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+/*
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+
+package javax.naming;
+
+/**
+  * This interface is used for parsing names from a hierarchical
+  * namespace.  The NameParser contains knowledge of the syntactic
+  * information (like left-to-right orientation, name separator, etc.)
+  * needed to parse names.
+  *
+  * The equals() method, when used to compare two NameParsers, returns
+  * true if and only if they serve the same namespace.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  *
+  * @see CompoundName
+  * @see Name
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+
+public interface NameParser {
+        /**
+          * Parses a name into its components.
+          *
+          * @param name The non-null string name to parse.
+          * @return A non-null parsed form of the name using the naming convention
+          * of this parser.
+          * @exception InvalidNameException If name does not conform to
+          *     syntax defined for the namespace.
+          * @exception NamingException If a naming exception was encountered.
+          */
+        Name parse(String name) throws NamingException;
+}