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package org.xmlpull.infoset;


/**
 * Represents
 * Namespace Information Item
 * .
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 * @author Aleksander Slominski
 */
public interface XmlNamespace
{
    /**
     * [Prefix] can be null.
     * In this case it will be looked up from XML tree and used if available
     * otherwise it will be automatically created only for serializaiton.
     * 
 TODO: If prefix is empty string it will be used to indicate default namespace.
     */
    public String getPrefix();

    /**
     * [Namespace name] is never null.
     * Only allowed to be empty string if prefix is also empty string
     * (used to undeclare default namespace)
     */
    public String getName();

}