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package javax.xml.catalog;

import javax.xml.transform.Source;

import javax.xml.transform.URIResolver;

/**

 * A JAXP URIResolver that uses catalogs to resolve references.

 *

 * @since 9

 */

public interface CatalogUriResolver extends URIResolver {

    /**

     * The method searches through the catalog entries in the main and

     * alternative catalogs to attempt to find a match with the specified URI.

     *

     * @param href an href attribute, which may be relative or absolute

     * @param base The base URI against which the href attribute will be made

     * absolute if the absolute URI is required

     *

     * @return a {@link javax.xml.transform.Source} object if a mapping is found.

     * returns a {@link javax.xml.transform.Source} object with the original URI

     * (href, or href resolved with base if base is not null) if the

     * {@code javax.xml.catalog.resolve} property is set to {@code continue}.

     *

     * @throws CatalogException if no mapping is found and

     * {@code javax.xml.catalog.resolve} is specified as strict

     */

    @Override

    public Source resolve(String href, String base);

}