)} operation.
     * 
     * @param deleteZeroLengthStrings If a {@code TextNode's} length is zero (before or after
     * {@code trim()} is called) and when this parameter is {@code TRUE}, that {@code TextNode}
     * must be removed from the {@code Vector}.
     * 
     * @return Any node that is trimmed or deleted will increment the counter.  This counter
     * final-value is returned
     */
    public static int trimTextNodes
        (Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos, boolean deleteZeroLengthStrings)
    {
        int                 counter = 0;
        IntStream.Builder   b       = deleteZeroLengthStrings ? IntStream.builder() : null;
        HTMLNode            n       = null;
        LV                  l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)

            if ((n = page.elementAt(i)).isTextNode())
            {
                String  trimmed         = n.str.trim();
                int     trimmedLength   = trimmed.length();

                if ((trimmedLength == 0) && deleteZeroLengthStrings)
                    { b.add(i); counter++; }

                else if (trimmedLength < n.str.length())
                    { page.setElementAt(new TextNode(trimmed), i); counter++; }
            }

        if (deleteZeroLengthStrings) Util.Remove.nodesOPT(page, b.build().toArray());

        return counter;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Vectorized-HTML To-String Methods
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /** 
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #rangeToString(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static String pageToString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return rangeToString(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #rangeToString(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static String rangeToString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return rangeToString(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * The purpose of this method/function is to convert a portion of the contents of an HTML-Page,
     * currently being represented as a {@code Vector} of {@code HTMLNode's} into a {@code String.}
     * Two {@code 'int'} parameters are provided in this method's signature to define a sub-list
     * of a page to be converted to a {@code java.lang.String}
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The {@code Vector} converted into a {@code String}.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #pageToString(Vector)
     * @see #rangeToString(Vector, DotPair)
     */
    public static String rangeToString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        StringBuilder   ret = new StringBuilder();
        LV              l   = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);

        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) ret.append(html.elementAt(i).str);

        return ret.toString();
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Vectorized-HTML TextNode To-String Methods
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textNodesString(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static String textNodesString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return textNodesString(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textNodesString(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static String textNodesString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return textNodesString(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * This will return a {@code String} that is comprised of ONLY the {@code TextNode's} contained
     * within the input {@code Vector} - <I>and furthermore, only nodes that are situated between
     * index {@code int 'sPos'} and index {@code int 'ePos'} in that {@code Vector.}</I>
     * 
     * <BR /><BR />The {@code for-loop} that iterates the input-{@code Vector} parameter will
     * simply skip an instance of {@code 'TagNode'} and {@code 'CommentNode'} when building the
     * output return {@code String.}.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return This will return a {@code String} that is comprised of the text-only elements in the
     * web-page or sub-page.  Only text between the requested {@code Vector}-indices is included.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #textNodesString(Vector, DotPair)
     * @see #textNodesString(Vector)
     */
    public static String textNodesString(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        StringBuilder   sb  = new StringBuilder();
        LV              l   = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);
        HTMLNode        n;

        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)
            if ((n = html.elementAt(i)).isTextNode())
                sb.append(n.str);

        return sb.toString();
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // TextNode Modification Operations - "Escape Text Nodes"
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #escapeTextNodes(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int escapeTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html)
    { return escapeTextNodes(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair} 
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #escapeTextNodes(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int escapeTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return escapeTextNodes(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * Will call {@code HTML.Escape.replaceAll} on each {@code TextNode} in the range of
     * {@code sPos ... ePos}
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The number of {@code TextNode's} that changed as a result of the
     * {@code Escape.replaceAll(n.str)} loop.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see Escape#replaceAll(String)
     */
    public static int escapeTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        LV          l       = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);
        HTMLNode    n       = null;
        String      s       = null;
        int	        counter = 0;

        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)

            if ((n = html.elementAt(i)).isTextNode())
                if (! (s = Escape.replace(n.str)).equals(n.str))
                {
                    html.setElementAt(new TextNode(s), i);
                    counter++;
                }

        return counter;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Clone HTML Vectors
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #cloneRange(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> clone(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return cloneRange(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #cloneRange(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> cloneRange(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return cloneRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * Copies (clones!) a sub-range of the HTML page, stores the results in a {@code Vector}, and
     * returns it.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The "cloned" (copied) sub-range specified by {@code 'sPos'} and {@code 'ePos'.}
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #cloneRange(Vector, DotPair)
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> cloneRange(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        LV                  l   = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);
        Vector<HTMLNode>    ret = new Vector<>(l.size());

        // Copy the range specified into the return vector
        //
        // HOW THIS WAS DONE BEFORE NOTICING Vector.subList
        //
        // for (int i = l.start; i < l.end; i++) ret.addElement(html.elementAt(i));

        ret.addAll(html.subList(l.start, l.end));

        return ret;
    }



    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // String Length of the TextNode's
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textStrLength(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int textStrLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return textStrLength(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textStrLength(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int textStrLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return textStrLength(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * This method will return the length of the strings <I><B>contained by all/only instances of
     * {@code 'TextNode'}</B></I> among the nodes of the input HTML-{@code Vector}.   This is
     * identical to the behavior of the method with the same name, but includes starting and ending
     * bounds on the html {@code Vector}: {@code 'sPos'} &amp; {@code 'ePos'}.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The sum of the lengths of the text contained by text-nodes in the {@code Vector} 
     * between {@code 'sPos'} and {@code 'ePos'}.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     */
    public static int textStrLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        HTMLNode    n;
        int         sum = 0;
        LV          l   = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);

        // Counts the length of each "String" in a "TextNode" between sPos and ePos
        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)

            if ((n = html.elementAt(i)).isTextNode())
                sum += n.str.length();

        return sum;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Compact Adjacent / Adjoining TextNode's
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #compactTextNodes(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int compactTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html)
    { return compactTextNodes(html, 0, html.size()); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #compactTextNodes(Vector, int, int)} 
     */
    public static int compactTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return compactTextNodes(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }     

