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package org.apache.woden.wsdl20.fragids;

import org.apache.woden.xpointer.PointerPart;

/**
 * ComponentPart is the abstract base class for all WSDL 2.0 component
 * fragment identifiers.
 * 
 * @author Dan Harvey ([email protected])
 *
 */
public interface ComponentPart extends PointerPart {

    /**
     * Checks that the namespace prefixes used in this PointerPart are consistent with those in the WSDL Fragment Identifier.
     * It returns a identical copy of this object with the required changes.
     * This method is called by the add method on WSDL Fragment Identifier when PointerParts are added to it.
     * 
     * @param fragmentIdentifier a Fragment Identifier which the namespace prefixes are checked against.
     * @return a ComponentPart which has been checked with changed namespaces if needed.
     */
    public ComponentPart prefixNamespaces(FragmentIdentifier fragmentIdentifier);
    
}