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package org.custommonkey.xmlunit;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Interface used by XpathEngine in order to map prefixes to namespace URIs.
 *
 * <p>This is modelled after javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext but
 * reduced to our needs.</p>
 */
public interface NamespaceContext {
    /**
     * Obtain the URI for a given prefix.
     *
     * <p>Unlike the method in javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext
     * doesn't have to implement any special handling for predefined
     * prefix values.</p>
     *
     * @param prefix prefix to look up
     * @return null if the prefix is unknown.
     */
    String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);

    /**
     * Get all prefixes of this context.
     * @return all prefixes of this context
     */
    Iterator getPrefixes();
}