    /**
     * Occasionally, when removing instances of {@code TagNode} from a vectorized-html 
     * page, certain instances of {@code TextNode} which were not adjacent / neighbours in
     * the {@code Vector}, all of a sudden become adjacent.  Although there are no major problems
     * with contiguous instances of {@code TextNode} from the Search Algorithm's perspective,
     * for programmer's, it can sometimes be befuddling to realize that the output text that
     * is returned from a call to {@code Util.pageToString(html)} is not being found because
     * the text that is left is broken amongst multiple instances of adjacent TextNodes.
     *
     * <BR /><BR />This method merely combines "Adjacent" instances of {@code class TextNode}
     * in the {@code Vector} into single instances of {@code class TextNode}
     *
     * @param html Any vectorized-html web-page.  If this page contain any contiguously placed
     * {@code TextNode's}, the extra's will be eliminated, and the internal-string's inside the
     * node's ({@code TextNode.str}) will be combined.  This action will reduce the size of the
     * actual html-{@code Vector}.
     * 
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The number of nodes that were eliminated after being combined, or 0 if there
     * were no text-nodes that were removed.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see HTMLNode#str
     * @see TextNode
     */
    public static int compactTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        LV      l           = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);
        boolean compacting  = false;
        int     firstPos    = -1;
        int     delta       = 0;

        for (int i=l.start; i < (l.end - delta); i++)

            if (html.elementAt(i).isTextNode())
            {
                if (compacting) continue;   // Not in "Compacting Mode"
                compacting  = true;         // Start "Compacting Mode" - this is a TextNode
                firstPos    = i;
            }

            else if (compacting && (firstPos < (i-1)))  // Else - Must be a TagNode or CommentNode
            {
                // Save compacted TextNode String's into this StringBuilder
                StringBuilder compacted = new StringBuilder();

                // Iterate all TextNodes that were adjacent, put them together into StringBuilder
                for (int j=firstPos; j < i; j++) compacted.append(html.elementAt(j).str);

                // Place this new "aggregate TextNode" at location of the first TextNode that
                // was compacted into this StringBuilder

                html.setElementAt(new TextNode(compacted.toString()), firstPos);

                // Remove the rest of the positions in the Vector that had TextNode's.  These have
                // all been put together into the "Aggregate TextNode" at position "firstPos"

                Util.Remove.range(html, firstPos + 1, i);

                // The change in the size of the Vector needs to be accounted for.
                delta += (i - firstPos - 1);

                // Change the loop-counter variable, too, since the size of the Vector has changed.
                i = firstPos + 1;

                // Since we just hit a CommentNode, or TagNode, exit "Compacting Mode."
                compacting = false;

            }

            // NOTE: This, ALSO, MUST BE a TagNode or CommentNode (just like the previous
            //       if-else branch !)
            // TRICKY: Don't forget this 'else' !

            else compacting = false;

        // Added - Don't forget the case where the Vector ends with a series of TextNodes
        // TRICKY TOO! (Same as the HTML Parser... The ending or 'trailing' nodes must be parsed

        int lastNodePos = html.size() - 1;

        if (html.elementAt(lastNodePos).isTextNode()) if (compacting && (firstPos < lastNodePos))
        {
            StringBuilder compacted = new StringBuilder();

            // Compact the TextNodes that were identified at the end of the Vector range.
            for (int j=firstPos; j <= lastNodePos; j++) compacted.append(html.elementAt(j).str);

            // Replace the group of TextNode's at the end of the Vector, with the single, aggregate
            html.setElementAt(new TextNode(compacted.toString()), firstPos);
            Util.Remove.range(html, firstPos + 1, lastNodePos + 1);
        }

        return delta;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // String-Length Operations
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #strLength(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int strLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return strLength(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #strLength(Vector, int, int)} 
     */
    public static int strLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return strLength(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * This method simply adds / sums the {@code String}-length of every {@code HTMLNode.str }
     * field in the passed page-{@code Vector}.  It only counts nodes between parameters
     * {@code sPos} (inclusive) and {@code ePos} (exclusive).
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return The total length <B><I>- in characters -</I></B> of the sub-page of HTML between
     * {@code 'sPos'} and {@code 'ePos'}
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #strLength(Vector)
     */
    public static int strLength(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        int ret = 0;
        LV  l   = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);

        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) ret += html.elementAt(i).str.length();

        return ret;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Hash-Code Operations
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #hashCode(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static int hashCode(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
    { return hashCode(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #hashCode(Vector, int, int)} 
     */
    public static int hashCode(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return hashCode(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * Generates a hash-code for a vectorized html page-{@code Vector}.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return Returns the {@code String.hashCode()} of the <I><B>partial HTML-page</B></i> as if
     * it were not being stored as a {@code Vector}, but rather as HTML inside of a
     * Java-{@code String}.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #hashCode(Vector)
     */
    public static int hashCode(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        int h   = 0;
        LV  lv  = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);

        for (int j=lv.start; j < lv.end; j++)
        {
            String  s = html.elementAt(j).str;
            int     l = s.length();

            // This line has been copied from the jdk8/jdk8 "String.hashCode()" method.
            // The difference is that it iterates over the entire vector

            for (int i=0; i < l; i++) h = 31 * h + s.charAt(i);
        }

        return h;
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // JSON Script Nodes
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #getJSONScriptBlocks(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static Stream<String> getJSONScriptBlocks(Vector<HTMLNode> html)
    { return getJSONScriptBlocks(html, 0, -1); }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #getJSONScriptBlocks(Vector, int, int)}
     */
    public static Stream<String> getJSONScriptBlocks(Vector<HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return getJSONScriptBlocks(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * This method shall search for any and all {@code <SCRIPT TYPE="json">}
     * <I>JSON TEXT</I> {@code </SCRIPT>} block present in a range of Vectorized HTML.  The
     * search method shall simply look for the toke {@code "JSON"} in the {@code TYPE} attribute
     * of each and every {@code <SCRIPT> TagNode} that is found on the page.  The validity of the
     * {@code JSON} found within such blocks <I>is not checked for validity, nor is it even
     * guaranteed to be {@code JSON} data!</I>
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return This will return a {@code java.util.stream.Stream<String>} of each of the 
     * {@code JSON} elements present in the specified range of the Vectorized HTML passed to
     * parameter {@code 'html'}.
     * 
     * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=STRMCNVT>
     * 
     * @see StrTokCmpr#containsIgnoreCase(String, Predicate, String)
     * @see Util#rangeToString(Vector, int, int)
     */
    public static Stream<String> getJSONScriptBlocks(Vector<HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        // Whenever building lists, it is usually easiest to use a Stream.Builder
        Stream.Builder<String> b = Stream.builder();

        // This Predicate simply tests that if the substring "json" (CASE INSENSITIVE) is found
        // in the TYPE attribute of a <SCRIPT TYPE=...> node, that the token-string is, indeed a
        // word - not a substring of some other word.  For instance: TYPE="json" would PASS, but
        // TYPE="rajsong" would FAIL - because the token string is not surrounded by white-space

        final Predicate<String> tester = (String s) ->
            StrTokCmpr.containsIgnoreCase
                (s, (Character c) -> ! Character.isLetterOrDigit(c), "json");

        // Find all <SCRIPT> node-blocks whose "TYPE" attribute abides by the tester
        // String-Predicate named above.

