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/*
 * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 */
/*
 * $Id: URIReference.java 1092655 2011-04-15 10:24:18Z coheigea $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto;

/**
 * Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by 
 * RFC 2396.
 *
 * Note that some subclasses may not have a type attribute
 * and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns 
 * null. 
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @see URIDereferencer
 */
public interface URIReference {

    /**
     * Returns the URI of the referenced data object.
     *
     * @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be
     *    null if not specified)
     */
    String getURI();

    /**
     * Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
     *
     * @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be null 
     *    if not specified)
     */
    String getType();
}