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42 package org.w3c.dom.xpath;
43 
44 
45 /**
46  * The <code>XPathNSResolver</code> interface permit <code>prefix</code>
47  * strings in the expression to be properly bound to
48  * <code>namespaceURI</code> strings. <code>XPathEvaluator</code> can
49  * construct an implementation of <code>XPathNSResolver</code> from a node,
50  * or the interface may be implemented by any application.
51  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2002/08/WD-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20020820'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification</a>.
52  */
53 public interface XPathNSResolver {
54     /**
55      * Look up the namespace URI associated to the given namespace prefix. The
56      * XPath evaluator must never call this with a <code>null</code> or
57      * empty argument, because the result of doing this is undefined.
58      * @param prefix The prefix to look for.
59      * @return Returns the associated namespace URI or <code>null</code> if
60      *   none is found.
61      */
lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix)62     public String lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix);
63 
64 }
65