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package javax.servlet.jsp.el;
/**
*
* The interface to a map between EL function names and methods.
*
*
* Classes implementing this interface may, for instance, consult tag library information to resolve the map.
*
*
* @since JSP 2.0
*
* @deprecated As of JSP 2.1, replaced by javax.el.FunctionMapper
*/
@SuppressWarnings("dep-ann") // TCK signature test fails with annotation
public interface FunctionMapper {
/**
* Resolves the specified local name and prefix into a Java.lang.Method. Returns null if the prefix and local name
* are not found.
*
* @param prefix the prefix of the function, or "" if no prefix.
* @param localName the short name of the function
*
* @return the result of the method mapping. Null means no entry found.
*/
java.lang.reflect.Method resolveFunction(String prefix, String localName);
}