        Vector<DotPair> jsonDPList = InnerTagFindInclusive.all
            (html, sPos, ePos, "script", "type", tester);

        // Convert each of these DotPair element into a java.lang.String
        // Add the String to the Stream.Builder<String>

        for (DotPair jsonDP : jsonDPList)
            if (jsonDP.size() > 2)
                b.accept(Util.rangeToString(html, jsonDP.start + 1, jsonDP.end));

        // Build the Stream, and return it.
        return b.build();
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // MISC
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Inserts nodes, and allows a 'varargs' parameter.
     * 
     * @param html Any HTML Page
     * 
     * @param pos The position in the original {@code Vector} where the nodes shall be inserted.
     * 
     * @param nodes A list of nodes to insert.
     */
    public static void insertNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> html, int pos, HTMLNode... nodes)
    {
        Vector<HTMLNode> nodesVec = new Vector<>(nodes.length);
        for (HTMLNode node : nodes) nodesVec.addElement(node);
        html.addAll(pos, nodesVec);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #replaceRange(Vector, int, int, Vector)}
     */
    public static void replaceRange
        (Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair range, Vector<HTMLNode> newNodes)
    { replaceRange(page, range.start, range.end+1, newNodes); }

    /**
     * Replaces any all and all {@code HTMLNode's} located between the {@code Vector} locations
     * {@code 'sPos'} (inclusive) and {@code 'ePos'} (exclusive).  By exclusive, this means that
     * the {@code HTMLNode} located at positon {@code 'ePos'} <B><I>will not</I></B> be replaced,
     * but the one at {@code 'sPos'} <I><B>is replaced</B></I>.
     * 
     * <BR /><BR />The size of the {@code Vector} will change by {@code newNodes.size() - 
     * (ePos + sPos)}.  The contents situated between {@code Vector} location {@code sPos} and
     * {@code sPos + newNodes.size()} will, indeed, be the contents of the {@code 'newNodes'}
     * parameter.
     * 
     * @param page Any Java HTML page, constructed of {@code HTMLNode (TagNode & TextNode)}
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * @param newNodes Any Java HTML page-{@code Vector} of {@code HTMLNode}.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see #pollRange(Vector, int, int)
     * @see Remove#range(Vector, int, int)
     * @see #replaceRange(Vector, DotPair, Vector)
     */
    public static void replaceRange
        (Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos, Vector<HTMLNode> newNodes)
    {
        // Torello.Java.LV
        LV l = new LV(sPos, ePos, page);

        int oldSize     = ePos - sPos;
        int newSize     = newNodes.size();
        int insertPos   = sPos;
        int i           = 0;

        while ((i < newSize) && (i < oldSize))
            page.setElementAt(newNodes.elementAt(i++), insertPos++);


        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
        // CASE ONE:
        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

        if (newSize == oldSize) return;


        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
        // CASE TWO:
        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
        //
        // The new Vector is SMALLER than the old sub-range
        // The rest of the nodes just need to be trashed
        //
        // OLD-WAY: (Before realizing what Vector.subList is actually doing)
        // Util.removeRange(page, insertPos, ePos);

        if (newSize < oldSize) page.subList(insertPos, ePos).clear();


        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
        // CASE THREE:
        // *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
        //
        // The new Vector is BIGGER than the old sub-range
        // There are still more nodes to insert.

        else page.addAll(ePos, newNodes.subList(i, newSize));
    }

    /**
     * Java's {@code java.util.Vector} class does not allow public access to the
     * {@code removeRange(start, end)} function.  It is listed as {@code 'protected'} in Java's
     * Documentation about the {@code class Vector.}  This method upstages that, and performs the
     * {@code 'Poll'} operation, where the nodes are first removed, stored, and then return as a
     * function result.
     * 
     * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Poll a Range:</B>
     * 
     * <BR />The nodes that are removed are placed in a separate return {@code Vector}, and
     * returned as a result to this method.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
     * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
     * 
     * @return A complete list ({@code Vector<HTMLNode>}) of the nodes that were removed.
     * 
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
     * 
     * @see Remove#range(Vector, int, int)
     * @see Remove#range(Vector, DotPair)
     * @see #pollRange(Vector, DotPair)
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> pollRange(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
    {
        // The original version of this method is preserved inside comments at the bottom of this
        // method.  Prior to seeing the Sun-Oracle Docs explaining that the return from the SubList
        // operation "mirrors changes" back to to the original vector, the code in the comments is
        // how this method was accomplished.

        LV                          l       = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);
        Vector<HTMLNode>            ret     = new Vector<HTMLNode>(l.end - l.start);
        List<? extends HTMLNode>    list    = html.subList(l.start, l.end);

        // Copy the Nodes into the return Vector that the end-user receives
        ret.addAll(list);

        // Clear the nodes out of the original Vector.  The Sun-Oracle Docs 
        // state that the returned sub-list is "mirrored back into" the original

        list.clear();

        // Return the Vector to the user.  Note that the List<HTMLNode> CANNOT be returned,
        // because of it's mirror-qualities, and because this method expects a vector.

        return ret;

        /*
        // BEFORE READING ABOUT Vector.subList(...), this is how this was accomplished:
        // NOTE: It isn't so clear how the List<HTMLNode> works - likely it doesn't actually
        //       create any new memory-allocated arrays, it is just an "overlay"

        // Copy the elements from the input vector into the return vector
        for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) ret.add(html.elementAt(i));

        // Remove the range from the input vector (this is the meaning of 'poll')
        Util.removeRange(html, sPos, ePos);

        return ret;
        */
    }

    /**
     * Convenience Method.
     * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
     * <BR />Invokes: {@link #pollRange(Vector, int, int)}. 
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> pollRange(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
    { return pollRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

