URIReference


1   /*
2    * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
3    */
4   /*
5    * $Id: URIReference.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 15:47:42 mullan Exp $
6    */
7   package javax.xml.crypto;
8   
9   /**
10   * Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by 
11   * <a HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>.
12   *
13   * <p>Note that some subclasses may not have a <code>type</code> attribute
14   * and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns 
15   * <code>null</code>. 
16   *
17   * @author Sean Mullan
18   * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
19   * @since 1.6
20   * @see URIDereferencer
21   */
22  public interface URIReference {
23  
24      /**
25       * Returns the URI of the referenced data object.
26       *
27       * @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be
28       *    <code>null</code> if not specified)
29       */
30      String   getURI();
31  
32      /**
33       * Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
34       *
35       * @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be <code>null</code> 
36       *    if not specified)
37       */
38      String   getType();
39  }
40

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