Part.java

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/*
 * Created on May 29, 2005
 * 
 */
package com.ibm.commons.xml.xpath.part;

/**
 * @author Philippe Riand
 * @author Mark Wallace
 */
abstract public class Part {

    protected String _name;
    
    /**
     * Construct a Part with the specified name
     * @param name
     */
    public Part(String name) {
        _name = name;
    }
    
    /**
     * Return the name of this Part
     * 
     * @return the name of this Part
     */
    public String getName() {
        return _name;
    }
    
    /**
     * Return the namespace prefix of this Part
     * 
     * @return the namespace prefix of this Part
     */
    public String getPrefix() {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    abstract public String toString();
    
}