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023 *   Artifact    : org.ldp4j.framework:ldp4j-application-api:0.2.0
024 *   Bundle      : ldp4j-application-api-0.2.0.jar
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026 */
027package org.ldp4j.application.ext;
028
029import java.util.List;
030import java.util.Set;
031
032/**
033 * Interface for read only Namespace processing. <br/>
034 *
035 * A Namespace has the properties: <br/>
036 *
037 * <ul>
038 * <li><b>Namespace URI</b>: Namespace name expressed as a URI to which the
039 * prefix is bound.</li>
040 * <li><b>Prefix</b></li>
041 * </ul>
042 *
043 *<br/>
044 *
045 * Note that a Namespace URI can be bound to multiple prefixes. However a prefix
046 * can only be bound to a single Namespace URI.
047 */
048public interface Namespaces {
049
050  /**
051   * Get the declared prefixes.
052   *
053   * @return the collection of defined prefixes.
054   */
055  Set<String> getDeclaredPrefixes();
056
057  /**
058   * Get Namespace URI bound to a prefix.
059   *
060   * @param prefix
061   *            prefix to look up
062   * @return Namespace URI bound to prefix
063   */
064  String getNamespaceURI(String prefix);
065
066  /**
067   * Get prefix bound to Namespace URI.
068   *
069   * @param namespaceURI
070   *            URI of the Namespace to look up
071   * @return Prefix bound to the Namespace URI
072   */
073  String getPrefix(String namespaceURI);
074
075  /**
076   * Get prefixes bound to Namespace URI.
077   *
078   * @param namespaceURI
079   *            URI of the Namespace to look up
080   * @return All the prefixes bound to the Namespace URI
081   */
082  List<String> getPrefixes(String namespaceURI);
083
084}