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package javax.xml.namespace;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* <p>Interface for read only XML Namespace context processing.</p>
*
* <p>An XML Namespace has the properties:</p>
* <ul>
* <li>Namespace URI:
* Namespace name expressed as a URI to which the prefix is bound</li>
* <li>prefix: syntactically, this is the part of the attribute name
* following the <code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code>
* ("xmlns") in the Namespace declaration</li>
* </ul>
* <p>example:
* <code>&lt;element xmlns:prefix="http://Namespace-name-URI"&gt;</code></p>
*
* <p>All <code>get*(*)</code> methods operate in the current scope
* for Namespace URI and prefix resolution.</p>
*
* <p>Note that a Namespace URI can be bound to
* <strong>multiple</strong> prefixes in the current scope. This can
* occur when multiple <code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code>
* ("xmlns") Namespace declarations occur in the same Start-Tag and
* refer to the same Namespace URI. e.g.<br />
* <pre>
* &lt;element xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI"
* xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI"&gt;
* </pre>
* This can also occur when the same Namespace URI is used in multiple
* <code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code> ("xmlns") Namespace
* declarations in the logical parent element hierarchy. e.g.<br />
* <pre>
* &lt;parent xmlns:prefix1="http://Namespace-name-URI">
* &lt;child xmlns:prefix2="http://Namespace-name-URI"&gt;
* ...
* &lt;/child&gt;
* &lt;/parent&gt;
* </pre></p>
*
* <p>A prefix can only be bound to a <strong>single</strong>
* Namespace URI in the current scope.</p>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:Jeff.Suttor@Sun.com">Jeff Suttor</a>
* @see javax.xml.XMLConstants
* javax.xml.XMLConstants for declarations of common XML values
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#QName">
* XML Schema Part2: Datatypes</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-qualnames">
* Namespaces in XML</a>
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata">
* Namespaces in XML Errata</a>
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface NamespaceContext {
/**
* <p>Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix in the current scope.</p>
*
* <p>When requesting a Namespace URI by prefix, the following
* table describes the returned Namespace URI value for all
* possible prefix values:</p>
*
* <table border="2" rules="all" cellpadding="4">
* <thead>
* <tr>
* <td align="center" colspan="2">
* <code>getNamespaceURI(prefix)</code>
* return value for specified prefixes
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>prefix parameter</td>
* <td>Namespace URI return value</td>
* </tr>
* </thead>
* <tbody>
* <tr>
* <td><code>DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX</code> ("")</td>
* <td>default Namespace URI in the current scope or
* <code>{@link
* javax.xml.XMLConstants#NULL_NS_URI XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")}
* </code>
* when there is no default Namespace URI in the current scope</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>bound prefix</td>
* <td>Namespace URI bound to prefix in current scope</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>unbound prefix</td>
* <td>
* <code>{@link
* javax.xml.XMLConstants#NULL_NS_URI XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI("")}
* </code>
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX</code> ("xml")</td>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code> ("xmlns")</td>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>null</code></td>
* <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown</td>
* </tr>
* </tbody>
* </table>
*
* @param prefix prefix to look up
*
* @return Namespace URI bound to prefix in the current scope
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException When <code>prefix</code> is
* <code>null</code>
*/
String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);
/**
* <p>Get prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope.</p>
*
* <p>To get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current
* scope, use {@link #getPrefixes(String namespaceURI)}.</p>
*
* <p>When requesting a prefix by Namespace URI, the following
* table describes the returned prefix value for all Namespace URI
* values:</p>
*
* <table border="2" rules="all" cellpadding="4">
* <thead>
* <tr>
* <th align="center" colspan="2">
* <code>getPrefix(namespaceURI)</code> return value for
* specified Namespace URIs
* </th>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <th>Namespace URI parameter</th>
* <th>prefix value returned</th>
* </tr>
* </thead>
* <tbody>
* <tr>
* <td>&lt;default Namespace URI&gt;</td>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.DEFAULT_NS_PREFIX</code> ("")
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>bound Namespace URI</td>
* <td>prefix bound to Namespace URI in the current scope,
* if multiple prefixes are bound to the Namespace URI in
* the current scope, a single arbitrary prefix, whose
* choice is implementation dependent, is returned</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>unbound Namespace URI</td>
* <td><code>null</code></td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")</td>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX</code> ("xml")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")</td>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code> ("xmlns")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>null</code></td>
* <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown</td>
* </tr>
* </tbody>
* </table>
*
* @param namespaceURI URI of Namespace to lookup
*
* @return prefix bound to Namespace URI in current context
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException When <code>namespaceURI</code> is
* <code>null</code>
*/
String getPrefix(String namespaceURI);
/**
* <p>Get all prefixes bound to a Namespace URI in the current
* scope.</p>
*
* <p>An Iterator over String elements is returned in an arbitrary,
* <strong>implementation dependent</strong>, order.</p>
*
* <p><strong>The <code>Iterator</code> is
* <em>not</em> modifiable. e.g. the
* <code>remove()</code> method will throw
* <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code>.</strong></p>
*
* <p>When requesting prefixes by Namespace URI, the following
* table describes the returned prefixes value for all Namespace
* URI values:</p>
*
* <table border="2" rules="all" cellpadding="4">
* <thead>
* <tr>
* <th align="center" colspan="2"><code>
* getPrefixes(namespaceURI)</code> return value for
* specified Namespace URIs</th>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <th>Namespace URI parameter</th>
* <th>prefixes value returned</th>
* </tr>
* </thead>
* <tbody>
* <tr>
* <td>bound Namespace URI,
* including the &lt;default Namespace URI&gt;</td>
* <td>
* <code>Iterator</code> over prefixes bound to Namespace URI in
* the current scope in an arbitrary,
* <strong>implementation dependent</strong>,
* order
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>unbound Namespace URI</td>
* <td>empty <code>Iterator</code></td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace")</td>
* <td><code>Iterator</code> with one element set to
* <code>XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX</code> ("xml")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI</code>
* ("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")</td>
* <td><code>Iterator</code> with one element set to
* <code>XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE</code> ("xmlns")</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><code>null</code></td>
* <td><code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown</td>
* </tr>
* </tbody>
* </table>
*
* @param namespaceURI URI of Namespace to lookup
*
* @return <code>Iterator</code> for all prefixes bound to the
* Namespace URI in the current scope
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException When <code>namespaceURI</code> is
* <code>null</code>
*/
Iterator getPrefixes(String namespaceURI);
}