    /**
     * This removes every element from the {@code Vector} beginning at position 0, all the way to
     * position {@code 'pos'} (exclusive).  The {@code elementAt(pos)} remains in the original page
     * input-{@code Vector}.  This is the definition of 'exclusive'.
     * 
     * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
     * 
     * @param pos Any position within the range of the input {@code Vector}.
     * 
     * @return The elements in the {@code Vector} from position: {@code 0 ('zero')} all the way to
     * position: {@code 'pos'}
     */
    public static Vector<HTMLNode> split(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int pos)
    { return pollRange(html, 0, pos); }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Static Inner-Class: Count 
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    @Torello.JavaDoc.StaticFunctional
    public static class Count 
    {
        private Count() { }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Count TextNode's
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int textNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page)
        { return textNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #textNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int textNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return textNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Counts the number of {@code TextNode's} in a {@code Vector<HTMLNode>} between the
         * demarcated array / {@code Vector} positions, {@code 'sPos'} and {@code 'ePos'}
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page.
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code TextNode's} in the {@code Vector} between the demarcated
         * indices.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         */
        public static int textNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            int counter = 0;
            LV  l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Iterates the entire page between sPos and ePos, incrementing the count for every
            // instance of text-node.

            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) if (page.elementAt(i).isTextNode()) counter++;

            return counter;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Count CommentNode's
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #commentNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int commentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page)
        { return commentNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #commentNodes(Vector, int, int)} 
         */
        public static int commentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return commentNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Counts the number of {@code CommentNode's} in an {@code Vector<HTMLNode>} between the
         * demarcated array / {@code Vector} positions.
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page.
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code CommentNode's} in the {@code Vector} between the demarcated
         * indices.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         */
        public static int commentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            int counter = 0;
            LV  l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Iterates the entire page between sPos and ePos, incrementing the count for every
            // instance of comment-node.

            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)  if (page.elementAt(i).isCommentNode()) counter++;

            return counter;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Count TagNode's
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #tagNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int tagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page)
        { return tagNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #tagNodes(Vector, int, int)} 
         */
        public static int tagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return tagNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Counts the number of {@code TagNode's} in a {@code Vector<HTMLNode>} between the
         * demarcated array / {@code Vector} positions.
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page.
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code TagNode's} in the {@code Vector}.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         */
        public static int tagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            int counter = 0;
            LV  l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Iterates the entire page between sPos and ePos, incrementing the count for every
            // instance of TagNode.

            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) if (page.elementAt(i).isTagNode()) counter++;

            return counter;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Count New Lines
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #newLines(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int newLines(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
        { return newLines(html, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #newLines(Vector, int, int)} 
         */
        public static int newLines(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
        { return newLines(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }


        /**
         * This will count the number of new-line symbols present <B><I>- on the partial HTML
         * page</I></B>. The count will include a sum of every {@code HTMLNode.str} that
         * contains the standard new-line symbols: {@code \r\n, \r, \n}, meaning that UNIX, MSFT,
         * Apple, etc. forms of text-line rendering should all be treated equally.
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of new-line characters in all of the {@code HTMLNode's} that occur
         * between vectorized-page positions {@code 'sPos'} and {@code 'ePos.'}
         * 
         * <BR /><BR /><B>NOTE:</B> The regular-expression used here 'NEWLINEP' is as follows:
         * 
         * <DIV CLASS="SNIP">{@code
         * private static final Pattern NEWLINEP = Pattern.compile("\\r\\n|\\r|\\n");
         * }</DIV>
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         * 
         * @see StringParse#NEWLINEP
         */
        public static int newLines(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            int newLineCount    = 0;
            LV  l               = new LV(html, sPos, ePos);

            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)

                // Uses the Torello.Java.StringParse "New Line RegEx"
                for (   Matcher m = StringParse.NEWLINEP.matcher(html.elementAt(i).str);
                        m.find();
                        newLineCount++);

            return newLineCount;
        }
    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Static Inner-Class: Remove 
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    @Torello.JavaDoc.StaticFunctional
    public static class Remove 
    {
        private Remove() { }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // TextNode Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allTextNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page)
        { return allTextNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allTextNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return allTextNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Takes a sub-section of an HTML {@code Vector} and removes all {@code TextNode} present
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of HTML {@code TextNode's} that were removed
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         * 
         * @see TextNode
         * @see #nodesOPT(Vector, int[])
         */
        public static int allTextNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            IntStream.Builder   b = IntStream.builder();
            LV                  l = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Use Java-Streams to build the list of nodes that are valid text-nodes.
            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) if (page.elementAt(i).isTextNode()) b.add(i);

            // Build the stream and convert it to an int[] (integer-array)
            int[] posArr = b.build().toArray();

            // The integer array is guaranteed to be sorted, and contain valid vector-indices.
            nodesOPT(page, posArr);

            return posArr.length;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // TagNode Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allTagNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allTagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page) 
        { return allTagNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair} 
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allTagNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allTagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return allTagNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Takes a sub-section of an HTML {@code Vector} and removes all {@code TagNode} present
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of HTML {@code TagNode's} that were removed
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         * 
         * @see TagNode
         * @see #nodesOPT(Vector, int[])
         */
        public static int allTagNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            IntStream.Builder   b = IntStream.builder();
            LV                  l = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Use Java-Streams to build the list of nodes that are valid tag-nodes.
            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++) if (page.elementAt(i).isTagNode()) b.add(i);

            // Build the stream and convert it to an int[] (integer-array)
            int[] posArr = b.build().toArray();

            // The integer array is guaranteed to be sorted, and contain valid vector-indices.
            nodesOPT(page, posArr);

            return posArr.length;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // CommentNode Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allCommentNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allCommentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page)
        { return allCommentNodes(page, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allCommentNodes(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allCommentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp)
        { return allCommentNodes(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * Takes a sub-section of an HTML {@code Vector} and removes all {@code CommentNode}
         * present
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML page
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of HTML {@code CommentNode's} that were removed
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         * 
         * @see CommentNode
         * @see #nodesOPT(Vector, int[])
         */
        public static int allCommentNodes(Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            IntStream.Builder   b       = IntStream.builder();
            LV                  l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            // Use Java-Streams to build the list of nodes that are valid comment-nodes.
            for (int i=l.start; i < l.end; i++)
                if (page.elementAt(i).isCommentNode())
                    b.add(i);

