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package com.sun.xml.txw2;
/**
* Used by {@link DatatypeWriter} to declare additional namespaces.
*
* @see DatatypeWriter
* @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
*/
public interface NamespaceResolver {
/**
* Allocates a prefix for the specified URI and returns it.
*
* @param nsUri
* the namespace URI to be declared. Can be empty but must not be null.
* @return
* the empty string if the URI is bound to the default namespace.
* Otherwise a non-empty string that represents a prefix.
*/
String getPrefix(String nsUri);
}