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/*
 * Copyright 2003, 2004  The Apache Software Foundation
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.apache.ws.jaxme.util;

/** An abstract object which is able to split an XML name
 * into its namespace URI and local part.
 *
 * @author Jochen Wiedmann
 * @version $Id: NamespaceResolver.java 231785 2004-02-17 00:39:59 +0100 (Tue, 17 Feb 2004) jochen $
 */
public interface NamespaceResolver {
  /** Splits the XML name pName into its
   * namespace URI, qualified name and local name, which
   * are stored into the array parts:
   * 

   *   parts[0]: namespace URI; empty if no namespace is used
   *   parts[1]: local name, with the prefix removed
   *   parts[2]: qualified name (same as pName)
   * 
   *
   * @return True, if the namespace prefix of pName
   *   was successfully resolved. False otherwise.
   */
  public boolean processName(String pName, String[] parts);
}