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package org.w3c.dom.xpath;


/**
 * The <code>XPathNSResolver interface permit prefix
 * strings in the expression to be properly bound to
 * <code>namespaceURI strings. XPathEvaluator can
 * construct an implementation of <code>XPathNSResolver from a node,
 * or the interface may be implemented by any application.
 * <p>See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification.
 */
public interface XPathNSResolver {
    /**
     * Look up the namespace URI associated to the given namespace prefix. The
     * XPath evaluator must never call this with a <code>null or
     * empty argument, because the result of doing this is undefined.
     * @param prefix The prefix to look for.
     * @return Returns the associated namespace URI or <code>null if
     *   none is found.
     */
    public String lookupNamespaceURI(String prefix);

}