            // Build the stream and convert it to an int[] (integer-array)
            int[] posArr = b.build().toArray();

            // The integer array is guaranteed to be sorted, and contain valid vector-indices.
            nodesOPT(page, posArr);

            return posArr.length; 
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Remove All Inner Tags
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allInnerTags(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allInnerTags(Vector<HTMLNode> html)
        { return allInnerTags(html, 0, -1); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #allInnerTags(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static int allInnerTags(Vector<? super TagNode> html, DotPair dp)
        { return allInnerTags(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }

        /**
         * This method removes all inner-tags (all attributes) from every {@link TagNode} inside of
         * an HTML page.  It does this by replacing every {@code TagNode} in the {@code Vector}
         * with the pre-instantiated, publicly-available {@code TagNode} which can be obtained by a
         * call to the class {@code HTMLTags.hasTag(token, TC)}.
         * 
         * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Replacing {@code TagNode's:}</B>
         * 
         * <BR />This method determines whether a fresh {@link TagNode} is to be inserted by
         * measuring the length of the internal {@link TagNode#str} field (a {@code String} field).
         * If the length {@code TagNode.str} is not equal to the HTML token {@link TagNode#tok}
         * length <B><I>plus 2</I></B>, then a fresh, pre-instantiated, node is replaced.
         * 
         * <BR /><BR />The {@code '+2'} figure comes from the additional characters {@code '<'} and
         * {@code '>'} that start and end every HTML {@code TagNode}
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code TagNode} elements that have were replaced with
         * zero-attribute HTML Element Tags.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         *
         * @throws ClassCastException If {@code 'html'} contains references that do not inherit
         * {@code HTMLNode}.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public static int allInnerTags(Vector<? super TagNode> html, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            int     ret = 0;
            LV      l   = new LV(sPos, ePos, html);
            TagNode tn;

            for (int i = (l.end-1); i >= l.start; i--)

                if ((tn = ((HTMLNode) html.elementAt(i)).openTagPWA()) != null)

                {
                    ret++;

                    // HTMLTags.hasTag(tok, TC) gets an empty and pre-instantiated TagNode,
                    // where TagNode.tok == 'tn.tok' and TagNode.isClosing = false

                    html.setElementAt(HTMLTags.hasTag(tn.tok, TC.OpeningTags), i);
                }

            return ret;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Style-Node & Script-Node Block Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Removes all HTML {@code 'style'} Node blocks.
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code <STYLE>}-Node Blocks that were removed
         */
        public static int styleNodeBlocks(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
        {
            int removeCount = 0;

            while (TagNodeRemoveInclusive.first(html, "style") > 0) removeCount++;

            return removeCount;
        }

        /**
         * Removes all {@code 'script'} Node blocks.
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code SCRIPT}-Node Blocks that were removed
         */
        public static int scriptNodeBlocks(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
        {
            int removeCount = 0;

            while (TagNodeRemoveInclusive.first(html, "script") > 0) removeCount++;

            return removeCount;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Remove a Sub-Range of nodes
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Java's {@code java.util.Vector} class does not allow public access to the
         * {@code removeRange(start, end)} function.  It is protected in Java's Documentation about
         * the {@code Vector} class.  This method does exactly that, nothing else.
         * 
         * @param page Any Java HTML page, constructed of {@code HTMLNode (TagNode & TextNode)}
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @return the number of nodes removed.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         * 
         * @see #pollRange(Vector, int, int)
         * @see #range(Vector, DotPair)
         */
        public static <T extends HTMLNode> int range(Vector<T> page, int sPos, int ePos)
        {
            // Torello.Java.LV
            LV  l = new LV(sPos, ePos, page);

            // According to the Sun-Oracle Docs, the returned sublist "mirros" the original vector,
            // which means that when it is changed, so is the original vector.

            page.subList(l.start, l.end).clear();

            return l.size();
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #range(Vector, int, int)} 
         */
        public static int range(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, DotPair dp)
        { return range(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1); }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Remove Specified Nodes by Vector-Index
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * <SPAN STYLE="color: red;"><B>OPT: Optimized</B></SPAN>
         * 
         * <BR /><BR />This method does the same thing as
         * {@link Remove#nodes(boolean, Vector, int[])}, but all error checking is skipped, and the
         * input integer array is presumed to have been sorted. There are no guarantees about the
         * behavior of this method if the input array {@code 'posArr'} is not sorted,
         * <I>least-to-greatest,</I> or if there are duplicate or negative values in this array.
         * 
         * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Empty Var-Args:</B>
         * 
         * <BR />If the var-args input integer-array parameter is empty, this method shall exit
         * gracefully (and immediately).
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML-Page, usually ones generated by {@code HTMLPage.getPageTokens}, but
         * these may be obtained or created in any fashion so necessary.
         * 
         * @param posArr An array of integers which list/identify the nodes in the page to be
         * removed. Because this implementation has been optimized, no error checking will be
         * performed on this input.  It is presumed to be sorted, least-to-greatest, and that all
         * values in the array are valid-indices into the vectorized-html parameter {@code 'page'}
         */
        public static <T extends HTMLNode> void nodesOPT(Vector<T> page, int... posArr)
        {
            if (posArr.length == 0) return;

            int endingInsertPos = page.size() - posArr.length;
            int posArrIndex     = 0;
            int insertPos       = posArr[0];
            int retrievePos     = posArr[0];

            // There is very little that can be documented about these two loops.  Took 3 hours
            // to figure out.  Read the variables names for "best documentation"

            while (insertPos < endingInsertPos)
            {
                // This inner-loop is necessary for when the posArr has consecutive-elements that
                // are *ALSO* consecutive-pointers.
                //
                // For instance, this invokation:
                // Util.removeNodes(page, 4, 5, 6); ...
                //      where 4, 5, and 6 are consecutive - the inner while-loop is required.
                //
                // For this invokation: 
                // Util.removeNodes(page, 2, 4, 6); 
                //      the inner-loop is not entered.

                while ((posArrIndex < posArr.length) && (retrievePos == posArr[posArrIndex]))
                { retrievePos++; posArrIndex++; }

                page.setElementAt(page.elementAt(retrievePos++), insertPos++);
            }

            // Remove all remaining elements in the tail of the array.
            page.setSize(page.size() - posArr.length);
        }


