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1   /**********************************************
2    * Copyright (C) 2010 Lukas Laag
3    * This file is part of lib-gwt-svg.
4    * 
5    * libgwtsvg is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6    * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
7    * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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9    * 
10   * libgwtsvg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
13   * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
14   * 
15   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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17   **********************************************/
18  package org.vectomatic.dom.svg.utils;
19  
20  /**
21   * Interface to provide XPath prefix resolution.
22   * @author laaglu
23   */
24  public interface XPathPrefixResolver {
25  	/**
26  	 * Returns the namespace URI which corresponds to this prefix.
27  	 * This method is called by the browser XPath engine when
28  	 * it evaluates XPath expressions which contain prefixes
29  	 * (like: <tt>/foo:bar/foo:boo</tt>)
30  	 * @param prefix
31  	 * The prefix to resolve
32  	 * @return
33  	 * The namespace URI which corresponds to this prefix
34  	 */
35  	public String resolvePrefix(String prefix);
36  }