NamespaceFactoryIF


1   package org.sapia.util.xml.idefix;
2   
3   import org.sapia.util.xml.Namespace;
4   
5   import java.lang.reflect.Method  ;
6   
7   
8   /**
9    * This interface allow the creation of <CODE>Namespace</CODE> objects.
10   *
11   * @author <a HREF="mailto:jc@sapia-oss.org">Jean-Cedric Desrochers</a>
12   * <dl>
13   * <dt><b>Copyright:</b><dd>Copyright &#169; 2002-2003 <a HREF="http://www.sapia-oss.org">Sapia Open Source Software</a>. All Rights Reserved.</dd></dt>
14   * <dt><b>License:</b><dd>Read the license.txt file of the jar or visit the
15   *        <a HREF="http://www.sapia-oss.org/license.html" target="sapia-license">license page</a> at the Sapia OSS web site</dd></dt>
16   * </dl>
17   */
18  public interface NamespaceFactoryIF {
19    /** Defines a default namespace instance. */
20    public static final Namespace DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = new Namespace("", "");
21  
22    /**
23     * Returns the namespace that should be associated with the XML representation
24     * of the passed in class. If no association is found <code>null</code> is
25     * return.
26     *
27     * @param aClass The class for which to retrieve a namespace.
28     * @return The associated namespace or <code>null</code> is none is found.
29     * @see #DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
30     */
31    public Namespace getNamespaceFor(Class   aClass);
32  
33    /**
34     * Returns the namespace that should be associated with the XML representation
35     * of the passed in method. If no association is found <code>null</code> is
36     * return.
37     *
38     * @param aMethod The method for which to retrieve a namespace.
39     * @return The associated namespace or <code>null</code> is none is found.
40     * @see #DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
41     */
42    public Namespace getNamespaceFor(Method   aMethod);
43  }
44

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