        /**
         * This method remove each HTMLNode from the passed-parameter {@code 'page'}
         * listed/identified by the input array {@code 'nodeList'}.
         * 
         * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Empty Var-Args:</B>
         * 
         * <BR />If the var-args input integer-array parameter is empty, this method shall exit
         * gracefully (and immediately).
         * 
         * @param preserveInputArray This is a convenience input parameter that allows a programmer
         * to "preserve" the original input-parameter integer-array that is passed to this method.
         * It could be argued this parameter is "superfluous" - however, keep in mind that the
         * passed parameter {@code 'nodeList'} <B><I>must be sorted</I></B> before this method is
         * able function properly. There is a sort that's performed within the body of this method.
         * Just in case that the original order of the integer-array input-parameter must be
         * preserved, its possible to request for the sort to operate on "a clone" of the
         * input-parameter integer-array, instead of the original integer-array {@code 'nodeList'}
         * itself. 
         * 
         * @param page Any HTML-Page, usually ones generated by
         * {@code HTMLPage.getPageTokens(...)}, but these may be obtained or created in any fashion
         * so necessary. 
         * 
         * @param nodeList An array of integers which list/identify the nodes in the page to be
         * removed.
         * 
         * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the {@code 'nodeList'} contains duplicate entries.
         * Obviously, no {@code HTMLNode} may be removed from the {@code Vector<HTMLNode>} more
         * than once.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException If the nodeList contains index-pointers / items that
         * are not within the bounds of the passed HTML-Page {@code Vector}.
         */
        public static <T extends HTMLNode> void nodes
            (boolean preserveInputArray, Vector<T> page, int... nodeList)
        {
            if (nodeList.length == 0) return;

            // @Safe Var Args
            int[]   posArr  = preserveInputArray ? nodeList.clone() : nodeList;
            int     len     = posArr.length;

            Arrays.sort(posArr);

            // Check for duplicates in the nodeList, no HTMLNode may be removed twice!
            for (int i=0; i < (len - 1); i++)

                if (posArr[i] == posArr[i+1]) throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "The input array contains duplicate items, this is not allowed.\n" +
                    "This is since each array-entry is intended to be a pointer/index for items " +
                    "to be removed.\nNo item can possibly be removed twice.!"
                );

            // Make sure all nodes are within the bounds of the original Vector.  (no negative 
            // indexes, no indexes greater than the size of the Vector)

            if ((posArr[0] < 0) || (posArr[len - 1] >= page.size()))

                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException (
                    "The input array contains entries which are not within the bounds of the " +
                    "original-passed Vector.\nHTMLPage Vector has: " + page.size() +
                        " elements.\n" +
                    "Maximum element in the nodeList is [" + posArr[len - 1] + "], and the " +
                        "minimum element is: [" + posArr[0] + "]"
                );

            int endingInsertPos = page.size() - posArr.length;
            int posArrIndex     = 0;
            int insertPos       = posArr[0];
            int retrievePos     = posArr[0];

            // There is very little that can be documented about these two loops.  Took 3 hours
            // to figure out.  Read the variables names for "best documentation"

            while (insertPos < endingInsertPos)
            {
                // This inner-loop is necessary for when the posArr has consecutive-elements that
                // are *ALSO* consecutive-pointers.
                //
                // For instance, this invocation:
                // Util.removeNodes(page, 4, 5, 6);
                //      where 4, 5, and 6 are consecutive - the inner while-loop is required.
                //
                // For this invocation: 
                // Util.removeNodes(page, 2, 4, 6);
                //      the inner-loop is not entered.

                while ((posArrIndex < posArr.length) && (retrievePos == posArr[posArrIndex])) 
                { retrievePos++; posArrIndex++; }

                page.setElementAt(page.elementAt(retrievePos++), insertPos++);
            }

            // Remove all remaining elements in the tail of the array.
            page.setSize(page.size() - posArr.length);
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Inclusive-Empty Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #inclusiveEmpty(Vector, int, int, String[])}
         */
        public static int inclusiveEmpty(Vector<HTMLNode> page, String... htmlTags)
        { return inclusiveEmpty(page, 0, -1, htmlTags); }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Receives: {@code DotPair}
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #inclusiveEmpty(Vector, int, int, String[])}
         */
        public static int inclusiveEmpty(Vector<HTMLNode> page, DotPair dp, String... htmlTags)
        { return inclusiveEmpty(page, dp.start, dp.end + 1, htmlTags); }

        /**
         * This will do an "Inclusive Search" using the standard class
         * {@link TagNodeInclusiveIterator} in the {@code package NodeSearch}.  Then it will
         * inspect the contents of the subsections. Any subsections that do not contain any
         * instances of {@code HTMLNode} in between them, or any subsections that only contain
         * "blank-text" (white-space) between them shall be removed. 
         * 
         * <BR /><BR /><B CLASS=JDDescLabel>Recursive Method:</B>
         * 
         * <BR />The search logic shall perform multiple <I><B>recursive iterations</B></I> of
         * itself, such that if, for instance, the user requested that all empty HTML divider
         * ({@code <DIV>}) elements be removed, if after removing a set a dividers resulted in more
         * empty ones (nested {@code <DIV>} elements), then an additional removal shall be called.
         * <I>This recursion shall continue until there are no empty HTML elements of the types
         * listed by</I> {@code 'htmlTags'}
         *
         * @param page Any vectorized-html page or sub-page.
         * 
         * @param sPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=SPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param ePos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=EPOSVEC>
         * 
         * @param htmlTags The list of <I>inclusive</I> (non-singleton) html elements to search for
         * possibly being empty container tags.
         * 
         * @return The number of {@code HTMLNode's} that were removed.
         * 
         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=VIOOBEX>
         */
        public static int inclusiveEmpty
            (Vector<HTMLNode> page, int sPos, int ePos, String... htmlTags)
        {
            DotPair subList;

            int             removed = 0;
            HNLIInclusive   iter    = TagNodeInclusiveIterator.iter(page, htmlTags);
            LV              l       = new LV(page, sPos, ePos);

            iter.restrictCursor(l);

            TOP:
            while (iter.hasNext())

