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1 /*
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16 package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
17
18 /**
19  * A delegate of JXPathContext that implements the XPath <code>"id()"</code>
20  * function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation
21  * of the <code>id()</code> function. For example, it is <i>not</i> used
22  * when the root of the context is a DOM Node.
23  *
24  * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
25  * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:42 $
26  */
27 public interface IdentityManager {
28
29     /**
30      * Finds a node by its ID.
31      */
32     Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String JavaDoc id);
33 }
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