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package com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime;
import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
import com.sun.istack.NotNull;
/**
* Maintains namespace<->prefix bindings.
*
*
* This interface extends {@link NamespaceContext} and provides
* an additional functionality, which is necessary to declare
* namespaced attributes on elements. The added method is for
* self-consumption by the marshaller.
*
* This object is composed into a Serializer.
*/
public interface NamespaceContext2 extends NamespaceContext
{
/**
* Declares a new namespace binding within the current context.
*
*
* The prefix is automatically assigned by MarshallingContext. If
* a given namespace URI is already declared, nothing happens.
*
*
* It is NOT an error to declare the same namespace URI
* more than once.
*
*
* For marshalling to work correctly, all namespace bindings
* for an element must be declared between its startElement method and
* its endAttributes event. Calling the same method with the same
* parameter between the endAttributes and the endElement returns
* the same prefix.
*
* @param requirePrefix
* If this parameter is true, this method must assign a prefix
* to this namespace, even if it's already bound to the default
* namespace. IOW, this method will never return null if this
* flag is true. This functionality is necessary to declare
* namespace URI used for attribute names.
* @param preferedPrefix
* If the caller has any particular preference to the
* prefix, pass that as a parameter. The callee will try
* to honor it. Set null if there's no particular preference.
*
* @return
* returns the assigned prefix. If the namespace is bound to
* the default namespace, null is returned.
*/
String declareNamespace( String namespaceUri, String preferedPrefix, boolean requirePrefix );
/**
* Forcibly make a namespace declaration in effect.
*
* If the (prefix,uri) binding is already in-scope, this method
* simply returns the assigned prefix index. Otherwise a new
* declaration will be put.
*/
int force(@NotNull String uri, @NotNull String prefix);
}