                // If there is only the opening & closing pair, with nothing in between,
                // then the pair must be removed because it is "Empty" (Inclusive Empty)

                if ((subList = iter.nextDotPair()).size() == 2)
                {
                    iter.remove();
                    ePos -= subList.size();
                    removed += subList.size();
                }

                else
                {
                    // If there is any TagNode in between the start-end pair, then this is NOT
                    // EMPTY.  In this case, skip to the next start-end opening-closing pair.

                    for (int i=(subList.start + 1); i < subList.end; i++)
                        if (! page.elementAt(i).isTextNode())
                            continue TOP;

                    // If there were only TextNode's between an opening-closing TagNode Pair....
                    // **AND** those TextNode's are only white-space, then this also considered
                    // Inclusively Empty.  (Get all TextNode's, and if .trim() reduces the length()
                    // to zero, then it was only white-space.

                    if (Util.textNodesString(page, subList).trim().length() == 0)
                    {
                        iter.remove();
                        ePos -= subList.size();
                        removed += subList.size();
                    }
                }

            // This process must be continued recursively, because if any inner, for instance,
            // <DIV> ... </DIV> was removed, then the outer list must be re-checked...

            if (removed > 0)
                return removed + Remove.inclusiveEmpty(page, sPos, ePos, htmlTags);
            else
                return 0;
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Miscellaneous Removal Operations
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************


        /**
         * Removes the first and last element of a vectorized-HTML web-page, or sub-page.
         * Generally, this could be used to remove the surrounding tag's {@code '<DIV>'} ...
         * {@code '</DIV>'}, or something similar.
         * 
         * <BR /><BR />This method <B STYLE="color: red;">WILL NOT CHECK</B> whether there are
         * matching HTML open-and-close tags at the end beginning and end of this sub-section.
         * Generally, though, that is how this method is intended to be used.
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the {@code Vector} has fewer than two elements.
         */
        public static void firstLast(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html)
        {
            int size = html.size();

            if (size < 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "You have requested that the first and last elements the input 'page' parameter " +
                "(a vector) be removed.  However, the vector size is only [" + size  + "], so " +
                "this cannot be performed."
            );

            // NOTE: *** This removes elementAt(0) and elementAt(size-1)
            //       *** NOT ALL ELEMENTS BETWEEN 0 and (size-1)

            Util.Remove.nodesOPT(html, 0, size-1);
        }

    }


    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // Static Inner-Class: Inclusive 
    // ********************************************************************************************
    // ********************************************************************************************


    /**
     * Tools for finding the matching-closing tag of any open {@link TagNode}.
     * 
     * <BR /><BR /><EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILINCL>
     */
    @Torello.JavaDoc.StaticFunctional
    public static class Inclusive
    {
        private Inclusive() { }

    
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Inclusive Find/Get
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************

        /**
         * This finds the closing HTML {@code 'TagNode'} match for a given opening
         * {@code 'TagNode'} in a given-input html page or sub-section.
         *
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         *
         * @param nodeIndex An index into that {@code Vector}.  This index must point to an
         * {@code HTMLNode} element that is:
         *
         * <BR /><BR /><OL CLASS=JDOL>
         * <LI>An instance of {@code TagNode}</LI>
         * <LI>A {@code TagNode} whose {@code 'isClosing'} field is {@code FALSE}</LI>
         * <LI>Is not a {@code 'singleton'} HTML element-token
         * (i.e. {@code <IMG>, <BR>, <H1>, etc...})
         * </LI>
         * </OL>
         *
         * @return An "inclusive search" finds {@code OpeningTag} and {@code ClosingTag} pairs - 
         * <I>and returns all the elements between them in the contents of a 
         * return-{@code Vector}, or {@code Vector DotPair}-end-point value</I>.  This method
         * will take a particular node of a {@code Vector}, and (as long it has a match) 
         * find it's <I><B>closing {@code HTMLNode} match.</B></I>  The integer returned will
         * be the index into this page of the closing, matching {@code TagNode.}
         *
         * @throws TagNodeExpectedException If the node in the {@code Vector}-parameter
         * {@code 'html'} contained at index {@code 'nodeIndex'} is not an instance of
         * {@code TagNode}, then this exception is thrown.
         *
         * @throws OpeningTagNodeExpectedException If the node in the {@code Vector}-parameter 
         * {@code 'html'} at index {@code 'nodeIndex'} is a closing version of the HTML element,
         * then this exception shall throw.
         *
         * @throws InclusiveException If the node in {@code Vector}-parameter {@code 'html'},
         * pointed-to by index {@code 'nodeIndex'} is an HTML {@code 'Singleton'} / Self-Closing
         * Tag, then this exception will be thrown.
         *
         * @see TagNode
         * @see TagNode#tok
         * @see TagNode#isClosing
         * @see HTMLNode
         */
        public static int find(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int nodeIndex)
        {
            TagNode     tn  = null;
            HTMLNode    n   = null;
            String      tok = null;

            if (! html.elementAt(nodeIndex).isTagNode())

                throw new TagNodeExpectedException (
                    "You have attempted to find a closing tag to match an opening one, " +
                    "but the 'nodeIndex' (" + nodeIndex + ") you have passed doesn't contain " +
                    "an instance of TagNode."
                );

            else tn = (TagNode) html.elementAt(nodeIndex);

            if (tn.isClosing) throw new OpeningTagNodeExpectedException(
                "The TagNode indicated by 'nodeIndex' = " + nodeIndex + " has its 'isClosing' " +
                "boolean as TRUE - this is not an opening TagNode, but it must be to continue."
            );

            // Checks to ensure this token is not a 'self-closing' or 'singleton' tag.
            // If it is an exception shall throw.
            InclusiveException.check(tok = tn.tok);

            int end         = html.size();
            int openCount   = 1;

            for (int pos = (nodeIndex+1); pos < end; pos++)

                if ((n = html.elementAt(pos)).isTagNode())
                    if ((tn = ((TagNode) n)).tok.equals(tok))
                    {
                        // This keeps a "Depth Count" - where "depth" is just the number of 
                        // opened tags, for which a matching, closing tag hasn't been found yet.

                        openCount += (tn.isClosing ? -1 : 1);

                        // When all open-tags of the specified HTML Element 'tok' have been
                        // found, search has finished.

