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package org.xmlunit.xpath;

import java.util.Map;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * Interface for XMLUnit's XPath abstraction.
 */
public interface XPathEngine {
    /**
     * Returns a potentially empty collection of Nodes matching an
     * XPath expression.
     */
    Iterable selectNodes(String xPath, Source s);
    /**
     * Evaluates an XPath expression and stringifies the result.
     */
    String evaluate(String xPath, Source s);
    /**
     * Returns a potentially empty collection of Nodes matching an
     * XPath expression.
     */
    Iterable selectNodes(String xPath, Node n);
    /**
     * Evaluates an XPath expression and stringifies the result.
     */
    String evaluate(String xPath, Node n);
    /**
     * Establish a namespace context.
     *
     * @param prefix2Uri maps from prefix to namespace URI.
     */
    void setNamespaceContext(Map prefix2Uri);
}