jaxp/src/org/w3c/dom/xpath/XPathNSResolver.java
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+
+package org.w3c.dom.xpath;
+
+
+/**
+ * The <code>XPathNSResolver</code> interface permit <code>prefix</code>
+ * strings in the expression to be properly bound to
+ * <code>namespaceURI</code> strings. <code>XPathEvaluator</code> can
+ * construct an implementation of <code>XPathNSResolver</code> from a node,
+ * or the interface may be implemented by any application.
+ * <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>.
+ */
+public interface XPathNSResolver {
+    /**
+     * Look up the namespace URI associated to the given namespace prefix. The
+     * XPath evaluator must never call this with a <code>null</code> or
+     * empty argument, because the result of doing this is undefined.
+     * @param prefix The prefix to look for.
+     * @return Returns the associated namespace URI or <code>null</code> if
+     *   none is found.
+     */
+    public String lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix);
+
+}