                        if (openCount == 0) return pos;
                    }

            // The closing-matching tag was not found
            return -1;
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #find(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to <B><CODE>'GET'</CODE></B> format ({@code Vector}-sublist)
         * <BR />Using: {@link Util#cloneRange(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static Vector<HTMLNode> get(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int nodeIndex)
        { 
            int endPos = find(html, nodeIndex);

            return (endPos == -1) ? null : cloneRange(html, nodeIndex, endPos + 1);
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #find(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to <B><CODE>'PEEK'</CODE></B> format ({@code SubSection})
         * <BR />Using: {@link Util#cloneRange(Vector, int, int)}
         */
        public static SubSection peek(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int nodeIndex)
        {
            int endPos = find(html, nodeIndex);

            return (endPos == -1) ? null : new SubSection(
                new DotPair(nodeIndex, endPos),
                cloneRange(html, nodeIndex, endPos + 1)
            );
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #find(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to <B><CODE>'POLL'</CODE></B> format ({@code Vector}-sublist),
         * <BR />Using: {@link Util#pollRange(Vector, int, int)}
         * <BR />Removes: The requested Sub-List
         */
        public static Vector<HTMLNode> poll(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int nodeIndex)
        {
            int endPos = find(html, nodeIndex);

            return (endPos == -1) ? null : pollRange(html, nodeIndex, endPos + 1);
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #find(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to <B><CODE>'REMOVE'</CODE></B> format ({@code int} - number
         * of nodes removed)
         * <BR />Using: {@link Remove#range(Vector, int, int)}
         * <BR />Removes: The requested Sub-List
         */
        public static int remove(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int nodeIndex)
        {
            int endPos = find(html, nodeIndex);

            return (endPos == -1) ? 0 : Util.Remove.range(html, nodeIndex, endPos + 1);
        }


        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // Optimized Methods, Inclusive Find/Get/Subsection
        // ****************************************************************************************
        // ****************************************************************************************

        /**
         * Convenience Method.  
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #dotPairOPT(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to {@code Vector<HTMLNode>}
         */
        public static Vector<HTMLNode> vectorOPT(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos)
        {
            DotPair dp = dotPairOPT(html, tagPos);

            if (dp == null) return null;
            else            return Util.cloneRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1);
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #dotPairOPT(Vector, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to {@code SubSection}
         */
        public static SubSection subSectionOPT(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos)
        {
            DotPair dp = dotPairOPT(html, tagPos);

            if (dp == null) return null;
            else            return new SubSection(dp, Util.cloneRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1));
        }

        /**
         * 
         * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILIOPT>
         * <!-- Inclusive Opt Description -->
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @param tagPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILOPTTP>
         * 
         * @return A <B>'DotPair'</B> version of an inclusive, end-to-end HTML tag-element.
         * 
         * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILOPTJSN> 
         * <!-- Note on JS-DOM Tree innerHTML -->
         * 
         * @see TagNode
         * @see TagNode#isClosing
         * @see TagNode#tok
         * @see DotPair
         */
        public static DotPair dotPairOPT(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos)
        {
            // Temp Variables
            HTMLNode n;		TagNode tn;		int openCount = 1;

            int len = html.size();

            // This is the name (token) of the "Opening HTML Element", we are searching for
            // the matching, closing element

            String tok = ((TagNode) html.elementAt(tagPos)).tok;

            for (int i = (tagPos+1); i < len; i++)

                if ((n = html.elementAt(i)).isTagNode())
                    if ((tn = (TagNode) n).tok.equals(tok))
                    {
                        // This keeps a "Depth Count" - where "depth" is just the number of 
                        // opened tags, for which a matching, closing tag hasn't been found yet.

                        openCount += (tn.isClosing ? -1 : 1);

                        // When all open-tags of the specified HTML Element 'tok' have been
                        // found, search has finished.

                        if (openCount == 0) return new DotPair(tagPos, i);
                    }

            // Was not found
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #dotPairOPT(Vector, int, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to {@code Vector<HTMLNode>}
         */
        public static Vector<HTMLNode> vectorOPT
            (Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos, int end)
        {
            DotPair dp = dotPairOPT(html, tagPos, end);

            if (dp == null) return null;
            else            return Util.cloneRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1);
        }

        /**
         * Convenience Method.
         * <BR />Invokes: {@link #dotPairOPT(Vector, int, int)}
         * <BR />Converts: output to {@code SubSection}
        */
        public static SubSection subSectionOPT
            (Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos, int end)
        {
            DotPair dp = dotPairOPT(html, tagPos, end);

            if (dp == null) return null;
            else            return new SubSection(dp, Util.cloneRange(html, dp.start, dp.end + 1));
        }

        /**
         * 
         * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILIOPT>
         * <!-- Inclusive Opt Description -->
         * 
         * @param html <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=HTMLVEC>
         * 
         * @param tagPos <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILOPTTP>
         * 
         * @param end <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILOPTEND>
         * 
         * @return A <B>'DotPair'</B> version of an inclusive, end-to-end HTML tag-element.
         * 
         * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=UTILOPTJSN>
         * <!-- Note on JS-DOM Tree innerHTML -->
         * 
         * @see TagNode
         * @see TagNode#isClosing
         * @see TagNode#tok
         * @see DotPair
         */
        public static DotPair dotPairOPT(Vector<? extends HTMLNode> html, int tagPos, int end)
        {
            // Temp Variables
            HTMLNode n;		TagNode tn;		int openCount = 1;		int endPos;

            // This is the name (token) of the "Opening HTML Element", we are searching for
            // the matching, closing element
            String tok = ((TagNode) html.elementAt(tagPos)).tok;

            for (endPos = (tagPos+1); endPos < end; endPos++)

                if ((n = html.elementAt(endPos)).isTagNode())
                    if ((tn = (TagNode) n).tok.equals(tok))
                    {
                        // This keeps a "Depth Count" - where "depth" is just the number of
                        // opened tags, for which a matching, closing tag hasn't been found yet.
                        openCount += (tn.isClosing ? -1 : 1);

                        // When all open-tags of the specified HTML Element 'tok' have been
                        // found, search has finished.
                        if (openCount == 0) return new DotPair(tagPos, endPos);
                    }

            // The end of the vectorized-html page (or subsection) was reached, but the
            // matching-closing element was not found.
            return null; // assert(endPos == html.size());
        }
    }
}