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package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.policy.spi;

import java.util.Map;

/**

 * Maps an XML prefix to a namespace.

 *

 * This class allows policy domains to configure to which XML prefix an XML

 * namespace is mapped.

 *

 * @author Fabian Ritzmann

 */

public interface PrefixMapper {

    /**

     * Returns a map of XML prefixes to namespaces for the domain.

     *

     * The keys of the map must be a name for an XML prefix, e.g. "wsrmp". The

     * values must be the name of an XML namespace, e.g.

     * "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrmp/200702".

     *

     * @return A map of XML prefixes to namespaces for the domain.

     */

    Map<String, String> getPrefixMap();

}