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/*
* Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
*/
/*
* $Id$
*/
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();
}